Individual and Corporate Donors

DirectWomen is incredibly grateful for the support of its alumnae and other donors. The generosity of DirectWomen’s donors makes it possible for DirectWomen to continue to grow and find new ways to support women lawyers with board service aspirations. 

Thank you to DirectWomen’s 2024 individual and corporate donors: 

Contributed $25,000

Contributed $5,000 - $24,999

Maria C. Green

Jenny Hochenberg

Lily Yan Hughes

Susan S. Lanigan

Contributed $1,000 - $4,999

Michele L. Connell

Mark J. Gentile

Peggy A. Heeg

Laura Heltebran

Eve N. Howard

Kim Yapchai

Andrea L. Zopp

Contributed up to $999

Kimberly Y. Chainey

Yen D. Chu

SUCCESS STORIES

Susan S. Lanigan

Susan Lanigan has over thirty years of professional experience as a senior executive of three publicly-traded retail companies, as a current member of the boards of directors of two publicly-traded

Annette L. Nazareth

Annette Nazareth is a Senior Counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell. She also currently serves as the Operating Lead of a private-sector-led international Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Until

Valerie L. Banner

Valerie L. Banner is a member of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN), an investment firm providing debt and equity capital to lower