Board of Directors

2026-2027 Women in Development Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President

Rachael Singmaster (Term of Office: 2026-2028)  Director of Annual Giving, The Governor's Academy

Vice President, Leadership

Dominique Calixte (Term of Office: 2026-2028)  Leadership Gift Officer, Boston Foundation

Vice President, Brand

Carmella Dion (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Senior Director, Content Management, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Vice President, Programs

Felicity Beal, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Chief Development Officer, Housing Families

Clerk/Vice President, Operations

Andrea Finnerty, (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Founder, Rothfin Group

Treasurer/Vice President, Finance, Co-Chair, Finance Committee

Rebecca Cohen (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Principal, RC Consulting LLC 

President Ex-Officio

Nicole Dumas (Term of Office: 7/1-12/31/26) Director, Advancement Talent, Boston College

Communications & Marketing

Caitlyn Burke, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Director of Advancement, Herren Project

Lisa Gregory, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025 -2027) Principal, Gregory Communications

Membership

Alissa Duffey, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Associate Director, Talent Management & Workforce Development, Mass General Brigham

Meredith O'Connell, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Director of Individual Giving, Avodah

Governance & Nominating

 Erin Barfield, Chair (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Chief Development Officer, Samaritans

 Jessica McNeill, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Senior Major Gifts Officer, GBH

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Erin Demers, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Development Manager, National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association

Alicia Nichols, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Director of Major and Planned Giving, Peabody Essex Museum

Programs

Mary Heath, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Assistant Director, Individual Giving, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kristen Lynch, Co-Chair (Term of Office: 2025 -2027) Director of Development, National OCD Foundation

Scholarship Task Force

Erin Barfield, Chair (Term of Office: 2025-2026) Chief Development Officer, Samaritans

Sponsorship Task Force

Moira Sharkey (Term of Office: 2026-2028) Director, Principal Gifts, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Directors-at-Large

Nicola Anderson (Term of Office: 2024-2027) Development Director, The Center for the Arts in Natick (TCAN)

Leah Abraham (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Development and Events Manager, 826 Boston

Kaja Fickes (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Senior Director, Major Annual Giving, GBH Education Foundation

Jess Garcia, (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Development Coordinator, Boston Harbor Now

Amy Gingle (Term of Office: 2025-2027) Senior Director, Orr Group

Erica Lawless (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Assistant Director, Major Gifts, Harvard University

Gloria Namugaya (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Leadership Gifts Director, Treehouse Foundation

Catie Reilly (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Chief Development Officer, Father Bill's & MainSpring

Seryna Warren (Term of Office: 2026-2027) Annual Giving Officer, Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Managing Director

Judi Fanger - Email: [email protected]