Expand your professional network and help your development colleagues hone and sharpen skills for an ever-evolving industry. Women in Development of Greater Boston (WIDGB) is currently seeking nominees and expressions of interest for open positions on the Board of Directors. Both self-nominations and nominations of colleagues are enthusiastically welcomed.

Name: Alicia Chick

Title & Organization: Individual Giving Manager at MENTOR – The National Mentoring Partnership

Congratulations to our members who have recently changed positions:

Erica Lawless, formerly Associate Director of Advancement, The Celebrity Series, now Senior Individual Giving Officer, The Celebrity Series

Jessica McNeill, formerly Development Coordinator, Harvard Business School, now Assistant Director of Annual and Reunion Giving at Harvard Business School.

Welcome to our newest members

Liz Albert, Mass Audubon
Stephanie Berkowitz, Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc,
Holly Bernene, Goodnow Library Foundation
Riley Berfeind, United South End Settlements
Samantha Cheung, Parkinson’s Foundation
Kimberly Hokanson, Museum of Fine Arts
Emily Jachym, Mission Grammar School
Jeremy Kadden
Chloe Kimball, Women’s Lunch Place
Audrey Loria, Wildflower Inc.
Sophia Naylor, Somerville Homeless Coalition
Wendy O’Keefe, Mass Audubon
Abisola Okuk, MIT Sloan School of Management
Katie Small, The Boston House: Hope and Healing for Children With Cancer

On January 28, 2021, a panel gathered to discuss tips on best practices for achieving virtual event goals, how to maximize results, and ideas for post-event cultivation. This program was generously sponsored by CCS Fundraising.  

Black History Month is here. Learn how nonprofits are striving to celebrate this special time and journey towards inclusion. These articles offer ways to give and strategies for fundraising campaigns during Black History Month and beyond.

On February 11, 2021, Stacia Silvia, Director of Foundation Relations and Development Operations at MAB Community Services, shared a crash course on grants, and answered participant questions. This lunch and learn was sponsored by CCS Fundraising.

Welcome to our newest members:

Name: Jeanne Kinch

Title & Organization: Director of Development, Gloucester Stage Company

On December 3, 2020, WID asked a very basic, yet complicated question: How does a fundraiser make inroads with Corporate Social Responsibility programs in the Life Sciences?

Congratulations to our members who have recently changed positions:

As we reflect on the past year, learn more about the impact of virtual events, tax deductions for donations, and reactions from nonprofits to Biden’s presidential win in this month’s Pulse of Fundraising.