Tamika Eubanks Spurlock views WIF as “the physical manifestation of the power of women moving together. It takes all the bumper stickers, slogans, and buttons and puts them in motion – allowing space for all women to progress and encourage those around us.” Tamika has been a part of the engine that creates this movement, …
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After obtaining a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Emory University, Katrice Boland worked in banking, financial services, product management, and marketing before taking time off to raise a family. Upon reentering the workforce, she pursued professional training at Queens University where she earned an Executive Coaching Certification in …
In the first week of June, I moved into my intern housing at Queen’s University with a general interest in nonprofits and a painfully vague understanding of collective giving organizations. I had briefly met Fielding and Patricia through Zoom, combed through womensimpactfund.org, and spent a week of orientation discussing the joys and struggles of the …
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Michelle Spreitzer is in her sixth year of Women’s Impact Fund (WIF) membership and she is clear on why she first joined and why she now stays – it’s all about giving back. Michelle grew up in a family with parents “who were always giving,” and she has built upon that foundation throughout her life. …
Originally from Roanoke, Virginia, Nicole Hall has been in the Charlotte area for nearly 11 years. She attended undergraduate studies at Mary Washington College, received her MBA while working in commercial real estate, and then studied architecture at Virginia Tech. Putting her studies to professional use, she initially worked as an architect for about 15 …
More than 150 members, guests, and grantees gathered at The Terrace at Cedar Hill for the first in-person Women’s Impact Fund (WIF) Annual Meeting since 2019 — the first for our Executive Director, Patricia Massey Hoke! The Annual Meeting is a combination of social event, business meeting, and celebration. This year was no different. As …
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As was shared at the Annual Meeting on May 9, the WIF board recently approved eleven member-supported recommendations from the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) working groups, which picked up where the DEI Task Force left off almost one year ago (two of the original nine recommendations were broken into two parts, hence eleven total). …
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Angela Oliver joined WIF in 2012 as she was looking to get more involved in the community and meet other women that believed in civic engagement and philanthropy. “I knew Sonja Nichols through another organization and if you know Sonja, she is a great salesperson!” Angela states. One of the things she has loved about …
While Tricia Sistrunk reports her career path as “winding,” to an outsider it appears every stop has led not only to her own professional development but also to the improvement of the people she has met and lives she has touched along the way. Originally from Ohio, Tricia considers herself a North Carolinian now that …