About Us
Brazen Acts of Generosity
In 1995, Les McNeill initiated a marvelously brazen act. With $5,300 and the unabashed belief that she could improve the status of women in the Greater Cincinnati area, she created the Women’s Fund. Today, we are designing a community where all women can participate, prosper and reach their full potential. We produce groundbreaking research that has changed the conversation in backyards and boardrooms. Les started a movement that is now a force for women’s self-sufficiency.
We are proud to carry the torch.
Meet the Team
Leadership Council
Lisa Fitzgibbon
Leadership Council Acting Chair
Alpine Insight, LLC
Sharahn Monk
US Leader, Enterprise Learning & Development, WorldPay, Inc.
Diane Altmix
Managing Director, Accenture
Desiré Bennett
Senior Social Equity Specialist, Design Impact
Jyotsna Bernet
Data Strategy Lead Business Analyst, 84.51
Julie Bernzott
Director of Corporate Relations, Great Parks of Hamilton County
Dr. Fernando Figueroa
President, Gateway Community & Technical College
Chris Flores
Founder & Lead Planner, Three Corners Capital
Elizabeth Hopkins
State Organizing Director, American Civil Liberties Union
Wijdan Jreisat
Shareholder, Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild
Sally Lloyd
Professor (retired), Miami University Dept. of Educational Leadership
Tina Macon
President & Senior Consultant, AllMac & Associates
Chad Maggard
Portfolio Manager, Johnson Investment Counsel
Ross Meyer
Peggy Murriner
Founder, Pair Up Systems Technology & Business Consulting
Amy Neyer
Strategy Consultant, Vecteris
Elizabeth Pierce
President & CEO, Cincinnati Museum Center
Karl Preissner
Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, P&G
Aftab Pureval
Hamilton County Clerk of Courts
Bill Tucker
Executive Director, Flywheel
Barbara Turner
President & Chief Operating Officer, Ohio National Financial Services
Janice Urbanik
Senior Director, National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Rick Williams
President & CEO, The Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati
Committee Volunteers
Mary Carol Melton
Liz Koszuta
Carrie Pastor
Joseph Puchala
Sarah Wessling
Lauren Ouart-Redman
Susan Rengstorf
Erin Schnurstein
Amy Neyer
Amber Brown
Nan Cahall
Ali Trianfo
Allison Puchala
Meridy Glenn
Rashida Manuel
Anne Sesler
Marla Morse
Tara Keesling
Patty Lawrence
Jane Page-Steiner
Colleen Reynolds
Emma Bachelder
Serena Owne
Jyotsna Bernet
Julie Schmidt
Michelle Hopkins
Chris Flores
Peggy Murriner
Diane Altmix
Taren Kinebrew
Deidra Wiley
Janet Hill
Tina Macon
Morgan Whaley
Kyla Woods
Linnea Gartin
Jackie Marcschall
Kelly Adcock
Rachel Wells
Meghan Mullikin
Susan LaBonte
Zoha Mian
Danielle Smith
Sarah Gideonse
Sally Lloyd
Zeinab Schwen
Sara Gwiasda
Dionn Tron
Jillian Darwish
Jody Yetzer
Sarah Imran
Leah Efken
Lori Landrum
Olivia Ballard
The Women’s Fund Advisory Council
In collaboration with Cohear, we regularly convene a group of everyday experts to
inform our research, decide our grant investments and lift up the issues that need our
full attention.