WDN Her-story
This trail-blazing Georgia voting rights activist & former gubernatorial candidate founded Fair Fight Action in 2018 and also appeared as the capstone speaker at WDN’s 2017 conference in Atlanta.
Who is Stacey Abrams?
This English singer & songwriter was one of 2024’s pop It girls with ‘Brat summer’ and ‘Brat green’ becoming worldwide social media trends.
Who is Charli XCX?
This multi-hyphenate WDN member is Executive Director of Just Vision and serves as the current Board Chair of WDN.
Who is Suhad Babaa?
You can count on this WDN team member to share photos of her incredible crochet projects in the #allthingsjoy Slack channel.
Who is Summer Migliori Soto?
WDN embarked on our new Strategic Path in 2024 with our first year being a “BLANK-and-BLANK” year. (You must name both words!)
What is a “bridge-and-build” year?
In 2015, WDN founded this initiative, named after a beloved WDN member & political scientist, focused on funding Black-led movements and power-building.
What is the Jean Hardisty Initiative?
Known best as the “Queen of Soul”, this musical legend performed at President Obama’s 2009 inauguration and also became the first woman to have 100 songs appear on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This WDN member recently MC’d the 2024 WDN Connect Open Mic Night as her alter-ego Olga, Putin’s peri-menopausal former lover.
Who is Melissa Hale Woodman
This long-time WDN team member & prolific hobbyist has spent over 9,000 days working at WDN.
Who is Kathleen Andreson?
WDN engaged this company founded by Sloan Leo Cowan in 2024 to facilitate our ongoing community design process.
What is FLOX Studio?
Following a rigorous strategic planning process in 2023, WDN rolled out our new strategic plan this year, highlighting these refreshed core pillars of work. (You must name all four!)
What is ‘Connect, Grow, Fund, and Mobilize’?
Formed in 1994, this English girl group continues to hold the title of the best-selling girl group of all time with beloved hits like “Wannabe” and “Say You’ll Be There”.
Who are the Spice Girls?
This WDN member is infamous for making appearances at the 2023 & 2024 WDN Connect conferences in her high school cheerleading outfit.
Who is Ellie Friedman?
This Greensboro-based WDN team member is a proud dog mom of her 13-year-old Wasabi.
Who is Brandi Nicole Johnson?
In 2024, WDN deployed this dollar amount in grant-making to nearly 200 organizations.
What is $24 million?
Before WDN was officially founded in August 2002, we originally started as this organization in 1990.
What is Resourceful Women?
This queer pop star sky-rocketed to fame this year for her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess following a stint as a supporting act on fellow pop girlie Olivia Rodrigo’s world tour and a number of viral musical festival performances.
Who is Chappell Roan?
This WDN member recently joined the community in October following a successful career running the UC Berkeley Counseling Center. Hint: She is also Tamara’s mom!
Who is Gloria Saito?
This Texas-based WDN staffer and her daughter had a joint costume this Halloween as Abby Cadaby and Elmo from Sesame Street.
Who is Amanda Beatriz Williams?
Staff might recall engaging in numerous phishing exercises during our technology compliance training with this company in 2024.
Who is Knowbe4?
Which Latin American country did a delegation of WDN members travel to meet with its first female president in support of her historic inauguration? (Hint: This was WDN’s first international trip!)
What is Chile?
This mononym “Goddess of Pop” is known for her prolific, history-making career. Achievements include the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Moonstruck, selling over 100 million records, and being the first woman to regularly show her belly button on TV.
Who is Cher?
This millennial WDN member currently serves on the Jean Hardisty Steering Committee and can be found traveling the world, inspiring ‘whimsy’ wherever she goes.
Who is Maacah Davis?
This former consultant-turned-Vice President at WDN is known on her team for being passionately anti-fruit.
Who is Mindi Laine?
This year, WDN is offering a learning series with this award-winning Asian American author, activist, and speaker on Courageous Questions to members. (Make sure to attend the last session next week!)
Who is Michelle MiJung Kim?