Upcoming Event
Begins Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 11:30 AM
During collaborative, roundtable sessions WST members will provide our guest entrepreneur, Cyndi Prince, founder of WOOLY ROUNDS, input on how she can increase retail and…
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Girls Award $5000 in Social Change Grants
The Midcoast Council of the Maine Women’s Fund awarded $2,000 in Splash micro grants
Staff
Cathy Kidman, Interim Executive Director
Cathy Kidman joined us as our Interim Executive Director in June 2011. Cathy comes with a plethora of skills and experiences to lead the Maine Women’s Fund forward over the next 6 months, paving the way for a smooth transition to permanent leadership.
Cathy brings hands-on experience as a former Executive Director, Interim Executive Director and consultant. She has extensive experience in organizational development and strategic planning across private, public and nonprofit organizations. She has an excellent reputation for working with nonprofit boards and staff to help them achieve their organizational goals during a time of transition. We are thrilled to have her join us. She is bold, joyful, really funny, and has an unwavering commitment to advancing women.
Kristin Chase Duffy, Director of Communication and Programs
Kristin joined the Maine Women’s Fund in January 2008 where she leads communications and programs that focus on building communities, fostering connections and relationships, and promoting philanthropy.
Kristin has spent 17-years developing, directing and implementing marketing and communication initiatives. She began her career in public relations at The Cambridge Hospital and Cone Communications, and followed it up with nearly 10 years in the technology world. Kristin moved into a contract and consulting role when she returned to Maine in 2003 where she worked with a variety of organizations managing business and marketing strategies and leading client relations.
Kristin holds a M. B. A. and B.A. degree in Communications from Bentley College. In her spare time, she loves to garden and spend time with her family and friends. Kristin grew up in Brewer, and now lives in Portland with her husband, Bill, and two children, Patrick and Kathryn.
Lauren Dietlin, Chief Operating Officer
Currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer, Lauren first connected with the Maine Women’s Fund as a donor and volunteer in 2005. She was thrilled to have the opportunity to join the staff as Director of Development in September 2008, a position she held until December 2011. As COO, Lauren is focused on devising and managing the fundraising, organizational, fiscal, and human resource systems that will most effectively enable the Fund to realize its vision of lasting social change for Maine’s women and girls.
An experienced fundraising and organizational management professional, Lauren has worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years. Prior to joining the Fund, Lauren managed the Campaign for Justice, a successful fundraising initiative on behalf of Maine’s legal aid providers, and previously was an Associate Director of Annual Giving at Bowdoin College.
A native New Yorker, Lauren has been delighted to call Maine home since 2001. Lauren is an avid quilter, hiker, and runner, and loves spending time with her family and friends. She lives in Portland with her husband, Mark, and two sons, Luc and Everett.
Sonya Tomlinson, Office and Grants Manager
Sonya joined the Maine Women’s fund in March 2011. An Award Recipient in 2004, a Brew Girl’s performer and a grantee of the New Girl’s Grant for Social Change, Sonya has a long history with the Fund and is elated that her full-time job involves empowering women and girls. An avid community player, Sonya is also a staff member at Space Gallery, a resident artist at the Telling Room and a hip-hop artist on Montreal, Canada’s Endemik music label. Since moving to Portland in 1999, she has applied her musical talents both on and off-stage through various youth workshop offerings centered around writing, performance, spoken word, poetry and hip-hop. Her local roster includes work with Long Creek Detention Center, Portland High School, Preble Street Teen Center, Waynfleet, Boys to Men, Friends School, Freeport Teen Center, Portland Ovations, Maine Arts Commission, the Center for Cultural Exchange and many more.
A graduate of UNC Greensboro, Sonya holds a B.F.A. in Design. Before arriving at the fund she spent nine years at the Portland Phoenix as Traffic Manager and a contributing arts writer. When not filling her schedule with work, music and teenagers she loves time outdoors with her husband, hanging with her family, African dance class, scouting for vintage clothing and taking in a good Jimmy Stewart movie.
