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Our Team
The Metrowest Women's Fund is driven by a single goal: to make our community a place where women and girls are supported and get the services they need and deserve. Building a community of donors with a shared vision also drives this goal.
Board Members
Co-Founder & Co-Director
Rachel Sagan
Rachel is dedicated to public interest law and philanthropy. Her awards include: Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation's John R. Heerwagen Award for Nonprofit Leadership, Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce's Outstanding Non-Profit Executive Director of the Year, and Commonwealth Heroine 2024. She holds a JD from Northeastern University School of Law and a BA from Harvard University.
Co-Founder & Co-Director
Rebecca Parkhill
Rebecca is an ordained Unitarian Universalist community minister who has worked in churches in the US and England and with nonprofits, schools and in town government social services. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MDiv from Yale University. Rebecca was recently recognized by the Massachusetts State Legislature and the Commission on the Status of Women as a Commonwealth Heroine 2024.
Board Member
Ann Gorson
Ann retired from corporate management to raise her two children who are now young adults. Large-scale project and database marketing management were her primary roles. She has volunteered throughout her adult life for nonprofits, mostly schools in development, and is currently Board Chair at the Cambridge School of Weston, a day and boarding high school.
Board Member
Sashell Thebaud
Sashell is a Human Resources professional. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters of Human Resources from Framingham State University, as well as her certification in Professional Human Resources from the Human Resource Standards Institute.
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Advisory Council
ChaeRan Y. Freeze
Chair, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Faculty Associate of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
Harleen Singh
Senior Associate Provost, Faculty & Global Affairs
Director, Women's Studies Research Center
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Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Linda Charmaramnan
Director/Principal Investigator, Senior Research Scientist
Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab
Wellesley Centers For Women
Wellesley College
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Team Members
Development Manager
Emily Mason
Communications & Marketing Manager
Kristin O'Neil
Finance Manager
Meghan Blute-Nelson
Community Ambassadors
Metrowest Women’s Fund (MWF) Community Ambassadors are local volunteers who spread the word in their community about MWF and the needs of women and girls. Consider joining our team as a MWF Community Ambassador in your town.
Ann Musgrave
Dover
Diahanne Lucas
Sudbury
Lindsay Crossley
Newton
Virginia Meaney
Marlborough
Cassandra Priante
Natick
Erin J. Cox
Ambassador-at-Large
Mara Bolis
Needham
Catherine Riedel
Weston
Heidi Borella
Hudson
Renee E. Jaworek
Ambassador-at-Large
Christina Pavlina
Wellesley
Kate Houston
Weston
Shirley Hui
Natick