2023-2024 YWCA USA Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors consists of 19 members who provide visionary, mission-based leadership and financial oversight for YWCA USA, in addition to serving as constant advocates for the YWCA movement. Their strategic governance promotes and supports the critical programs which serve more than million women and families through our network of almost 200 local YWCA associations, in 46 states and the District of Columbia.
Board Officers

Dr. Ann Branan Horak
Vice-Chair
Associate Professor of Practice, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso
Members
Juliet K. Choi, Audit Committee Chair
President & CEO, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Mallory Donaldson
Chief Program Officer, The Center for Healthy Families
Debbie Esparza, Governance Committee Chair
CEO, YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
Gayle Fuguitt,
Former VP, Global Analytics & Insights, General Mills
Cristina A. Gomez
Fundraising Consultant
Tina Herrera, Immediate Past Chair
Senior Partner, Sharper Granite, LLC
Shannon Isom, Affiliation Status Review Committee Chair
CEO, Community Shelter Board
Shawna Menifee, Investment Committee Co-Chair & Real Estate Task Force Chair Principal, Integrative Partners LLC
Rita P. Mitchell, Development Committee Chair
President & CEO, Rita Mitchell LLC
Nichola “Nikki” Noriega, Investment Committee Co-Chair
Senior Client Portfolio Manager, Invesco
Kara Perkins, EdD,
Associate VP, Budget & Administration, California State University at Long Beach
Ramya Rauf
CFO/VP, Finance & Administration, Northwest Area Foundation
Deon Riley,
Chief Human Resources Officer, Bath & Body Works
Maria Chavez Wilcox, Global Relations Committee Chair
CEO, YWCA Seattle, King, Snohomish County
Joanne Tabellija-Murphy
National Director of Constituent Relations and Corporate Affairs, Walmart