The YWCA of Palm Beach County is pleased to welcome the following new board members for the 2018-19 year: Theresa Agricola, Sponsorship Manager for the South Florida Fair; Denise Cotman Albritton, Bus One LLC owner; Dr. Fabiana DesRosiers, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Keiser University; Nan Gallagher, retired educator and community volunteer; Barbara McDonald, community philanthropist; Toni Mastrullo, retired business owner; Debbie Piescik, Allstate Insurance Agency owner; and Jacqueline Underwood, Senior Community Relations Specialist for FPL.
They join continuing members and officers: Jane Bloom, Treasurer; Sheila Carnicelli; Sharon Daley; Kalinthia Dillard, Esq., President; Dana Schack Fisher; Theresa LePore, Immediate Past President; Henrietta McBee; Chrichet Mixon, Esq.; Whitney Baldwin Powell, Esq.; Sharon Rinehimer, Esq., 1st Vice President; Susan Rothman, 2nd Vice President; Maria Siemon; Dr. Chelly Templeton; Trixy Walker, Secretary; and Linda Wartow.
Said CEO, Suzanne Turner, “I look forward to working with such a talented, diverse and dynamic group of professionals. I know they will continue to advance the YWCA’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women and its over one hundred years of service to the women and families of Palm Beach County.”
Programs of the YWCA include Harmony House, a 72-bed shelter for women and children who are victims of domestic violence; two Child Development Centers serving preschool children ages 3 to 5; Rapid Re-housing offering rental assistance to domestic abuse victims; Y-Girls and Y-Teens, weekly in-school leadership and mentoring programs for girls ages 8 to 18; and Y-SAV, Students Against Violence, an educational school-based program for youth ages 7 to 18.
For more information about the YWCA, please visit www.ywcapbc.org or call 561-640-0050.