| A Bold New Step
The plan will serve as the road map that helps Women 4 Women achieve our vision: to make sure that our community will be one of the best places for girls, women, and their families to live and work. Nine months in the making, the new strategic plan is based on extensive research, including commissioned studies and polling, reviews of national women’s foundations, studies of local women’s organizations, focus groups, and more than 50 one-on-one interviews with community leaders. In addition, Women 4 Women has adopted the following Belief Statement: "We believe that a core strength of our society rests on the contributions of women." (You can read more about our guiding principles and key objectives here.) Special thanks to our Strategic Planning Team, which includes committee members Elaine “Cissy” Musselman, Diane Cornwell, Mary Barrazotto, Stephanie Bateman, Betty Bibbins, Kimberly Bunton, Ann L. Coffey, Mary McKee Hunt, Dennis Riggs, Lindy B. Street. The team’s advisors are Sandra Frazier, Bob Taylor, and Sharon Kerrick. Additional support came from Bridgette Pregliasco and facilitator Doug Stegner. | |
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Other key objectives: mobilizing community relationships to create and enhance collaborative efforts; expanding resources (including money, time, and talent); using and disseminating research findings; and building our organization. In the next couple of months we will complete the development of our action plans and begin implementation. At Women 4 Women, we’re very excited about our new strategies for tackling these challenges! Board Member Honored Our own Margaret Handmaker received an honorary Doctor of Humane letters degree from Pikeville College during commencement exercises this month. Margaret has served on the Pikeville College Board of Trustees, as well as the University of Louisville’s Board of Overseers, and the boards of the Louisville Community Foundation, New Directions Housing Corp., Actors Theatre, Metro United Way, the Vital Neighborhoods Committee and Leadership Louisville. She has spent more than 20 years with Mercer Human Resource Consulting, first as a staff attorney and currently as managing director of the Louisville office. During the late 1990s, she took a leave to serve as Secretary of the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet in the administration of Governor Paul Patton. In addition to her latest degree, Margaret holds a B.S. in business and psychology from the University of Evansville, a master’s in industrial psychology from Indiana University, and a law degree from the University of Louisville. Congratulations, Margaret! Quote of the Day “Nothing in this world is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.” -- Victor Hugo Until next time, Ann L. Coffey Women 4 Women Executive Director | |
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