Leadership and Education Fund

Earlier this year, The Trusteeship’s Leadership & Education Fund agreed to sponsor a deserving leader for participation in the IWF Fellows program. We were delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor Dr. Laker. We have the honor to meet Dr. Miriam “virtually” on Nov. 12 this year in our Spotlight on our Leadership & Education Fund: A Conversation with Dr. Miriam Laker. Click below to watch this very special conversation with Dr. Miriam Laker, MD and Senior Clinical Research Scientist who joined us from Kampala, Uganda.

Watch our video below to see some of our Awardees speak about how the Adrienne Hall Emerging Leadership Award has impacted their non-profit organizations.

Two awards have been created to meet the LEF goals:

• The Meredith MacRae Empowerment Award
• The Adrienne Hall Emerging Leadership Award

Meredith MacRae

In 2000, “The Meredith MacRae Empowerment Award” was created through a generous gift in honor of Meredith MacRae. This award focuses on prominent women leaders who are making a significant difference in others’ lives around the globe. Awards have been distributed to the following distinguished women and their organizations in recognition of their work:

• Molly Melching, Founder of TOSTAN in Senegal, West Africa (2000) tostan.org
• Dame Cicely Saunders, founder, St. Christopher’s Hospice in London, England (2001) stchristophers.org.uk
• Zainab Saldi, Founder, Women for Women International (2003) womenforwomen.org
• African Development Fund, in memory of our late member Willie Compbell (2006) afdb.org/en
• Adrienne Hall Women’s Mentorship Fund at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, in memory of our late Founder (2007) Click here
• Dr. Astrid Heppenstall Heger of the VIP Community Mental Health Center (2008) violenceinterventionprogram.org
• Ellen Rosenberg, co-Founder of CHOSA (Children of South Africa) (2009) chosa.org
• Olga Murray, Founder of the Nepal Youth Foundation (2012) nepalyouthfoundation.org
• Debby Rooney, co-Founder, BEADS for Education, Kenya (2014) beadsforeducation.org
• Jenny Bowen, Founder, OneSky, China (2016) onesky.org
• Neema Namadamu, Founder, Hero Women Rising (2018) herowomenrising.org & Razia Jan, Razia’s Ray of Hope (2018) raziasrayofhope.org

Adrienne Hall

In 2009, at the Board of Director’s discretion, “The Adrienne Hall Emerging Leadership Award” was established for the purpose of making grants to emerging women leaders who demonstrate effective and exemplary leadership skills, women who are imbued with a determination to make a difference in others’ lives. These women are emerging leaders from southern California who work within a nonprofit organization. Awardees have been:

• Cynthia Sanchez, Executive Director, Proyecto Pastorale (2011) proyectopastoral.org
• Ana Ponce, CEO, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (2013) caminonuevo.org
• Lynn Houston, Founder, A Different Point of View (2015) adifferentpointofview.org
• Lou Calanche, Executive Director, Legacy LA (2017) legacyla.org
• Irene Martinez, Executive Director, Instituto Para La Mujer (2017) institutoparalamujer.org

Remembering that the full name of our organization is The Trusteeship for the Betterment of Women, Inc. please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to this worthwhile fund. Click here to make your contribution.