
DirectWomen is incredibly grateful for the support of its alumni and other donors. The generosity of DirectWomen’s donors makes it possible for the organization to continue its important work.
Thank you to DirectWomen’s 2025 individual donors:
Contributed $25,000
Contributed $5,000 - $24,999
Jenny Hochenberg
Lily Yan Hughes
Susan S. Lanigan
Contributed $1,000 - $4,999
Michele L. Connell
Mark J. Gentile
Peggy A. Heeg
Laura Heltebran
Eve N. Howard
Kim Yapchai
Andrea L. Zopp
Contributed up to $999
Kimberly Y. Chainey
Yen D. Chu
SUCCESS STORIES

Sharon Bowen
Commissioner Sharon Bowen was the first African-American to be appointed as Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She was sworn in on June 9, 2014 and served in

Susan S. Lanigan
Susan Lanigan has over thirty years of professional experience as a senior executive of three publicly-traded retail companies, as a current member of the boards of directors of two publicly-traded

Kimberly T. Ellwanger
Kimberly Ellwanger serves as a board member of Heritage Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Olympia, WA, with 67 branches in Washington and Oregon, and Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: