WF POWER ILLUMINATORS
We invite you to become a Power Illuminator…
The individuals listed here have used the power of collective philanthropy by investing at least $1,000 in support of the Women’s Fund mission to mobilize philanthropy. These gifts unite people, shape community consciousness, and promote solutions that create gender equity.
While we have hundreds of individuals supporting our mission with gifts of all sizes, we celebrate the specialness of these people who are making change through their investments. Thank you for your generosity!
2026 POWER ILLUMINATORS
Tanya Atkinson
Mary Avery
Kristin Bergstrom
Judge Jean DiMotto
Sandy Duffy
Andrea Eid
Barbara Fuldner
Chris Grota
Nicole Horvath
Andrea Hubbert
Paige Hunt
Annette Jacobson
Kimberly Kane
Pam Klein
Mary Jo Layden
Elizabeth Levins
Missy Levit
Cheryl Moore, PhD
Uma Morjaria
Amy Muehlbauer
Kathryn Norris
Nancy Peterson
Julie Ragland
Monica Shah-Davidson
Kosana Stojcevic
Victoria Teerlink
Tracey Thomas
Marilka Vélez
Beth Weckmueller
Lisa Weisman
PREVIOUS YEARS
Alexandria Staubach
Amy Muehlbauer
Andrea Eid
Annemarie Sawkins
Annette Jacobson
Barbara N. Fuldner
Barbara Stein
Beth Odian
Beth Weckmueller
Brenna Vargas
Carrie Arrouet
Catherine Attonito
Chandra Rodgers
Chris Grota
Chrissy Kruger-Gruendyke
Christina Keppel
Cindy Gnadinger
Cynthia Hasbrook
Debbie Johnson
Donna Kleczka
Doris Heiser
Elaine Burke
Elizabeth Levins
Erika Sander
Frank Daily and Julianna Ebert
Gayle Rosemann
Gillian Lester-George de Montesinos
Heidi Furlong
Holly Ryan
Indiana Strombom
Jayne Hladio
Josh Randall
Judge Jean DiMotto
Judy A. Keyes
Julie Ragland
Karen J. Maroda
Katherine Sieger
Kathryn Norris
Kathy Schill
Kimberly Kane
Kosana Stojcevic
Kristin Bergstrom
Larry Bialcik
Lavanya Shah
Lindsay Hammerer
Margarete Harvey
Marianne Lubar
Marilka Vélez
Mary Avery
Mary Beth Malm
Mary Jo Layden
Mary Ullrich
Meredith Marine
Michael W. Engh and
Chris K. Gawart
Missy Levit
Monica Shah-Davidson
Nancy Peterson
Nicole Horvath
Paige Hunt
Pam Klein
Patti Keating Kahn
Ranu Bhatia
Rose Spang
Sabine Schwark
Sandra Cunningham
Sandy Duffy
Sangeeta Edwin
Sarah Gilday
Sarah Jones
Sheila Reynolds
Sherri Huff
Sue Hickey
Susan Lubar
Tanya Atkinson
Tobias Kaemmerer
Uma Morjaria
Victoria Teerlink
Virginia Geraghty
Yvonne Attonito *
* posthumously
WF Power Illuminators Challenge Achieved!
WE. ARE. THRILLED, again! In 2023, Annette Jacobson announced a challenge (see details below) and this year we celebrated its success. In the combined years we’ve gained 62 WF Power Illuminators — and Annette matched nearly all of them. Her investment is powerful with gifts totaling more than $50,000.
For clarification, WF Power Illuminators are individuals who use the power of collective philanthropy and invest at least $1,000 in support of the WF mission to mobilize philanthropy. These gifts unite people, shape community consciousness, and promote solutions that create gender equity.
While we have hundreds of individuals supporting our mission with donations of all sizes, we celebrate the specialness of these gifts. Thank you for your generosity!
To celebrate Power Illuminators, I am giving a gift to the Women’s Fund of $23,000.
But there’s more.
As I’ve given at the WF, I have found more courage, a bigger voice, and I’ve become more powerful. As you can imagine, this changes relationships. Isn’t that what our work is about? To change culture and to create a more equitable world, we need to be courageous. We need to step into our power and use our voices in ALL our relationships — with spouses and partners, colleagues and neighbors, and everyone we interact with. This is how real change occurs — relationship by relationship, life by life. This is how we create an equitable community.
To continue on this adventure of creating that community, to move toward this goal, I am giving a matching gift of $1,000 (up to $24,000) for each NEW Power Illuminator who makes a gift before October 31, 2024.
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminators.
Private Reception
Thursday, March 12, 2026
4-7 p.m. | Remarks at 5:45 p.m.
Join us as we showcase our refreshed office suite and a new, donor-commissioned, art installation.
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
Please RSVP by email to Lisa Attonito.
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminators and WomenWill donors.
Special Guest: Amy Washbush, PhD., Associate Director for Engaged Research, Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (The CommNS) and Associate Director, Master of Science in Human Ecology, School of Human Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
The focus was on the newly created Women’s Well-Being Index. Amy shared the latest data and made sense of it. Additionally, we initiated discussion about the Women’s Fund response/plans.
Thursday, June 24, 2025
5:30 – 8 p.m.
Complimentary refreshments
Event Host:
Annette Jacobson
Location:
Club Room at Harbor View/Hansen’s Landing
541 E. Erie Street, Milwaukee (Historic Third Ward)
Street parking
Registration required; no fee.
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminators.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary light refreshments
Agenda:
Arrivals, 5:30 p.m.
Remarks, 6 p.m.
Location:
Home of Beth Weckmueller
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminators, WomenWill donors, and/or WF board members to join an engaging discussion about our personal legacies.
We addressed such topics as 1.) what it means to create a legacy; 2.) tools available to create a legacy; or 3.) examples of goals people have related to their legacy.
Danila Danesi and Tiffany Cormona, both of JP Morgan, shared their ideas and expertise during this WF special session. Additionally, we heard a couple of stories from WomenWill donors.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
5 – 6:30 p.m.
Complimentary light refreshments
Agenda:
Opening remarks, 5:15 p.m.
Exploring your legacy, 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Stories and closing remarks, 6:15 p.m.
Location:
The Exchange at Chase Tower, 111 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee
Parking:
At your expense in the Chase Tower Parking Structure (enter from Water Street) OR street parking
There is some construction in the area so spots are limited.
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminators to meet and connect with Elizabeth Barajas-Román, CEO of Women’s Funding Network (WFN).
WFN is the largest philanthropic alliance in the world dedicated to advancing the essential role of these funders in the unwavering fight for gender equality and justice. During this special session, Elizabeth shared her insights and inspired a global view of actions support gender equity. This was a way to connect with the women’s movement beyond our local community.
Note: The Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee has been a WFN member since 1989.
- Website Link to a Letter from Elizabeth: https://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/who-we-are/letter-from-elizabeth
- Website Link to WFN Main Page: https://www.womensfundingnetwork.org
Thursday, February 15, 2024
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Agenda
Opening Remarks, 8:30 AM
Global View, Elizabeth Barajas-Roman, WFN, 8:40 – 9:10 AM
Q&A with Elizabeth, 9:10 – 9:20 AM
Closing Remarks, 9:25 AM
held in 2023
This was a special invitation for WF Power Illuminator’s in 2023, to experience Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, which was on display at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Arrival, 5:15 PM
(Please allow time for street parking)
Tour, 5:30 – 6:15 PM
Led by Molly Dubin, Exhibit Curator
Migrate to Venue, 6:15 – 6:30 PM
Post Tour Discussion and Social, 6:30 – 7:15 PM
(Optional; venue TBD based on number of people)
The Women’s Fund made a WF Flash Grant in September in support of this exhibit to help celebrate the Women’s Fund Brand Relaunch. The purpose of the exhibit is to spur thoughtful contemplation and spirited conversation. It highlights women artists, who examine their own lives and issues through fabric, as a result, we all have a chance to reflect on the issues each artist portrays, and ponder why textile art is viewed as “less than” other art forms.
Exhibit: https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/exhibit/women-pulling-at-the-threads-of-social-discourse/
