Brittany MacLean / CEO
Shruti Rana / Board President
Shruti Rana / Board President
Brittany has an M.S. degree in Nonprofit Management and Urban Policy, and has worked for 25 years on issues related to women's rights, social justice, literacy, and the arts. In 2008, she ran for the State Senate in Montana, and in 2012 and 2016 for the Montana House of Representatives. She is a 5th generation Montanan, a widow, and proud mother to 4 grown children.
Shruti Rana / Board President
Shruti Rana / Board President
Shruti Rana / Board President
Shruti is a lawyer and professor who has held a variety of leadership roles in nonprofits and academia. She is a frequent speaker and author on international and comparative law topics, including human rights.
Elmy Bermejo / Board Member
Shruti Rana / Board President
Elmy Bermejo / Board Member
Elmy is former Regional Administrator for the Small Business Administration in AZ, CA, Guam, Hawaii, and Nevada. Elmy is a tireless advocate for women's rights, and has championed equality and women's economic security worldwide. She served as Northern CA Director of External Affairs for Governor Newson, and President of the San Francisco Commission on the Environment.
Beijing+30 United Nations Leadership
Mary Rose Kaczorowski, North American & European Commission on the Status of Women NGO Caucus
Mary Rose serves on the Climate, Environment and Gender Task Group; a joint group of US Women Connect, Inc. and the Women's Intercultural Network. Mary Rose was elected to serve as one of two women representing the US on the 7 member Core Group team for the North American / European CSW NGO Caucus. Mary Rose is dedicated to bringing information from the Beijing+30 Review Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland (October 21-22, 2024) to US women, and to providing direct support to US organizing efforts. According to UN Women, "When disasters strike, women are less likely to survive and more likely to be injured due to long standing gender inequalities which have created disparities in information, mobility, decision-making, and access to resources and training. In the aftermath, women and girls are less able to access relief and assistance; which further threatens their livelihoods, wellbeing and recovery, and creates a vicious cycle of vulnerability to future disasters."