Ellen Schwartz

Ellen-Schwartz

When she joined WILPF in 1969, Ellen was the youngest member of the San Jose branch. Now she is nearly the oldest member of the Sacramento branch, and can’t figure […]

Tina Shelton

Tina Deshotels Shelton grew up in Louisiana and has lived in Texas, Oregon, and in Pennsylvania, where she learned about WILPF. She works in the mental health field, and is […]

Julie Leak

Julie Leak grew up in Charlotte, NC in the 1960s and moved to Atlanta to work as a legal secretary and then to Houston where she worked again as a […]

Marybeth Riley Gardam

Marybeth grew up in New Jersey and pursued journalism and advertising as a career goal. She changed course to work in non-profit public relations and marketing. And during the 80s […]

Eileen Kurkoski

My activism started through the Social Action (S.A.) committee in my Unitarian Universalist (U.U.) society. A group of us brought food and prepared it for dozens of woman, some unhoused, […]

Shilpa Pandey

Shilpa Pandey holds a Master’s in Business Administration with over 15 years of experience in International Corporate and Non-Profit Management. She has been actively involved in human rights advocacy work and […]

Martha Collins

Martha Collins is an advocate, human rights activist and experienced nonprofit leader who has dedicated her career to working for social justice organizations that focus on building power within marginalized […]