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 she moved to Macon Georgia and started working to secure funding and help organizers provide services to migrant farmworkers. She served as director of the Peace and Justice Center of Central Georgia. All the while, she was involved on the periphery of human rights and civil rights in what was still a pretty segregated part of Georgia. In 2000 her husband’s job took the family to Iowa where she imagined a departure from activism and took some writing courses at the University of Iowa. But after 9/11 she found herself drawn back in to peace and justice work. In 2003 she found WILPF and served first as Co-President of the Des Moines branch; and then, in 2014, she joined the WILPF US Board as Development Chair. Also, she currently chairs the Women, Money & Democracy Issue Committee. Having served in commercial marketing, non-profit marketing, and organizing at the community, WILPF branch and WILPF issue committee level, she brings a multi-faceted approach to fundraising and looks forward to working with her Development Co-Chair, Martha Collins, to create a culture of philanthropy among the whole Board and all members of WILPF. Fundraising at WILPF is everyone’s job. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa, with her husband of 40+ years, just two miles from her daughter and grandson.