Our Team
Board Leadership
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Taryn Placko
ILLINOIS
President -
Danielle Oaldon
INDIANA
Vice President -
Marline Pagan
ILLINOIS
Treasurer -
Angel Zhong
WISCONSIN
Secretary -
Sabrina Bernadel
WASHINGTON DC
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Emily Phipps
WASHINGTON D.C.
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Magdalena Serrano
CALIFORNIA
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Connie Zuluaga
NEW YORK
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Angie Heuck
WISCONSIN
Founder + Executive Director
Our Commitment to Female Leadership
Our richly diverse and uniquely talented group of female leaders from three uniquely positioned strategic advisory councils help to develop the framework and the future of Uplift. Goals for each group are focused on positioning the organization to successfully transform the lives of women + children in crisis throughout our country.
Strategic Advisory Council
Our founding Strategic Advisory Council members are outrageously brilliant women with a passion to uplift others. They believe in our mission, bring incredible experience to the table and have share their time + talent advising and guiding us, of which we are incredibly grateful.
Tracy Edmonds | Indiana
Author, Speaker, CEO
TracyEdmonds.com
Merrill Friedman | Virginia
RVP, Inclusive Policy & Advocacy
Elevance Health
Virginia Hedrick | California
Executive Director
California Consortium of Urban Indian Health
Tori Meglio | Philadelphia
Tech Product Leader
Go Fund Me
Julie Ann O’Connell | Illinois
Assistant Director
Center for Nonprofit Studies
Lisa Watkins | Virginia
Health Policy Partner
Elevance Health
NextGen Advisory Council
We love that our student community are valued contributors to Uplift. Our NextGen Advisory Council is a group of young women, femmes, and gender non-conforming folks, representing ages 18-24 who are emerging leaders committed to Uplift’s mission. They represent the voice of the next generation of advisors with valued insights who provide real feedback to Uplift’s leadership on strategy, tactics, technology, marketing, and messaging.
Serena Vincent, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Advisory Council Chair
Angel Zhong
NextGen Advisory Board Liaison
Kennedy Hawkins, Texas
Zara Holland, Washington
Kaylin Peryham, Wisconsin
Sophia Van Drasek, Washington
Hannah Zoesch, Wisconsin
Girls2Women Advisory Council
We believe that future leadership is in the halls of junior and senior high schools, which is why we have built the Girls2Women Advisory Council made up of you women, femmes, nonbinary leaders in 7 – 12 grades who want to use their voice to help women + children in crisis by connecting emerging leaders around the country to a stronger community of women.
Camille Monger, Chair | Florida
Addison Jandrain, Wisconsin
Ella Solin, Wisconsin
The Women Behind Uplift
Uplift is dedicated and 100% committed to providing fair and equal compensation to all female associates and contractors that have helped build, advise, and support the organization from start to finish. This team of uniquely gifted women has been hand selected based on their skills and their belief in our core mission.
We want to celebrate their gifts and encourage our donors and those visiting our page to support these amazingly talented women who have helped Uplift go from a dream to reality.
Leah Knights, Leah Knights Creative
Marketing & Social Media Strategy
@leahknightscreative
Carly McCray, Carly McCray Photography
Branding Photography
www.carlymccrayphotography.com
Kayleigh Noele, Kayleigh Noele Web Design
Web Design & Development
www.kayleighnoele.com
Vassi Slavova, Creative Director
Animation + Video Services
www.blackboxvisual.com
Katherine A. Young, Attorney
Legal Services
www.andlaw.com
Riley Youngstrom, Graphic Designer
Branding
www.theworthitapproach.com
Should you wish to get involved in any volunteer leadership role at Uplift, we would love to hear from you!
Please direct all inquiries to info@upliftingwomen.org.