Advisory Board

The Gender Fund Advisory Board is comprised of a group of leaders who bring substantive expertise and experience on gender equality, philanthropy, and large-scale change in a range of countries and sectors. The group provides leadership, counsel, and expertise to Co-Impact’s work to help align the organization with feminist approaches, helps forge alliances, builds bridges with the feminist community, and ensures that, in partnership with others, the Gender Fund delivers the impact we seek, in partnership with others and in accordance with our organizational values and principle.

The Gender Fund Advisory Board is advisory in nature, serving as a critical thought partner to both the Board and Co-Impact staff. It advises the Co-Impact team on advocacy, fundraising, or any other aspects pertinent to the fund.

Among our Advisory Board members, we ensure strong representation from women (at least 50%) and Global South leaders. We proactively seek to include younger emerging leaders under the age of 40 years.

Tara Abrahams
Tara Abrahams

Tara Abrahams is the head of impact at The Meteor, a multi-media collective which uses the power of storytelling, journalism, and art to advance one of the greatest causes of our time: the freedom and dignity of all women.

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Rebeca Gyumi
Rebeca Gyumi

Rebeca Gyumi is the Founder & Executive Director of Msichana Initiative, a local NGO which aims to empower girls through education.

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Jackie Jones
Jackie Jones

Jackie Jones is the Director and Chief of Staff, Gender Equality Office of the President at the Gates Foundation.

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Jacqueline Joudo Larsen
Jacqueline Joudo Larsen

Jacqueline is Executive Director of Gender Equality at Minderoo Foundation. Jacqueline leads its efforts to address gender inequality on a domestic and international level.

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Mabel van Oranje
Mabel van Oranje

Mabel van Oranje is a serial entrepreneur for social change, working globally to advance equality, freedom, and justice.

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Alessandra Orofino
Alessandra Orofino

Alessandra Orofino is an expert in mass communications and large-scale mobilization, boasting extensive experience in grassroots campaigning, as well as film and TV production.

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Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is passionate about delivering meaningful social and economic transformation – especially for the African continent.

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Vidya Shah
Vidya Shah

Vidya Shah is the Executive Chairperson at EdelGive Foundation, the philanthropic initiative of Edelweiss Group – a leading Indian diversified financial services group.

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Crystal Simeoni
Crystal Simeoni

Crystal Simeoni is a Pan-African feminist activist working on macro level economic issues. She currently serves as the Director of Nawi –Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective (The Nawi Collective).

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Theo Sowa
Theo Sowa

Ghana-born Theo Sowa has lived and worked across Africa, Europe, the UK, and the US advising on women’s and children’s rights and social justice.

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Lakshmi Sundaram
Lakshmi Sundaram

Lakshmi is a strategic leader who nurtures global movements and builds effective partnerships between individuals, organizations and sectors coming from very different perspectives.

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Elizabeth Yee
Elizabeth Yee

Liz Yee is the Executive Vice President, Program Strategy and Chief of Staff at The Rockefeller Foundation.

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