Who We Are
WANDA is a fiscally sponsored social impact organization dedicated to increasing the economic self-sufficiency of low-income, single mothers in the Bay Area. We provide education, networking, and a structured 2:1 matched savings clients may use to invest in retirement, education or the purchase of a home.



Leadership Circle
WANDA was founded by three friends who combined their individual philanthropic and volunteer efforts to launch an initiative designed to assist single mothers in San Mateo County to achieve financial self-sufficiency. Based on this common mission, the three founders enlisted friends and colleagues to join them and form a Leadership Circle (LC) of donors. A number of early donors were single mothers themselves or raised in female-led households. The Leadership Circle is comprised of over 30 women who have collectively contributed more than $2 million since WANDA’s founding in 2007.
- Corinne Augustine
- Karen Batey (Emerita)
- Susan Breyer
- Elaine Cardinale (Emerita)
- Glowe Chang
- Joni Cropper
- Jocelyn Doe (Emerita)
- Kate Duggan (Emerita)
- Karen Fisher
- Susan Ford Dorsey (Honorary)
- Susan Friedman (Emerita)
- Dianne Giancarlo (Founder)
- Joanne Goldstein (Emerita)
- Anne Gunderson (Emerita)
- Elaine Hahn
- Colleen Hallinan (Emerita)
- Merrilee Harris (Emerita)
- Mary C. Henry (Emerita)
- Paula Hurd
- Susan Hyatt
- Mary Hynes
- Barbara Jones
- Colleen Jordan-Hallinan (Emerita)
- Christina Kamra
- Suzanne Kohlberg (Emerita)
- Gabrielle Layton (Emerita)
- Christina Kenrick (Emerita)
- Luba Kipnis (Founder)
- Susan Kokores (Founder)
- Liz Korman (Emerita)
- Wanda Kownacki
- Lata Krishnan
- Susan Levy
- Michelle Mann
- Gerry Marshall (Honorary)
- Helen Lin-Murphy (Emerita)
- Elizabeth Mason (Emerita)
- Charlene McCaskey
- Christina McClure (Emerita)
- Ethna McGourty
- Vaciliki Papademetriou (Emerita)
- Patty Raleigh
- Lynn Roberts (Emerita)
- Elizabeth Ronn
- Anh Schwab (Emerita)
- Katrina Sherer (Emerita)
- Eileen Sullivan (Emerita)
- Libby Taylor
- Hilary Valentine
- Elizabeth Vilardo, MD
- Gina Wolff (Emerita)