January Newsletter

While we are sad to see Mary Hart leave our organization, we are so excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Joe Ann Fletcher! Joe Ann comes to Dress for Success with over two decades of leadership experience in nonprofit management, fund development, and organizational development. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Staff…

Happy New Year to our clients and our community! Our board of directors has completed its planning session for 2021, and our number one priority is to increase the number of women we serve, while also finding new sources of fundraising. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will be unable to hold our annual Style…

As a Road to Success participant, Yubrasca Lopez’s dedication to uplifting others has yielded remarkable results, earning her Advocate of the Year awarded by BRIDGES, a program of our partner agency Children’s Services Council. She was cited for her commitment to empowering and inspiring other women. Read more in our September Newsletter, HERE.

Tirzah Gabourel, a female engineer and an accomplished Director of Data Master Management at ZimVie shared her expertise on AI, ChatGPT, and creating Excel sheets and graphs using ChatGPTour at our “Keys to Success” workshop. Read more in our June Newsletter, HERE.  

This month, Women’s History month, is also when we typically hold our “Style for Hope” fundraising luncheon. The support we receive from so many in our community recharges our batteries every year! We were lucky enough to have held our most successful luncheon ever, with nearly 600 attendees, in 2020 just prior to the pandemic….

Despite the challenges we faced this year as a result of the pandemic, we are so proud of our team and their continued efforts to help women overcome economic barriers. Within the past year we have: suited nearly 400 women, held three sessions of our Road to Success workshop, raised over $30,000 in our recent…