Welcome to Kaylyn Kvochak, Women Donors Network’s new Vice President for Community & Development! Kaylyn will drive our fundraising strategy, vision for membership growth, donor stewardship, and community building.
Previously, Kaylyn led fundraising for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Care in Action and also served at the Fund for Global Human Rights, an intermediary grantmaker created to pool funding to invest in grassroots human rights activists around the world.
“Although we have seen many donors pull back in the face of fear and anti-democratic attacks, we’re also seeing brave donors double down, asking how they can show up with greater courage and solidarity. That’s why we are so excited to have Kaylyn join WDN and WDA, where she will drive a bold fundraising and community development strategy rooted in justice,” said Leena Barakat, President & CEO of WDN and WDA.
“I’m coming into this role at a moment that feels both urgent and full of possibility. Our movements are pulled in so many directions all at once: simultaneously playing defense against the unraveling of hard-won gains for gender, racial, and climate justice; fighting to protect the most vulnerable, and still visioning and planting seeds for the just future we know is possible,” said Kvochak. “This community has consistently modeled that second path. I’m honored to be joining the powerful team at WDN and WDA and to build on the 30+ year legacy of this network. It’s clear that this is a network that always steps up—moving with clarity, grounded in values, and committed to collective action in the most challenging moments.”
Resourcing movements has been the driving force of Kaylyn’s career where she worked to engage donors as long-term partners in building power. With Kaylyn on the team, WDN and WDA are prepared to move more resources in alignment with evolving movement needs and to support the leadership of the network’s donor organizers who use their expertise, skills, and connections to protect and advance democracy.
