The Stanford Alumni Women's Impact Network is run by a volunteer leadership board of alumni across the globe. We meet monthly to plan events and develop strategies for outreach and engagement, and we are always looking for more people to be involved! Interested in joining the board or serving as a regional ambassador in your region? Check out our GET INVOLVED page - we'd love to hear from you!
Leadership Board (bios below) |
Regional Ambassadors |
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Alexis Charles, PhD 2016
April J. Bell, BA 1995 (co-chair) April Day, BA 2002 Barb Prescott, BA 1987 Gabie Bernal, MA 2014 Marta Hanson, BA 2011 (co-chair emeritus) Dr. Prathima Setty, BA/BS 1995 (co-chair) |
Bay Area: Karen Acevedo
Chicago: Ally Stewart Dallas: Veronica Thomas New York City: Amanee Markos & Amparo Vazqwright Washington DC: Dr. Prathima Setty |
BIOS: Leadership Board
Alexis Charles is a writer committed to bringing awareness to social issues. Alexis most recently worked at Code for America as a communications writer. Prior to that she served as the Social Media Coordinator at Stanford University’s Women’s Community Center. Alexis is also a PhD candidate at Stanford in Modern Thought & Literature, and is currently finishing her doctoral dissertation on afrofuturism and the intersections of gender, race, and social change in popular culture. At Stanford, Alexis also taught persuasive writing, co-founded the Stanford Graduate Writing Collective, and wrote for Stanford Humanities News and Gender News. Alexis has a BA in English from the University of Southern California and an MA in American Studies from Columbia University. When she’s not working, Alexis can be found in Oakland enjoying the arts, coffee, and sunshine of the East Bay.
April J. Bell has a passion for positive reproductive health and a commitment to work that prioritizes women, girls, and youth. A veteran global health professional and epidemiologist, she spent 10 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working in a variety of capacities, including bioterrorism, HIV, foodborne diseases, and reproductive health and in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. A Hoosier by birth, she received her BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and her MPH with a dual concentration in Epidemiology and Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine. Currently, she is a finishing her doctoral dissertation and planning to receive her PhD in Epidemiology from the IU School of Public Health in Fall 2017. Prior to joining her doctoral program, she served as the Research Program Manager at the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), an HIV treatment and care program, in Eldoret, Kenya. When she isn’t working on her dissertation or leading her recently launched global public health consulting firm, Bell Consulting Group, LLC, April can be found in the East Bay, enjoying the wonderful weather and spending time with friends.
April Day completed two undergraduate majors, Japanese Studies and Native American Studies, at Stanford. She participated in the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies consortium program, studying in Kyoto, Japan. While at Stanford, she also volunteered in different projects and an ongoing program coordinated by the Haas Center for Public Service. After Stanford, she attended law school at Columbia, where she volunteered to assist survivors of domestic violence. After law school, she helped launch a regional chapter of a progressive lawyers' organization. As an alumni, she has participated in the Stanford Alumni Mentoring (SAM) program. Her interests include reading and travelling.
Barbara Mary Prescott, M.A., M.Ed., is an independent scholar, literary anthropologist, educational researcher, and sometime poet. She is currently studying the poetry of Dorothy L. Sayers written while Sayers was an Oxford University student, 1912-1915. Barb Prescott has published three books of poetry and various articles in academic journals, among those: Child Language, The Stanford Forum for Research on Language Issues, Proceedings of the International Congress of Linguists, Inklings Forever: Proceedings of the Colloquium on C.S. Lewis and Friends, and she has contributed numerous sonnets to published collections of poetry. Barb is active in social media and manages several Facebook pages, including SONNET, a journal of poetry, Dorothy L. Sayers in Oxford, and Anglo-Saxon Language. A native of Chicago, Barbara has graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Illinois, and is an alumna of Stanford University, 1987. She is married, with two children, and currently resides in Wheaton, Illinois with occasional jaunts back to Stanford and San Francisco simply for the pleasure of returning home every so often.
Gabie Bernal is passionate about empowering women to be the best version of themselves while navigating biases in the workplace. She serves as VP of Member Services for the Society of Women Engineers Santa Clara Valley section. She is also a mentor to young girls in Hayward for LISTAS (Latinas in STEM to Achieve Success) where she is also a board member. Through the LISTAS organization she hopes to enact change and encourage minority girls to pursue degrees in STEM where women and specifically women of color are typically underrepresented. Gabie holds two engineering degrees with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and a masters in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford. She currently works as a process development engineer in the medical device industry where she fulfills her passion for critical thinking while finding fulfillment and joy that her work is contributing to improve people's health outcomes. Gabie is excited for her first term on the WIN board as Ambassador Program Lead.
Marta Hanson currently serves as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Associate Director, Women's Community Center at Stanford. Previously, she was the Deputy Finance Director for the 2014 re-election campaign of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and worked at NARAL Pro-Choice America, a reproductive rights lobbying and advocacy organization, in both Washington, DC and San Francisco. As an undergraduate at Stanford, Marta served as WCC Outreach Coordinator, connecting and supporting leaders from numerous women's student groups and bringing awesome speakers, including the editors of Feministing.com, to campus. She majored in American Studies and Feminist Studies and managed to take classes for both while studying abroad in Spain and Germany. Marta also serves as the Curriculum Co-Chair on the board of New Leaders Council, which trains and supports the next generation of progressive leaders. She enjoys traveling, dancing, reading, and spending time on rooftops. @martahanson
Dr. Prathima Setty is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist practicing in the Northern Virginia area. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and her special interests include reproductive endocrinology, contraception, preventive health, and minimally invasive surgical procedures. While in medical school, she was involved with the Women In Medicine group, served as treasurer for her class, and took part in a program in which she served as a medical advocate for a local pregnant adolescent. She is active in her local medical community as she participates in the Loudoun County Health Council and serves as an OB/GYN consultant for the newly formed prenatal program at the Loudoun Community Health Center. She is also a part-owner of a full service salon and medical spa and serves as a physician advisor for a medical compliance company. She stays involved in the international women's health community as the President of the D.C. Chapter of Save a Mother, a grassroots organization striving to decrease maternal and child mortality in India. While at Stanford, she earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in Biological Sciences and Art History. She also was treasurer for Sanskriti, worked as a biology lab teaching assistant, and served as an academic advisor. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two active children, as well as traveling, learning different languages, and experimenting with healthy recipes in the kitchen.
April J. Bell has a passion for positive reproductive health and a commitment to work that prioritizes women, girls, and youth. A veteran global health professional and epidemiologist, she spent 10 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working in a variety of capacities, including bioterrorism, HIV, foodborne diseases, and reproductive health and in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. A Hoosier by birth, she received her BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and her MPH with a dual concentration in Epidemiology and Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine. Currently, she is a finishing her doctoral dissertation and planning to receive her PhD in Epidemiology from the IU School of Public Health in Fall 2017. Prior to joining her doctoral program, she served as the Research Program Manager at the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), an HIV treatment and care program, in Eldoret, Kenya. When she isn’t working on her dissertation or leading her recently launched global public health consulting firm, Bell Consulting Group, LLC, April can be found in the East Bay, enjoying the wonderful weather and spending time with friends.
April Day completed two undergraduate majors, Japanese Studies and Native American Studies, at Stanford. She participated in the Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies consortium program, studying in Kyoto, Japan. While at Stanford, she also volunteered in different projects and an ongoing program coordinated by the Haas Center for Public Service. After Stanford, she attended law school at Columbia, where she volunteered to assist survivors of domestic violence. After law school, she helped launch a regional chapter of a progressive lawyers' organization. As an alumni, she has participated in the Stanford Alumni Mentoring (SAM) program. Her interests include reading and travelling.
Barbara Mary Prescott, M.A., M.Ed., is an independent scholar, literary anthropologist, educational researcher, and sometime poet. She is currently studying the poetry of Dorothy L. Sayers written while Sayers was an Oxford University student, 1912-1915. Barb Prescott has published three books of poetry and various articles in academic journals, among those: Child Language, The Stanford Forum for Research on Language Issues, Proceedings of the International Congress of Linguists, Inklings Forever: Proceedings of the Colloquium on C.S. Lewis and Friends, and she has contributed numerous sonnets to published collections of poetry. Barb is active in social media and manages several Facebook pages, including SONNET, a journal of poetry, Dorothy L. Sayers in Oxford, and Anglo-Saxon Language. A native of Chicago, Barbara has graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Illinois, and is an alumna of Stanford University, 1987. She is married, with two children, and currently resides in Wheaton, Illinois with occasional jaunts back to Stanford and San Francisco simply for the pleasure of returning home every so often.
Gabie Bernal is passionate about empowering women to be the best version of themselves while navigating biases in the workplace. She serves as VP of Member Services for the Society of Women Engineers Santa Clara Valley section. She is also a mentor to young girls in Hayward for LISTAS (Latinas in STEM to Achieve Success) where she is also a board member. Through the LISTAS organization she hopes to enact change and encourage minority girls to pursue degrees in STEM where women and specifically women of color are typically underrepresented. Gabie holds two engineering degrees with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and a masters in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford. She currently works as a process development engineer in the medical device industry where she fulfills her passion for critical thinking while finding fulfillment and joy that her work is contributing to improve people's health outcomes. Gabie is excited for her first term on the WIN board as Ambassador Program Lead.
Marta Hanson currently serves as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Associate Director, Women's Community Center at Stanford. Previously, she was the Deputy Finance Director for the 2014 re-election campaign of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and worked at NARAL Pro-Choice America, a reproductive rights lobbying and advocacy organization, in both Washington, DC and San Francisco. As an undergraduate at Stanford, Marta served as WCC Outreach Coordinator, connecting and supporting leaders from numerous women's student groups and bringing awesome speakers, including the editors of Feministing.com, to campus. She majored in American Studies and Feminist Studies and managed to take classes for both while studying abroad in Spain and Germany. Marta also serves as the Curriculum Co-Chair on the board of New Leaders Council, which trains and supports the next generation of progressive leaders. She enjoys traveling, dancing, reading, and spending time on rooftops. @martahanson
Dr. Prathima Setty is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist practicing in the Northern Virginia area. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and her special interests include reproductive endocrinology, contraception, preventive health, and minimally invasive surgical procedures. While in medical school, she was involved with the Women In Medicine group, served as treasurer for her class, and took part in a program in which she served as a medical advocate for a local pregnant adolescent. She is active in her local medical community as she participates in the Loudoun County Health Council and serves as an OB/GYN consultant for the newly formed prenatal program at the Loudoun Community Health Center. She is also a part-owner of a full service salon and medical spa and serves as a physician advisor for a medical compliance company. She stays involved in the international women's health community as the President of the D.C. Chapter of Save a Mother, a grassroots organization striving to decrease maternal and child mortality in India. While at Stanford, she earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in Biological Sciences and Art History. She also was treasurer for Sanskriti, worked as a biology lab teaching assistant, and served as an academic advisor. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two active children, as well as traveling, learning different languages, and experimenting with healthy recipes in the kitchen.
