Some long term members who have served on the FWSF board for several years were captured during the December Holiday Party. Counter-clockwise are Kim Scala, Maureen Young, Kathleen Nielsen, Kim Pugh, and Tracy Teale.
The following are just some of the ways these FWSF board members have served.
Kim Scala: Current board Secretary and awarded the 2025 Distinguished Member award, initially launched & was former VP 3 C's Committee, former International Women’s Day Committee member, former Co-Lead of Stanford Scholarship team, former 2nd round Scholarship Interviewer
Maureen Young: Programs Committee Co-Chair, former Secretary, former Alliance Chair, and former Fundraising Committee Co-Chair
Kathleen Nielsen: Past President (2018), Distinguished Member of Year (2021), former VP Fundraising Committee, former VP Infrastructure Committee, Scholarship Team Lead & 1st round interviewer for University of San Francisco, 2nd round scholarship interviewer, mentored 7 scholarship recipients
Kim Pugh: Past President (2021), Current VP Marketing & Communications (MarCom) Committee and 2025 Distinguished Member nominee, former Membership Committee Co-Chair, former Programs Co-Chair, former Alliance Chair, former MarCom Co-Chair, former Financial Woman of the Year (FWOTY) Co-Chair, 1st round Scholarship Interviewer for Stanford, 2nd round Scholarship Interviewer
Tracy Teale: Past President (2015), Fundraising Committee Co-Chair, former VP Scholarship Committee (twice), former VP Infrastructure Committee, former Treasurer (twice), former East Bay Committee Chair, former Membership Committee Chair, former Silicon Valley Committee Chair, former Endowment and 3 C’s committee member, former Scholarship Team lead for Santa Clara and San Jose, 1st round Scholarship interviewer – Golden Gate, Mills, Wharton, UC Berkeley, 2nd round Scholarship Interviewer, Scholarship recipient mentor
From Connections Newsletter (Feature Spotlight): December 2025
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