Leadership

A passion for transforming lives

The Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council (WPLC) is composed of extraordinary volunteers who are committed to furthering the Indiana University Foundation’s mission—and maximizing collective impact on our IU communities.

We spent much of the last decade building our program—what could the next one produce if we spend it expanding our vision?

Laurie Burns McRobbie, Founder of Women’s Philanthropy at IU and IU First Lady Emerita

Active Council Members

Melissa Proffitt Schmidt, Chair
Sallie Jo Tardy Mitzell, Immediate Past Chair
Tavonna Harris Askew
Tasia Bade
Amy Balcius
Abeer Bar
Mary Boelke
Michelle Brawner
Laurie Burns McRobbie
Julie Christopher
Sylvia Collins
Colleen Edwards
Jim Fielding
Sherri Fritsch
Nancy Gandelot
Bonnie Gibson
Dena Rae Hancock
Mary Ann Holand
Kalen Jackson
Lacy Johnson
Jan Keefer
Michelle Lawless
Kathleen Ligocki
Patty Martin
Lisa Patterson
Kim Pressman
Rob Quigg
Colleen Riley
Terra Seidel
Mike Shumate
Joyce St. Clair
Robin Steis
Anna Maria Storniolo
Patti Theil
Linda Watson
Dawn Whitehead
Pam Meyer Yttri

MaryEllen Bishop
Jennifer Gray
Martha Sanders Hoover
Holly C. Johnson
Sharon Kovener
Hadassah Weiner

Kathy E. Anderson
Jacqueline D. Baker
Debora A. Bennett
Kathryn Ryan Booth
Patricia L. Brotherson
Mary Susan Buhner
Kathryn D. Callen
Anita H. Cast
Gayle Cook
Julie A. Davis
Andrea F. Dynes
Lois J. Eskenazi
Connie J. Ferguson
Linda H. Friedlander
Penny L. Gaither
Ellen J. Gignilliat
Janet K. Godfrey
Lynda Greig
Sarah L. Hanssen
Ann Harrison
Alisa L. Hendrix
Nancy B. Hunt
David H. Jacobs, Jr.
Jane M. Jorgensen
Kelly P. King
Dale Ellen Leff
Jane Halagiere Martin
Darby A. McCarty
Sybil S. Mervis
Patricia R. Miller
Luzetta A. Newkirk
Nancy M. Norton
Lynn E. Reichle
Ann L. Rysenga
Jacqueline A. Simmons
Janice L. Simmons
Cindy Simon Skjodt
Kimberly A. Simpson
Janet S. Smith
Donna L. Spears
Kathleen C. Sprau
Sally F. Springer
Judi A. Stewart
Judy A. Summerville
Sue H. Talbot
Viola J. Taliaferro
Martha A. Tardy
Marianne W. Tobias
Margaret R. Watanabe
Margaret Weiser

Patricia Peterson Danielson
Irene Lilly McCutchen
Debra J. Mesch
Daniel C. Smith
Eugene Tempel

Helen Gibbons
Jane Fortune
Patricia Peterson Danielson
Melanie Walker