Our Team

Strategic Advisory Council

Our founding Strategic Advisory Council members are outrageously brilliant women with a passion to uplift others. They believe in our mission, bring incredible experience to the table and have share their time + talent advising and guiding us, of which we are incredibly grateful. 

Tracy Edmonds | Indiana 
Author, Speaker, CEO
TracyEdmonds.com

Merrill Friedman | Virginia 
RVP, Inclusive Policy & Advocacy
Elevance Health

Virginia Hedrick | California 
Executive Director
California Consortium of Urban Indian Health

Tori Meglio | Philadelphia
Tech Product Leader
Go Fund Me

Julie Ann O’Connell | Illinois 
Assistant Director
Center for Nonprofit Studies

Lisa Watkins | Virginia
Health Policy Partner
Elevance Health

NextGen Advisory Council 

We love that our student community are valued contributors to Uplift. Our NextGen Advisory Council is a group of young women, femmes, and gender non-conforming folks, representing ages 18-24 who are emerging leaders committed to Uplift’s mission. They represent the voice of the next generation of advisors with valued insights who provide real feedback to Uplift’s leadership on strategy, tactics, technology, marketing, and messaging. 

Serena Vincent, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Advisory Council Chair

Angel Zhong
NextGen Advisory Board Liaison

Kennedy Hawkins, Texas

Kaylin Peryham, Wisconsin

Sophia Van Drasik, Washington

Girls2Women Advisory Council 

We believe that future leadership is in the halls of junior and senior high schools, which is why we have built the Girls2Women Advisory Council made up of you women, femmes, nonbinary leaders in 7 – 12 grades who want to use their voice to help women + children in crisis by connecting emerging leaders around the country to a stronger community of women. 

Allie Chan, Chair | New York

Annika Hong

Ella Solin

Greta Vollendorf, Advisor