STAFF

  • Farrah Parkes, Executive Director

    Farrah Parkes currently serves as Executive Director of Gender Justice Fund. In her time there she has overseen an organizational rebranding, expanded grantmaking, and launched new initiatives focused on the trans community and the carceral system. Her almost 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector has spanned a range of issues, but gender equity has always been her personal passion. She has served on the boards of the Abortion Liberation Fund and the Valentine Foundation, as well as Bread & Roses Community Fund. Ms. Parkes holds a master's degree in public affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

BOARD

  • Annie McGuirk-Molina, Chair

  • Kris Smith, Vice Chair

  • Stephanie Keene, Secretary

  • Rose White, Treasurer

  • Brennan Tomasetti

  • Jane Napoli

  • Janis Stacy

  • Jess Pastore

  • Jocelyn Arnold

  • Naiymah Sanchez

  • Shawn Towey

  • Sherella Williams

  • Vashti Bledsoe