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Washington Area Women’s Foundation Announces New Board Members
Yvette Butler, President, Capital One Investing and Kim Horn, President, Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Join Board
WASHINGTON, DC (October 6, 2015) – Yvette Butler and Kim Horn have been named to the Board of Directors for Washington Area Women’s Foundation, the only donor-supported, public foundation solely dedicated to building economic security for women and girls in the Washington D.C. metro area. They will start their terms immediately.
As president of Capital One Investing, Yvette Butler manages the business’s strategy and is responsible for driving sales and maintaining a well-managed organization. Yvette was named to the 2010 Class of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Women of the Year and previously served as a board member with the Partnership of Downtown St. Louis and as chair of the Marketing Committee for the University of Virginia Ridley (Scholarship) Board.
Kim Horn serves as the President, Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States. In addition to her new position on Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s board, Kim also serves on the Board of the Washington Economic Club, the Living Classrooms Foundation and is a member of the Executive Committees for the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the DC Chamber of Commerce.
“Yvette and Kim bring an enormous amount of talent that directly aligns with The Women’s Foundation’s emphasis on impactful philanthropic solutions for ending poverty and transforming the lives of low income women and girls across the Washington region,” says Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, President and CEO, The Women’s Foundation. “We are thrilled to have them join our Board.”
About Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Washington Area Women’s Foundation is a DC-based public foundation dedicated to mobilizing our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive. Learn more about The Women’s Foundation’s mission to transform the lives of women and girls, the Washington region, and the world by visiting us online, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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