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Women and Girls Fund Board of Directors for 2007-2008
Bettie Nancarrow-Baer, originally from Philadelphia, has lived in Talbot County for twelve years. She holds an RN from Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, a BSN from the University of Virginia, and taught nursing for a number of years before moving to a career in retailing. She has been an active volunteer both in Pennsylvania and Maryland for many years, serving on a number of boards.
Alice Bower is a Talbot County native who graduated from the Gunston School prior to earning a BS in Business Administration and Economics from Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia. After completing her education, she worked as a registered representative for E. F. Hutton in Washington DC. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Talbot Hospice, Inc., For All Seasons, Inc. and the Mid-Shore Community Foundation and is the founder and past president of the Women & Girls Fund.
Donna F. Cantor, a native Washingtonian, graduated from Maryland Medical School as a medical technician and subsequently worked in private practice and for the Public Health Service. She moved into non-profit health administration, becoming Executive Director for a coalition of national organizations concerned with alcoholism as a disease. Prior to retirement, she became a principal in a company specializing in multi-management for national non-profit organizations. Currently, a resident of St. Michaels, she has served on the boards of the Bay Hundred Community Pool and the Bay Hundred Community Pool Endowment and has served in various capacities for Christmas in St. Michaels. In 2004, she was elected a delegate from Maryland to the Democratic National Convention.
Sara Jane Davidson came to the Eastern Shore after earning a BS in Health and Physical Education from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and an MS in Guidance and Counseling from Bowie State University. In Queen Anne’s County and at Gunston School, she spent twenty-one years teaching Physical Education and coaching and fourteen years working as a student support counselor and guidance counselor. After her retirement, she became a Court Appointed Special Advocate with CASA of Talbot County and currently serves on the Board of Directors for CASA of Caroline County.
Margie Elsberg, a Washington DC native with expertise in communications, has lived in Chestertown since 1998. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in journalism, she worked as a newspaper reporter, city editor, television news producer and assignment manager for 25 years, covering every type of local and national news from Viet Nam War demonstrations to the Reagan-Gorbachev summit. In 1990, she became a media, presentation, and crisis communications consultant, starting her own firm, Elsberg Associates, five years later. She also teaches journalism courses for Washington College’s Academy for Lifelong Learning.
Patricia Winters Goodyear, a Baltimore native, is a nurse and a psychotherapist. She holds a BS in Nursing from Capital University, an MS in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University, and PhD in Human Development from the University of Maryland. In addition to teaching nursing, she has worked as a consultant for Memorial Hospital at Easton and as a psychotherapist at the Center for Integrated Medicine in Easton, Maryland. Prior to her retirement, she was also in the private practice of psychotherapy in Easton. Volunteer activities include mentoring children and participating in the Women of Courage Program at New Beginnings Community Center in Cambridge, Maryland.
Valerie Lamont grew up in the Isle of Man but came to the U.S. in the 1960s. In 2003 she moved to Easton from England, where she and her husband lived for 10 years. She earned her MA and PhD in counseling Psychology from Northwestern University. She worked in organizations as a Human Resource consultant in Chicago and England. For many years she volunteered for Planned Parenthood, and she served on the Board of the British Psychological Society - Midlands Division. Currently she is employed as a therapist in Easton in addition to her independent career coaching practice.
Paula Newell, a native of Beverly Massachusetts, relocated to the Eastern Shore after retiring from a long and distinguished career in education. In her most recent position as Director of the Reformed Church Nursery School in Bronxville, New York, she is credited with establishing the school as one of the premier institutions of its type in the Northeast. Newell holds a BS and MS in Education from Wheelock College in Boston and an MS and PhD in School Administration from Columbia University in New York City. She has served on a number of professional boards and was president of the Teachers Association of New York. Special interests include mentoring children and families and “turning around” failing schools.
Frances Parker earned a BA in Art History from Smith College and has been an active community volunteer for many years. She has served on the board of the Bergstrom Art Museum in Neenah, Wisconsin where she was responsible for founding “The Friends of Bergstrom” and implementing a children’s education program. She also served on the board of the YWCA where she helped to develop a major community center for Neenah. Since coming to Talbot County she has organized the volunteer program for the Academy of Arts, served as president of the Garden Club of the Eastern Shore, and worked on the Development Committee for Adkins Arboretum. She is vice president of the Fund’s Advisory Board.
Dorothy Whitcomb is president of Quarter Cove Associates, a consulting firm offering public relations and marketing services to small businesses and non-profit organizations. She also works as a contributing editor to trade publications to the furniture industry. She was co-founder of Learning Horizons, an educational consulting firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, served on the board of the Mid-Fairfield County Hospice in Westport, Connecticut, and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Talbot County. A native of St. Louis, she holds a BA in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. |
