We are proud to share that 100% of Young & Empowered Women’s operations are driven by a dedicated, volunteer-based Board and Executive Committee who fiercely believe in gender equity. Meet the team below!
Executive Committee
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Jessica Baez
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
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Elena Burr
MARKETING/PR CHAIR
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Vicki Diaz
CAREER CHAIR
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Kimberly Hahn
HEALTH & WELLNESS CO-CHAIR
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Mackenzie Heriford
VICE CHAIR
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Tiffani Horn
HEALTH & WELLNESS CO-CHAIR
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Leandra Long
CULTURE CHAIR
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Tatumn Zale
DEVELOPMENT CHAIR
Board of Directors
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Veronica Aguilar, MBA
Vice President, Teach For America
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Laura Capello
President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona
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Latasha Causey, PHR
President, NASCAR's Phoenix Raceway
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Rachel Frazier Johnson, Esq.
Founder and Managing Partner, Rachel Frazier Johnson Law
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Ashley V. Kelly
Vice President Sr. Business Consultant, JPMorgan Chase
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Heather Kivantinos, MBA
Director of Sales and Media Operations, Arizona PBS
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Sandy Martinez, M.Ed
Web3 Education and Community Advisor & Ambassador, Jarritos
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Anna Carolina Ortiz, MPH
Client Partner, STCHealth
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Christina Spicer, MPA
Co-CEO, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
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Monica Trejo, M.Ed
State Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Our Founder
Veronica Aguilar is the founder and chair of Young & Empowered Women. Veronica brings a unique and diverse background in non-profit, mentorship, career development, service, K-12 and higher education.
Prior to launching Young & Empowered Women, Veronica served as a Teach For America corps member teaching 4th grade at ASU Preparatory Academy. She then joined the Teach For America recruitment team and recruited over 350+ college students to teach in low-income communities across the country. Veronica’s passion for serving others, led her to arrive in her current role as Vice President at Teach For America. She works to provide strategy, direction and oversight to recruit a powerful, diverse corps into the organization. Veronica is also a Co-host on Arizona PBS ‘Break It Down’ segment that takes a deep dive into hot topic issues involving race, equity, politics and social impact.
Veronica earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and received her MBA from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University to learn the business skills needed to be an even stronger advocate to others. As a proud Arizona native, Veronica works tirelessly to improve the community by empowering women leaders as founder to the Young & Empowered Women.
Veronica is a 2020 ATHENA Young Professional finalist for the Greater Phoenix Chamber, Chair of the Teach For America Arizona Alumni Board and a member of the Young Professionals Council at Big Brothers, Big Sisters- Central AZ. Veronica is a recipient of the Blue Cross Blue Shield- Empowering Diversity Scholarship, Arizona Panhellenic Graduate Scholarship, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, ASU Jennifer Hightower Greek Alumnus of the Year and Teach For America National Transformational Change Award.