Board & Advisors
President & Founder: Tammy Tibbetts
Tammy is an entrepreneurial spirit and social media connoisseur who mixes her corporate experience with the creativity, energy, and resourcefulness of the start-up world. After graduating as a journalist from The College of New Jersey, she was as a web editor with Seventeen, CosmoGIRL, and Teen, launched DonateMyDress.org, and now reaches millions of teens daily as the social media voice of Seventeen. Prior to STF, Tammy volunteered as Director of Operations for a non-profit that sponsored children’s education in Liberia. Moved by the “style and substance” mantra of her role model, Ruth Whitney, the legendary editor-in-chief of Glamour, Tammy began to explore how she could apply the her media industry skills to social entrepreneurship. The rest is history! @tammytibbetts
Chairwoman: Karen Karpowich
Karen runs her own corporate sustainability consulting business, helping companies establish and manage programs that foster community service, philanthropy and environmental stewardship. She is the immediate past President of The New York Women’s Agenda and has served on boards for New York Women’s Agenda and New York Women in Communication and has worked for iVillage.com as well as Scali, McCabe Sloves and Ketchum. Karen also sits on the Board of New York Women in Communications Inc. (NYWICI) and co-chairs their scholarship committee of which over $100,000 is raised annually for scholarships for talented media and communications students.
Director of International Operations: Christen Brandt
Christen is the gatekeeper of the She’s the First directory of sponsorship programs. She rigorously vets all partner NGOs, as well as maintains a strong ongoing relationship with each of their directors. Christen graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University, where she was a Founders Scholar at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She earned her bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism and English while launching She’s the First, running a campus cultural magazine, and working part-time. By day, she works as a contributing editor at a magazine. christen@shesthefirst.org, @cjbrandt
Sloane Berrent
Sloane is founder of TheCausemopolitan.com and Vice President of Digital Marketing for Lippe Taylor and its sister agency ShopPR, both public relations agencies in New York with a focus on women’s products and issues. With 10+ years of experience in digital marketing and fundraising; to date, she has raised more than $2.5 million for nonprofits and impacted the lives of thousands through her extensive use of social media.
Nora Schultz
Nora is the founder and president of Naturally Nora, Inc., a natural baking mix company she launched to make it easier for families to wholeheartedly enjoy dessert. Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, she was a partner at Rosetta Marketing, which she helped build to become the largest independent interactive agency in the US before it joined the Publicis network. Nora got her first taste of digital marketing over a decade ago at the Campbell Soup Company, where she served as the corporation’s first global manager of interactive marketing.
Philip Whitney
Philip serves as vice president of digital strategy and business development for American Express Publishing Corporation, which publishes Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Departures and Executive Travel magazines. Phil has also served as vice president and consumer marketing director of Time Inc’s Money magazine.
Secretary: Kaitlin Davis
Kaitlin Davis graduated from Fordham University’s Honors Program with a degree in Communications and Media Studies and a certification in American Catholic Studies. She has an extensive background in the performing arts and once interned with Rosie’s Broadway Kids, Serino Coyne, and Disney Theatrical Group. Kaitlin loves cupcakes, reading, and travel, and she aspires to one day teach at a She’s the First partner school. She also serves as a She’s the First Ambassador. kaitlin@shesthefirst.org, @kaitlin_davis
Treasurer: Ezinne Kwubiri
A proud alumna of Howard University, Ezinne received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 2004. After graduation, she began working for one of the (then) Big Four accounting firms in Washington, DC. A few years later, realizing that a career change was in order, she followed her heart back to her hometown of New York City where she landed a position as an Audit Manager in Production & Operations with MTV Networks. Ezinne is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ezinne@shesthefirst.org, @IAmEzi
- Pro Bono Law Firm: Proskaeur Rose LLC
- Accounting Assistance: Christopher Melville Arunkumar, Breakpoint Assurance Company
- Members of Founding Team: Blaire Briody, Rachael Datello, Bridget Nelson Monroe, Emmie Twombly