Make Her Mark: An Unforgettable Night for Women & Girls
A Night Celebrating Girls, Education, & Possibility
At Make Her Mark every dollar raised at the event goes directly to women and girls’ serving nonprofits in the most under-resourced communities in Massachusetts. Only 1.3% of philanthropic giving goes to women’s and girls’ nonprofits in Massachusetts and Make Her Mark is quickly becoming one of the most important nights of the year for girls and women across the Commonwealth.
To learn more or purchase a ticket or sponsorship, visit our event website.
Make Her Mark 2025
Celebrating Empowering Education
Host Committee and Sponsorships Available!
Co-Chairs: Sarah Biller, Donna Quirk, Jordin Luke Ravichandran
This year’s Make Her Mark will celebrate education. All-girls learning environments allow girls to thrive – free from stereotypes and full of possibility. This special night will spotlight their impact through stories from Women’s Foundation grant recipients.
Join Us
Enjoy an evening of cocktails, dinner, and celebration to help girls dream bigger and bolder in pursuit of educational excellence.
Be part of the most fabulous night of the year for women and girls by contacting Bryanne Bowen or visiting our event website to purchase a ticket, join the Host Committee, or become a Corporate Sponsor.
“Our goal is to build communities to enrich people’s lives. Sponsorship was an obvious way for us to give back and make a difference in the lives of women and girls in our community.”
Related Beal, Make Her Mark sponsor
$2.8 Million Raised | Celebrating Financial Empowerment
With record-breaking fundraising, the event celebrated financial empowerment. Paula Ebben, Anchor of WBZ-TV & CBS News Boston, emceed the event celebrating financial empowerment, while the audience heard inspiring stories from leaders like Abigail P. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Fidelity Investments, and Girl Scout Alixia, who shared her entrepreneurial cookie sales journey.
$2.1 Million Raised
A sold out crowd gathered at Fenway Park to celebrate the powerful impact sports has in strengthening the lifelong confidence and leadership skills of women and girls. Guest speakers included Amy Latimer, COO of Delaware North, Bekah Salwasser, Executive Director of the Red Sox Foundation.
$1.1 Million Raised
Linda Henry is the CEO of the Boston Globe Media Partners. She is a co-founder of HUBweek, a civic collaboration between the Boston Globe, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MIT that explores the future being built at the intersection of art, science and technology. Linda is also an early-stage impact investor, an Emmy-Award winning television producer with two shows currently airing, and a community activist. She serves as a director of the Red Sox Foundation, is a trustee of the Liverpool Football Club Foundation, chair of the Boston Globe Foundation, and chairman of the John W. Henry Family Foundation. In addition, she is a founder of the Boston Public Market, serves on the advisory board of MassChallenge, and is on the board of the Engine at MIT. She earned a BS from Babson College and her MS from MIT.
Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, was named President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 2016. She is also Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she was the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Professor of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medicine and Provost for Medical Affairs of Cornell University. Dr. Glimcher is a distinguished immunologist, widely renowned for her work in one of the most promising areas of cancer research.
Bekah Salwasser joined the Red Sox Foundation as the Executive Director in January of 2018. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Brown University and has extensive experience in philanthropy and both professional and semi-professional sports. After four years working as Community Relations Director for the Boston Celtics, Bekah went on to lead Scholar Athletes as its Executive Director, a program that supports public high school athletes with both their athletic and academic achievements. Earlier in her career, Bekah served as a professional soccer player for the Boston Breakers and as Executive Director of the Charlestown Lacrosse and Learning Center.
Kimberly Fay Boucher is a business executive who has driven high performance organizations in technology, consumer products and social enterprise/nonprofit industries over the past 25 years. She is currently the Technology Commercialization Business Leader for the CTO at Analog Devices, where she is responsible for driving new technologies from incubation stages to successful businesses. Kim is also a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she teaches Disciplined Entrepreneurship in the Martin Trust Center. She holds a BS in Management Industrial Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is a NCAA Academic All-American Women’s Basketball player and has been inducted into the WPI Hall of Fame.
Ami Kuan Danoff (Co-Founder and CFO) is a private investor and the trustee of a foundation. She is a Harvard Quantum Founder and a member of the Harvard FAS Dean’s Council. Ami earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in Visual and Environmental Studies and holds a dual master’s degree in Applied Economics and International Finance from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. She was a portfolio manager in global equities at Putnam Investments and co-manager of the Putnam International New Opportunities Fund, and also worked as an international equities analyst at Fidelity Investments.
Christina Heenan Suh holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in English and Marketing and a master’s from Columbia University. A former management consultant, her work focused on strategy and implementation projects for Fortune 100 clients. She was also an account executive at Hill+Knowlton (WPP) marketing consumer packaged goods. As an Executive Board Member of the Brookline Education Foundation, which funds professional development in the Brookline Public Schools, Christina led their Grant and Oversight Committees. She currently sits on the board of the Brookline Library Foundation and teaches ESL at Rosie’s Place in Boston.
Christina Gordon (Co-Founder and CEO) holds a dual master’s degree in International Finance and Applied Economics from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University and also studied for a joint master’s degree in Women’s Studies and Sociology at Brandeis with a focus on women in the workplace. Christina is a former assistant fund manager and technology industry equity analyst at Wellington Management. She also worked as a stock analyst at Fidelity Investments. She is a trustee of a private foundation, a member of Women Moving Millions and currently sits on the board of Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women in Boston.