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SHALEIAH FOX, PENNY BRANDT, MONICA VON WAADEN
from March 2021
Fresh Chefs Society
Shaleiah Fox, Co-founder and Board Chair
Shaleiah Fox is an advocate and philanthropist who has worked to turn her personal journey through the foster care system into positivity wherever possible. In 2011, she co-founded Fresh Chefs Society, a local nonprofit committed to empowering young people aging out of foster care through the power of food.
freshchefs.org
Golden Hornet
Penny Brandt, Ph.D., Managing Director
Penny Brandt is a musician, mother and musicologist. Frustrated by elitism in classical music, she found her calling as an arts leader through the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Now she works with Golden Hornet to reimagine classical music through programs like String Quartet Smackdown (Alamo on Demand: March 27).
goldenhornet.org
HopeAustin
Monica von Waaden, Founder and Executive Director
Monica von Waaden is the founder and executive director of HopeAustin, a local nonprofit endeavoring to “create opportunity through food security.” HopeAustin ensures food security, hope, dignity and respect to 2,500 students in 82 schools across six school districts. Prior to HopeAustin, von Waaden raised two sons with her husband, Mark, was a domestic violence attorney and a special education teacher.
