Marianne M. Jones,Executive Director

Marianne Jones comes to the Women’s Fund with fourteen years of leadership experience in philanthropy and nonprofit management, including expertise in grantmaking, fundraising, and long-range, strategic planning. Ms. Jones brings expertise from positions she has held in New Hampshire as well as in the Seattle and Boston areas. Ms. Jones has also held management positions in corporate philanthropy, national foundation networks, and has helped establish new initiatives in fundraising, such as Giving Circles, Venture Philanthropy, and media relations.

Alexandra Urbanowski, Senior Development Associate

Alexandra Urbanowski joins the Women’s Fund of New Hampshire with 20 years of experience in fundraising and nonprofit management. After growing up in New Ipswich and graduating from Smith College, Alexandra moved to California where she spent 12 years as managing director of a nonprofit professional theatre company, a role which included raising funds for a new performing arts facility, increasing annual contributed revenue from a wide range of sources, and partnering with funders to expand the company’s programming. More recently Alexandra served as Chief Operating Officer of American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, an organization promoting civic engagement and philathropy throughout that region. Her work there included fundraising, event planning, general management, and support for a number of board committees and activities. Alexandra has experience in development as both a volunteer and a professional and is an alum of Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program in nonprofit management. She returned to New Hampshire in 2006 and currently lives in Portsmouth.

Holly Hildreth, Program Associate

Holly is a Concord resident who comes to us as a former volunteer for WFNH, having worked on the Women and Money Conference as well as the first Recipe for Change Auction. Previously, Holly worked with Convergence Magazine and Conferences, coordinating conferences, workshops and classes, as well as authoring a cooking column, and several feature articles for the magazine. She holds a Masters degree in Education from Boston University and is delighted to be a part of the Women's Fund of New Hampshire team.