Our Board

ROSE BRUNACHE

President

Rose Brunache has been president since 2020 and on the National Board since 2022.

Dena Lebowitz

Vice President

Dena Lebowitz is the Vice President of DC NOW. She is a lifelong committed feminist who brings a woman-centered perspective to all her activist work. She has been a business owner, college professor, journalist, and tour guide. She led a statewide lesbian and gay rights advocacy group in the 1990s, winning domestic partner and hate crimes legislation. A veteran of many electoral campaigns, she has also worked on issue campaigns including labor, neighborhood organizing and tenant rights.

ALETHEIA DONALD

Treasurer

Aletheia is a researcher with over a decade of experience investigating what works to promote gender equality. She is an Economist at the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab, and was previously a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Head of Research at Empower Dalit Women of Nepal. She lives in DC's Eckington neighborhood with her partner David and their two pets, Kendrick and June.