Advisory Board Spotlight: Maggie Moffett

Maggie Moffett had encountered the Community Fund for Women & Girls before, but it wasn’t until she attended the Fund’s 20th anniversary celebration featuring keynote speaker Gloria Steinem that she grasped its full potential. 

“It was just this really powerful event and message, and it was a launching pad for me to say, ‘I want to do more and be more in this space,'” she says. “It’s rare to find an organization whose mission so clearly reflects your own values and lived experiences. The Fund’s model of connection and community mirrors the way women actually support each other in real life: through relationships, trust and generosity.”

Having joined the advisory committee in January 2025, Moffett was elected as its next chair. She brings experience in development as chief advancement officer of Fair Haven Community Health Care and serves on The Guilford Foundation and Lost in New Haven boards.
 

“There’s a tremendous opportunity for the Fund to bring people together — to collaborate, to share wisdom and to invest not just in programs, but in the full arc of a woman’s life. That’s what excites me most about stepping into this role.”

Looking ahead to her term as fund chair, which begins January 1, 2026, Moffett says she hopes to strengthen storytelling and elevate the Fund’s visibility. “And to champion equity, to make certain our grantmaking reaches the women and girls who face the greatest barriers, and that our decisions reflect the realities of their lives.”

Moffett stresses that the Fund should continue to support systems change and policy reform. “We can’t do this work only through grants; policy advocacy has to be part of our toolkit. We saw this on full display with the 30th Anniversary Signature Grantee, She Leads Justice — and we felt the demand for this kind of work throughout this anniversary year.”

Most of all, Moffett says, “it’s very important to me to model joyful leadership; that we center on gratitude and on connection, and a sense of shared purpose.”