The Women’s Leadership Foundation (WLF) is a 501(c)(3) organization and the foundation for the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. WLF works to support the CWCC and its members by inspiring and educating professional women to flourish in leadership roles in business and in the community.
Core Values
Leadership – we believe organizations should utilize the best skills of women leaders
Collaboration – we believe in working side by side rather than competitively to accomplish organizational objectives
Inclusiveness – we believe in including women and persons of color in leadership roles
Diversity – we believe diversity increases performance and effectiveness in organizations
Integrity – we believe in acting ethically and honestly in all decisions and activities
Excellence – we believe in setting high standards for our organizations and ourselves
The over-arching goal of Board Bound is to improve the performance of non-profit and corporate organizations by placing more women in director roles.
Board Bound is a program of the Women’s Leadership Foundation, the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s Foundation. Corporate Board Bound and Community Board Bound are unique programs because they provide women with an individualized plan consisting of the components each woman needs most to prepare and ideally position her for a board seat on a corporate or non-profit board of directors.
Corporate Board Bound
Board readiness program for C-level and Director level women positioned to join a corporate board of directors
- Comprehensive assessment to evaluate experience and expertise needed
- One-on-one mentoring with a corporate director
- Networking opportunities with like-minded women and men to develop and support relationship building in appropriate industries and organizations
- Resources to supplement information and aid personal development
Community Board Bound
Board readiness program for women desiring a position on a non-profit, hospital, university board of directors, foundation, private corporation or State Board or Commission of varying size and level
- Comprehensive assessment to evaluate experience and expertise needed
- Training workshops in subject-specific areas to fill in identified gaps in experience
- Networking opportunities with like-minded women and men to develop and support relationship building in appropriate industries and organizations
- Resources to supplement information and aid personal development
- Board Bound Leadership circles to provide group coaching
Board Bound’s vision is to have at least three women on every board and every female board member replacing herself with another woman.
Research has shown that having women on serve on boards increases performance of the organization, whether corporation or non-profit.
Whether you are poised to serve on a publicly traded corporate board, ready to join a non-profit board in your first director position, want to mentor women desiring these positions, or want to support the program in other ways, find out how you can be involved by visiting the Women's Leadership Foundation website today.
Enjoy a Colorado Public Television Panel Discussion - "Women and Power" with Panel Including Donna Evans
Meet the Women's Leadership Foundation Board of Diretors.
"Hats off to Donna Evans from Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce – she has opened our eyes to the lack of female representation on boards of directors. As was pointed out last night (June 21) in the exquisite lobby of the Museum of Nature and Science, the heart and soul of strong ladies present an entirely new prospective to our businesses – a prospective that, in many cases, is currently lacking. Kudos to CWCC!” - Trisha Jorgensen,Denver Business Journal
