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We’re Here to Build Confidence

A welcome message from our founder Sonja Hoel Perkins

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At Project Glimmer, we're on a mission to build self-confidence in adolescent girls.

It’s impossible to underestimate the role self-confidence plays in shaping a girl’s life. Confidence is what fuels her early ambition and vision for her future. It empowers her to use her voice, both defending her values and standing up to criticism. It allows her to develop sound judgment and make good decisions. It gives her the courage to own her story—no matter how challenging the circumstances—and recognize her worth, as a girl.

But confidence doesn't grow on its own, nor does it spontaneously appear, especially when living in an environment of poverty, uncertainty, or fear—environments that too often squander the futures of too many of our girls. Confidence needs to be nurtured and that nurturing needs to start early, which is why I started Project Glimmer—our girls in San Francisco were being forgotten by their community during the holidays, and I wanted to change that.

The last ten years have been nothing short of extraordinary, exceeding all hopes and expectations. Project Glimmer has grown from a single holiday gift drive for forgotten teenage girls to a nationwide platform of programs that inspires a girl's ambition, connects her with a network of peers and mentors, and supplements some of her most basic personal needs. Our 2,000 community partners have enabled us to reach more than 1,000,000 girls in all 50 states while helping us transform what was once an historically-fragmented community into a highly operational eco-system of corporations, philanthropists, and volunteers donating their products, resources, time, and talent.

 

At Project Glimmer, we help girls envision and realize an empowered future. This is the work we do every single day — and we couldn't do it without you.

May we continue our work together for the next ten years!

With deep gratitude,

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Sonja Hoel Perkins,
Founder

 

Our Staff

 

Chrissy Shea

CEO + Executive Director

Jenni Figueiredo Bingham

CMO + Deputy Director

Danielle Martinez

Senior Program Manager

We're hiring!

Project Glimmer runs an excellent internship program. Course credit and possible stipend available. Please contact hiring manager, Jenni Bingham with your interest and resume.

 

Board of Directors

 

Sonja Hoel Perkins

Founder Project Glimmer, Broadway Angels & The Perkins Fund

Lisa Beth Podos

Board Chair Emerita | Principal, Arts Impact Consulting

Jeanette Calandra

PwC Global Technology, Media & Telecom Advisory Leader

Kellie Abreu

Finance Chair | Regional Managing Director, First Republic Bank

 

Christina Kramlich

Board Chair | Financial Advisor, Chicory Wealth

Phuong Phillips

Governance & Nominating Co-Chair | Chief Legal Officer, Aledade

Angela Ty

Governance & Nominating Co-Chair | Partner, KPMG

Laney Whitcanack

CEO, Coro Northern California

 

Ashley Berman

Owner & Designer, Ashley Morgan Designs

Krystal Bowen

Chief Privacy Officer, Block Inc.

Jesse Draper

General Partner, Halogen Ventures

Valerie Garcia Houts

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

 

Chelsea E. Ialeggio

Head of Sales, Aalto

Margaret Laws

President and CEO, Hopelab

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Karla Martin

Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting

Renee Richardson

Director, Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation

 

Nkia Richardson

Executive Director, CASA of San Mateo County

Nishika de Rosairo

CEO and Founder, HumanQ

Meaghan Rose

Founder,

Rocksbox

Archana Subramanian

 

Chief Operating Officer, Salesforce

 
 

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