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Fresh Start Women's Foundation Mission: Fresh Start is dedicated to Fresh Start Women’s Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping empower women through the services of the Jewell McFarland Lewis-Fresh Start Women’s Resource Center. This Center, the first comprehensive self-help center for women in the country, opened in October, 2002 and is currently accommodating more than 2,500 visits a month by women hoping to improve their lives. The Foundation has three boards. The Executive Board, which sets policy and governs the foundation; The Auxiliary Board, which presents Fresh Start’s annual community breakfast and supports the organization through outreach services; and the Men’s Board, which puts on Fresh Start’s Annual Charity Golf Classic each fall. Helping Hands is a support organization of mothers and teenage daughters who help with fundraising and volunteer services.
Kim McWaters, Executive Board Chair
Kimberly J. McWaters is the president and CEO of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (UTI), an organization with revenues of $311 million in the 2005 fiscal year. During her 22 year tenure, McWaters has guided UTI through several remarkable milestones, including UTI’s initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2003. click here for more info on Executive Board
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Our Founders Pat Petznick and Beverly Stewart
Even as young teens, Pat and Beverly wanted to help women, who like their grandmother, suddenly became the sole support of their families. Over the years, the Arizona natives became ardent community activists on behalf of women. In 1992, Pat Petznick and Beverly Stewart were in a position to personally and professionally reach out to women in need. The initial offering was a day of pampering at Rolf’s Salon, then co-owned by Pat, Beverly and Rolf Lohse. The women theorized that a new hair style and personalized make-up were immediate ways to boost one’s confidence and increase self-esteem. Each month 20 women from shelters and social service agencies were invited to “A Fresh Start Day of Beauty at Rolf’s.” This core Fresh Start service remains in place today through Rolf’s Salon as well as through the Self-Esteem Room at the Foundation’s Women’s Resource Center.
Board of Directors Chairs 1995 Sandy Cowen Miller ( 2 terms) 1997 Barbara Ralston (3 terms) 2000 Marlene Klotz Collins (2 terms) 2002 Michelle Kerrick (1 term) 2003 Barbara Hoffnagle (2 terms) 2005 Mary Upchurch (2 terms) 2007 Becky Jackson (1 term)
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