ABOUT YWCA RICHMOND
OUR MISSION
YWCA Richmond is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
Our Vision
We transform lives by creating access to opportunities, strengthening resilience, and advancing equitable systems for lifelong success.
Our Values
Our values are the fundamental beliefs by which we operate every day. They are the key to building a healthy culture where everyone feels trusted, safe, and supported. They are the essential principles that guide our behavior, our decisions, and our interactions.
- RESPECT: We value everyone’s identities, lived experiences, and perspectives. We will emphasize the dignity and humanity in all people and communities. We will actively challenge and interrupt racial and gender biases and stereotypes that further marginalize others and work to improve our cultural sensitivity.
- INTEGRITY: We will behave in an honest and ethical manner in performing our duties to the best of our ability by setting high standards for performance and holding ourselves and each other accountable. We will work to build transparency and maintain confidence in our daily operations and decision making by providing open and honest communication.
- COLLABORATION: We will invest the time to build and strengthen relationships based on trust, mutual support, and equity. We recognize that partnership is critical to strengthening our community. We will respect the power of collaborative decision making and fully dedicate ourselves to advance our mission and support the long-term success of our employees, clients, families and community.
- INNOVATION: We will incorporate a trauma-informed and solution-focused lens to develop programs and services that advance our strategic goals to identify and eliminate barriers faced by individuals most impacted by racial and gender inequity. We will emphasize creativity, adapting to change and best practices to cultivate new ideas that transform lives, strengthen resilience, and create a path to equity and opportunity.

Our History
In 1887, YWCA Richmond was conceived by a group of eight women concerned about housing, safety and stability for female workers coming into the city seeking employment. The oldest YWCA in the South, YWCA Richmond has been leading efforts to empower women and children for the last 134 years, adding new programs and services to meet the changing needs of the Greater Richmond community.
Our Leadership
- Rupa Murthy, CEO
rmurthy@ywcarichmond.org - Nathan J. Harry, CPA, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
nharry@ywcarichmond.org - Shawntee Wynn, Senior Director of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services
swynn@ywcarichmond.org - Kathleen Eastman, Senior Director of Early Childhood Education
keastman@ywcarichmond.org - Adrian Taylor, Director of Facilities
ataylor@ywcarichmond.org
- Monshaye Burrell, Center Director, Sprout School at Bainbridge
- Kristen Evans, Director of Human Resources
- Keshia Fleming, Center Director, Sprout School at Second Presbyterian
- Nadia Gooray, Director of Equity and External Affairs
- Makita Harper-Byrd, Program Manager, Domestic Violence Crisis Shelter
- DerShawn Jefferson, Clinical Team Lead
- Mica Morgan, Director of Operations
- Katie Rhodes, Advancement and Events Manager
- Robin Sawyer, Prevention Program Manager
- Rachel Yazdgerdi, Crisis Response Services Manager
Board of Directors
- Jill Kennedy, President
Bon Secours Virginia Medical Group - Judy Pahren, Vice President
Capital One - Lauren Warner Morano, Treasurer
RT Specialty - Faith Alejandro, Secretary
Sands Anderson, P.C. - Michele Allen
Altria Distribution Company - Nathalia Artus
Atlantic Union Bank - Elvira Cashel
kaleo, Inc. - Eva M. Colen
City of Richmond, Office of the Mayor - Keyanna Conner
Deloitte - Ashley Dillon
Markel Corporation - Regina “Gina” Elbert
Dominion Energy
- Robin Foster
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Health - Noopur N. Garg
Dominion Energy - Vanessa C. Hampton
Truist - Pamela Hart
Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP - Naureen Hyder
Hyder Immigration Law - Camille Leak
Amazon - Dalila Medrano
Chesterfield Government - Megan Overton
Capital One - Elizabeth Rawls
Bank of America - Anna W. Reed
CarMax - Terry Reynolds
Kroger - Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
Federal Reserve Bank - Katie Wall
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Annual Impact Report
Our 2020-2021 annual impact report reflects on how we have all elevated the definition of resilience in ways more profound than we could ever have imagined.
Financial Statements
and Strategic Plan
Download YWCA Richmond’s 2021 Audit
Download YWCA Richmond’s 990 for FY 21
Download YWCA Richmond’s 2025 Strategic Plan