Meet our Board of Directors
Nikki (Ethridge) Jones
President
Nikki M. Jones, Board President, is a people and culture executive leader with over 29 years of professional business experience with the last 14 spent in the not-for-profit sector. She currently serves as the Chief People and DE&I Officer at the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) where she develops and drives the people and culture strategy for the professional staff and oversees the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion principles for the association. The association's vision is to achieve gender equality and be the global leader in advancing women into positions of influence and decision-making in healthcare to improve health equity and outcomes.
Nikki joined the HBA in 2009 and has since held executive leadership roles spanning finance, marketing, communications, technology and most recently. people operations. Prior to her not-for-profit experience at HBA, Nikki held finance management roles at Johnson & Johnson supporting the consumer care business and the former healthcare business of Prudential in the accounting and finance area. She is a graduate of Elizabeth City State University (HBCU) with a degree in accounting and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) where she earned the Certified HR Professional designation (SHRM-CP) and is currently pursuing the Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) designation through The Institute for Diversity Certification.
Outside of her professional work with HBA, Nikki partners in life with her husband of over 23 years, Rev. Dr. Christopher Michael Jones, and enjoys watching her two college students and one high schooler mature and chart their own paths through life. She loves dancing, singing, and living out her calling and passion to inspire others for positive impact by serving in various volunteer leadership roles in her church's women's ministry and the greater community. She is also an active 30+ year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Laila Wilson-McCoy
Vice President, Mission Committee Chair
Laila Wilson-McCoy, Vice President/Mission Committee Co-Chair, is an experienced professional in various development and administrative operations roles and is skilled in donor relations, fundraising, and process management. Prior to becoming the Manager of Organizational Initiatives and Planning at Centurion Inc., Laila was the Resource Development Manager at Isles, Inc., and the Development Director at the Waldorf School of Princeton.
Prior to Laila working in the nonprofit industry, she spent over a decade overseeing the US, Puerto Rico, and Mexico fleet operations at C. R. Bard, Inc., a global pharmaceutical medical device manufacturer. During that time, she also held the position of co-chair of the Bard Volunteer Council, organizing employees to achieve annual fundraising goals and volunteer events for various established non-profit and local organizations.
In her spare time, Laila is a review committee member for Cooperman College Scholars and the VP at Shareef Professional Services, where she helps local nonprofits with their fundraising needs. She is the mother of two children, Brie, who resides in NY, and Rell, who is currently in high school.
She earned her BA in psychology at Thomas Edison State University.
Leena Shah
Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
Leena Shah is a passionate and results driven pharmaceutical director with 15 years of global drug development expertise including scientific due diligence of pre-clinical to launch-ready business development opportunities and operational implementation of global Phase I to IV programs. She is currently the Executive Director of Oncology/Tumor Strategies for Bristol-Myers Squibb. Leena is recognized for leading and mobilizing large, highly engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary, global teams that respectfully challenge each other’s conclusions to deliver high quality results. She also has a track record in project leadership, strategic thinking, project management, problem solving, line management, clinical operations, business and clinical development planning in multiple therapeutic areas. Her specialties include Business Development, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Project Management, Global Medical Affairs.
Sheila Nall
Secretary, Facilities Committee Chair
Sheila’s professional career in interior design and architecture spanned over 45 years, the past 21 years of which were as Principal and Director of Interior Design at KSS Architects here in Princeton. In that role, she managed millions of square feet of corporate and higher education projects for clients including Disney, IBM and Princeton University. Sheila counts her happy clients as her greatest success. She also served on the board and as president of CREW New Jersey (Commercial Real Estate Women), an organization based upon the idea of women helping women in a traditionally male-dominated industry.
Now retired, she believes that the most important skills she brings to her role as a board member of the YWCA are her abilities to work as a team and to listen to others, parlaying that information into workable solutions. As a woman who built her career starting in the 70’s, she experienced first hand the importance of women helping women. Joining the board of the YWCA gives her the opportunity to pay back those who helped guide her and to give back to the Princeton community she calls “home”.
Cameshia Caldwell
Governance Chair
Bio coming soon!
Elisabeta Dinca
Bio coming soon!
Reinaldine (Reina) Fleury, M.B.A, SHRM-SCP
Personnel Committee Chair
Reina Fleury is an accomplished, results-oriented hands-on leader with over 20 years of progressive Human Resources experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sector. Proven ability to lead across multiple functional areas in Human Resources including Talent Management, Change Management, Performance Management and Employee Relations. Team builder and people developer able to maximize talent at all levels. Seasoned presenter and public speaker who can motivate and influence diverse audiences.
Erin Klebaur
Erin has been helping businesses and organizations create powerful connections with their audiences for more than 18 years. Her diverse background in branding, marketing, creative, and agency operations combined with her consultative approach and passion for helping people succeed ensures our clients and internal teams are empowered to create solutions that inspire — and get results.
Erin has been recognized as Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Women of Achievement, Rider University Alumni Leadership Legacy, SNJ Business People’s Top 40 Under 40, the New Jersey Advertising Club’s Jersey’s Best MARCOM Professionals under 40 and SNJ’s Top Women in Business. She holds a bachelor of arts in communications, with a concentration in business and professional speech and a minor in marketing and advertising, from Rider University.
When this mom of young twin boys has a moment to spare, she enjoys giving back to the community through sitting on Boards or Committees of organizations such as United Way of Greater Mercer County, Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce, and Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Kendra Lee
Kendra Lee is a community champion and the Assistant Division Director Program Oversight and Development at NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development. She dedicates her time to translating vision into comprehensive strategic plans to improve the performance and productivity of the local workforce development system. She is committed to finding creative ways to assist diverse populations in pursing life changing opportunities, with a particular focus on New Jersey’s most vulnerable citizens.
Kendra recently served as a panelist for YWCA Princeton’s Stand Against Racism Thought-Provoking Talks and is a 2022 Tribute to Women Honoree.
Dariel Marius
Nominating Committee Chair
Dariel Marius is an educator, community advocate and entrepreneur. She is currently a Title 1 Culture and Climate Specialist for the Hamilton Township School District. In this capacity, Dariel create and facilitates Family and Community Engagement Programs. Prior to that role, Dariel has served as second grade schoolteacher. Dariel has also worked at the Hillsborough County School District as Basic Skills Teacher/6th and 7th Grade Math and 8th Grade Writing.
Dariel has a Master of Arts, Certified NJ Reading Specialist from Rider University. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Northeastern University. She was named New Jersey Governor's Teacher of the Year in 2014.
Dariel is active in the community. Her volunteer experience includes Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and NACCP. She is also an independent business owner in fashion.
Altagracia Montilla
Altagracia is a visionary leader and holistic strategist known for driving development, innovation, and growth. She leverages her backgrounds in education, research, and change management to cultivate healthy organizational communities. Her motto is “if we can imagine a world that should exist, then we can create it.”
She’s a change-maker who uses imagination, courage, and ingenuity to navigate challenges within organizational spaces. For over a decade, Altagracia has innovated systems across the non-profit, education, and corporate sectors. She's repeatedly set organizational records in strategic outcomes and made history launching successful programs. Recently, Altagracia excelled to become the youngest, first woman, and first person of color to serve as a C-suite executive in a national organization's 40 year history.
Known for creating immersive experiences that inspire, connect, and heal people, Altagracia is a community organizer at heart. Her passions include exploring what motivates people, what inspires people, how people learn best, the intersection of human connection and data, and what it takes to build and sustain equitable spaces.
Altagracia’s work is rooted deeply in her belief that the conditions for change towards a liberated world start with each of us. Altagracia is the CEO of A.M. Consulting, an industry leading firm leveraging the powers of data, human connection, and a network of 50+ experts to transform workplaces into communities that are safe, supportive, engaging, and inspiring for all. She's a dynamic facilitator, public speaker, and coach. She founded Freedom Readers, the world’s only virtual book club designed specifically for people passionate about social justice.
In addition to serving on the YWCA Princeton board, Altagracia is the Board Chair of the arts education organization, Spark House. She also serves as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coalition Leader of the political and economic advocacy organization, Devotion USA.
Alison Reynolds, Esq.
Alison Reynolds, Esq. has more than a decade of experience focused on environmental, agricultural, and real estate law. She began her career as a Deputy Attorney General in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Environmental Practice Group where she represented several New Jersey State agencies, including the Department of Environmental Protection, the Water Supply Authority, the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, and the State Agriculture Development Committee. She then went in-house with the State Agriculture Development Committee where her duties included counseling the agency in farmland preservation transactions and being the primary contact for Right to Farm Act inquiries. Ms. Reynolds joined Kumer & Hopper Law, now known as Watershed Legal Group, in August 2022. At Watershed Legal Group her primary practice focus is on real estate and land use matters with a more specialized focus on agricultural and land conservation matters.
She is a graduate of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, NY where she received a certificate in environmental law. In May 2022, she completed the Professional and Continuing Education Leadership in Disruptive Times Certificate Program at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business. She also served on the advisory council for this program.
Ermine Smith
Strategic Plan Committee Chair
Ermine Smith has an extensive background in Operational Financial Management. Ermine is a retired Director Team Leader of Finance from Pfizer, Inc. She has with over 30 years of experience with pharmaceutical corporations Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where she held positions of increasing responsibility, from internal audit, to budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, as well as data and compliance management. Ermine held an expatriate assignment in Brazil for 2 years, as Finance Director while she was at GSK, functioning in a hyperinflationary environment. She has led teams of up to 10 managers and has managed multi-million dollar projects.
Ermine believes that careful analysis based on solid research is essential to support decision making in all areas, and particularly where financial decisions are concerned. She believes that good financial planning and management are practical tools that are within the grasp of every person in the community. She is a strong advocate of financial literacy for all.
She currently volunteers at Princeton Community Works and is on the boards of the Trenton Circus Squad and the YWCA Princeton, where she is an active member of both Finance Committees. Additionally, she is an active member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the YWCA board. She does consulting upon request. She resides in Princeton, NJ.
Annabel Tierney
Development Committee Chair
Annabel Tierney is a business news and information industry executive with more than 30 years of experience in leading global teams and enhancing organizational productivity. Annabel retired in 2023 as the Vice President, Content at Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
A culturally-sensitive and versatile leader, Annabel has been recognized for driving results in a collaborative and inclusive manner. She served as the executive sponsor to a DEI working group whose mission was to ensure that departmental goals, policies and projects fostered and facilitated an environment of inclusion and diversity. She served also as the executive sponsor to the Dow Jones Reads initiative, a reading literacy program at The Cherry Tree Club, a preschool run in partnership between HomeFront and the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
Annabel has a passion for coaching and mentoring and a proven track record in talent development, project leadership, strategic planning, and communications/editing. She is the mother of two, and lives in Princeton Junction with her husband.