Independent Women's Forum

Leadership & Staff

Emily Jashinsky The Federalist culture editor

• Senior Fellow

Samantha Dravis Former associate administrator of the EPA

• visiting fellow

Mandy Gunasekara former Trump EPA chief of staff

• Senior Policy Analyst

Emma Waters IWF operative

• Position

Hadley Heath Manning IWF

• Position

Donna Wiesner Keene Donna Wiesner Keene | Senior Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, powerful Republican lobbyist, wife of former NRA head David Keene

• Senior fellow

Nicole Neily President, Parents Defending Education

• Senior Fellow (past)

Gayle Trotter fellow at the Independent Women's Forum

• Fellow

Board Members

Lisa Guillermin Gable PRI Emeritus Board Member

• Board Member

Yvonne S Boice Businesswoman and philanthropist in Boca Raton, Florida

• Board Member

Elizabeth Biar

• Board Member

Kellyanne Conway former counselor to President Trump

• Board Member

Nan Hayworth US Representative from New York

• Board Member

Adele Malpass Manhattan Republican Party

• Board Member

Giovanna Cugnasca Marketing consultant

• Board Member

Heather R Higgins Chairman, Board of Directors - Independent Women's Forum

• Board Member

Michelle Bernard Koch-funded conservative MSNBC analyst

• President & CEO (Jan 2 '06→?)

Nancy Pfotenhauer Koch empire and McCain spokeswoman.

• President & CEO ('00→Jan 2 '06)

Donors

Claude R. Lambe Foundation Koch family controlled funding mechanism

• Grant · 250,000 USD ('07) [+2]

• Grant · 15,000 USD ('02)

• Grant · 10,000 USD ('01)

Sarah Scaife Foundation Conservative funding juggernaut

• Grant · 125,000 USD ('06)

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD ('15)

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation/Grant · 25,000 USD ('15→'16)

Charles Koch Foundation Grantmaking foundation controlled by Koch Industries CEO Charles Koch

• Donation/Grant

ExxonMobil Oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing

• Donation/Grant

Altria Group, Inc. formerly Philip Morris; the largest U.S. tobacco company

• Donation/Grant

Child Organizations

Independent Women's Law Center Independent Women's Forum spin-off

• Child Org

Memberships

Project 2025 Far-right plan to take power in 2024 elections, "decimate the deep state" via policy, personnel, training

• Advisory Board Member

Our Bodies Our Sports Rally Anti-transgender rally opposing inclusion of trans women in women's sports.

• Co-sponsor

State Policy Network right-wing think tank network

• associate member

Services & Transactions

KA Consulting LLC kellyanne Conway

• Service/Transaction

Miscellaneous Relationships

Independent Women's Voice

• Affiliation*