WOLF BOARD

BETH LOWE

Board President

Beth Lowe is a mother living in the Midwest whose love for her daughters inspired her to join the radical feminist movement. She has served as an organizer for feminist events to platform women who have been silenced for speaking out about the harms of gender ideology. Prior to becoming involved in radical feminist activism, she spent a decade in various audit and analyst roles in corporate America. She holds her B.S. in Accounting & Finance from Indiana University. Beth previously served as WoLF’s Treasurer. Her term runs 2022 - 2025.

NK Stade

Treasurer

NK is an attorney and a mother, among other things. She has been a lawyer for almost thirty years, practicing in government, in the private sector, and as a solo practitioner. She keeps an active pro bono practice that has included representing victims of domestic violence against their abusers and has also worked with organizations that oppose the experimental medicalization of gender-distressed kids. NK received her BA from Columbia College and her JD from the Columbia University School of Law. Her term runs from 2023 - 2027.

Margot Heffernan

Vice President

Margot is a radical feminist and mother with over thirty years of experience providing background medical research and writing for legal and medical professionals. She has a Master’s in Library and Information Science and an MFA in creative nonfiction. Previously, Margot served on the board of a local homeless shelter, where she contributed marketing, fundraising, and speaking skills. Margot is also a caterer who specializes in Sri Lankan cuisine. She plans to use her energy and skills to focus on the harm done to women and children by gender ideology, prostitution, and pornography. Her term runs from 2023 - 2027.

Our Team

Sharon Byrne

Executive Director

Sharon Byrne is a non-profit and government relations expert with over two decades of advocacy leadership experience. She brings to WoLF vital community-building experience and connections; she currently serves as the President of the Santa Barbara United Nations Association and served as a delegate to The UN Conference on the Status of Women and the Generation Equity Forums. Sharon is the author of multiple published articles on women’s rights, including an Op-Ed in The Independent revealing the insidious presence of human tracking in Santa Barbara. She also serves on the board of the Santa Barbara Women's Health Coalition and has been a vocal advocate for women’s reproductive sovereignty.

Sharon was awarded the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office’s Exceptional Civilian Award in 2023 for her work with the Montecito Association in reducing gang violence, preventing human trafficking, and pioneering a model to end homelessness in the county. She holds a Master's Degree in Psychology, a Bachelor's Degree in Management and Economics, and a certificate in Human Rights Consulting from the International Institute for Human Rights.

Sharon joined WoLF as Executive Director in 2023.

Lauren Bone

Legal Director

Lauren (Adams) Bone has nearly a decade of legal experience in family law, non-profit law, and general legal practice.

Lauren began working as the legal director for WoLF in 2020. She has served as general counsel, led legislative and regulatory advocacy, filed amici briefs, drafted model legislation, and coordinated impact litigation. Lauren co-authored the Women’s Bill of Rights with IWV and is co-counsel on Chandler v. CDCR, challenging mixed-sex housing policies in California prisons.

HANNAH SULLIVAN

Development Director

Hannah Sullivan brings with her years of fundraising experience and has collaboratively raised over $18 million for nonprofit and local government organizations. In her role at WoLF, Hannah will be helping to support the massively under-funded women’s movement. Hannah became a WoLF Member in 2016 and joined WoLF full-time in 2021.

Lierre Kieth

Wolf Founder & Special Envoy

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Lierre Keith is an American writer, radical feminist, food activist, and environmentalist. She founded WoLF in 2014 and has remained involved as a board member, and now as WoLF’s special envoy and spokesperson.

She is the author the highly acclaimed The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability and co-author with Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay, of Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet (Seven Stories Press, 2011). She’s also been arrested six times.

CHeneLle Brown

WoLF Political Consultant

Chenelle operates at the crossroads of politics, communications and corporate social responsibility. She advises politicians, corporate executives and non-profit leaders on community and stakeholder engagement, legislative developments and political opportunities. Chenelle has served in the D.C. Office of Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Karen Bass(D,CA-33) . She has also been recognized by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation as an “Emerging Leader”. Chenelle has served on the executive board of the Alliance for Business Leadership, and held committee assignments at both Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)-Boston Branch.

M. K. Fain

Communications & Technology Consultant