Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona

Welcome to the Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona website. The mission of the Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona is to foster equity and opportunity for women and girls.

Click here to read the Women's Foundation's "Status of Women in Southern Arizona" report, which covers women's education, employment and earnings, health, and civic participation in Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties.

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Female Faces of Philanthropy:
Gail Giclas

For Gail Giclas, community involvement and philanthropy are a family affair. Not only did her parents encourage her volunteerism as a child, it’s an ethos she’s instilling in her own two children. “Our job is to lead by example. I want them to realize our responsibility to others,” she said.

Gail's commitment to the Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona stems from her desire to see girls have choices. "I always felt I had choices growing up, but many women don't know they have choices."

As a Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, Gail extends this philosophy to her work. "Wealth is not a number," she notes, "it's about having the ability to make choices for your life, and how you make a difference in the world."