The WCAA welcomes new board members Crystal Churchwell ’07, Albina Thakkar Heidebrecht ’03, Stephanie Hsieh ’89, Sally Katz ’78, Amy Tsui Luke ’90, and Cheryl Whaley ’87.
Crystal Churchwell ’07
Nashville, Tenn.
Director and Chair of the Wellesley Fund, 2019–21
- Director of development at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tenn.
- M.B.A., Vanderbilt University
- Wellesley activities: class of ’07 annual-giving representative; program chair, Nashville Wellesley Club; young alumnae coordinator for New York Wellesley Club; member of Wellesley Alumnae of African Descent
Albina Thakkar Heidebrecht ’03
Houston
Director and Chair of Alumnae Admissions Representatives, 2019–21
- Doctor of physical therapy and a board-certified specialist in women’s health physical therapy at Houston Methodist Hospital
- D.P.T., Texas Women’s University
- Wellesley activities: Alumnae Admissions Representative; Wellesley Club of Houston admissions co-chair; class of ’03 Durant Society committee member and assistant annual-giving representative; Friends of Art regional and Houston committee member
Stephanie Hsieh ’89
Pasadena, Calif.
Director, 2019–21
- CEO, Meditope Biosciences, Inc., Los Angeles, an early stage biotechnology company developing immune-oncology products
- J.D., Columbia University; M.B.A., Stanford University
- Wellesley activities: president, treasurer, service day representative, Wellesley Club of Pasedena; co-founder of Wellesley Entrepreneurs group of the Wellesley Club of Los Angeles; member, Business Leadership Council (and organizer of the 2019 BLC retreat); HIVE volunteer mentor
Sally Katz ’78
Paris
Director, 2019–21
- Program analyst, Department of Homeland Security/Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Embassy, Paris
- J.D., Yale University
- Wellesley activities: president, secretary, board member, newsletter editor, Wellesley Club of France; co-vice president and nominating chair, class of ’78; 2016 recipient of the WCAA’s Sed Ministrare Award
Amy Tsui Luke ’90
New York
Director, 2019–21
- Most recently CEO (North America) and partner at the Boston Consulting Group Expand Research, as well as managing director/COO at BCG Plantinion
- M.B.A., Harvard University
- Wellesley activities: class of ’90 Durant Society chair and committee member, special gifts chair for the 20th reunion; New York Leadership Gift Committee; member, Wellesley Development and Outreach Council; advisor to Wellesley/HBX, Harvard Business School’s online initiative; Wellesley in China Honorary Host Committee; speaker at the launch of the Campaign to Advance the Wellesley Effect and the 125th anniversary of the New York Wellesley Club
Cheryl Whaley ’87
New York
Director, 2019–21
- Managing partner, Paradox Strategies, a leadership and research advisory firm based in Boston and Los Angeles
- M.B.A., Harvard University
- Wellesley activities: reunion chair and nominating chair for the class of ’87, Durant Society committee member, assistant annual-giving representative
