A big welcome to our five new board members!

Ashley Badgley is a DC-Based advocate who works in Program Management at the American University Washington College of Law Clinical Program. Ashley received her bachelor’s degree in Journalism in 2009 from Columbia College Chicago and received her master’s degree in Women’s Studies from The George Washington University in 2012. She has spent her career working primarily with survivors of domestic and sexual violence as well as immigrant populations seeking legal assistance in the DC region. As an avid bicyclist, she works to get more women on the saddle, exploring the streets of DC. She believes in equal access and opportunity for all.

Morgan Fincher is a DC-based international development professional who works on promoting good governance in Southeast Asia. As part of her work, she supports programming that builds the capacity of women members of parliament to govern effectively and advocate for the needs and interests of their constituents in emerging democracies. Recently, Morgan launched Whistles for Women, an advocacy effort to combat street harassment and keep women safe on the streets of Capitol Hill in DC. She received her Master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University in 2018 and her Bachelor’s in International Relations from University of Redlands in 2013. In her free time, Morgan enjoys advocating the benefits of equality for all to anyone who will listen.

Lauren Pires is currently the Outreach and Training Program Manager at the Domestic Violence Resource Project in Washington DC, and brings several years of international gender and women’s empowerment programming to the SSH board. With a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in Gender & Policy, her professional expertise is in gender mainstreaming, training and communications. A third-culture kid, she has grown up and lived in 6 countries across 3 continents and values intersectionality in everything we do, cultural humility and most of all the chance to appreciate new places, cultures and of course the food. 

Britnae Purdy works in college campus gender-based violence prevention and education. She holds a BA in International Affairs/Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Mary Washington and an MA in Global Affairs from George Mason University, and is is currently pursuing an MSc in Public Health through the London School of Hygiene and Public Health. Britnae has been volunteering with SSH since 2013 as blog correspondent and digital manager for International Anti-Street Harassment Week.

Nancy Xiong‘s work has been mainly in the higher education setting with women and gender issues and gender-based violence. She has organized events such as Take Back the Night, Fear 2 Freedom, Self Care, Self Love events, film screenings on domestic violence/sexual assault and Anti-Street Harassment Week at George Mason University. Academically, she has taught courses such as global representations of women, introduction to women and gender studies and healthy relationships. Nancy has worked, studied and/or lived in Burma, India, Japan, Laos, Nepal, and Thailand. Outside of work, she enjoys cultivating her artistic side by sewing, making art, and crafting, traveling, connecting with the world and just be. Currently, she’s interested in trauma and healing and ways to foster well-being, self-care, and self-love in everyday life.