Dear friend,

Happy New Year!

If you don’t already know us, we are the co-chairs of Hollaback!’s Board of Directors. We are writing with an exciting announcement.

As our term as Co-Chairs comes to an end, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Esther Pang as the new Board Chair for Hollaback!’s board of directors.  We can’t think of a better candidate for this role.

Esther is talented, strategic, and deeply committed to Hollaback!'s mission.  She  joined the Hollaback! Board in 2014, and has served as Board Treasurer for five years. She is also the former chair of the Audit Committee, and has served on the Executive Committee and Finance committee. 

Esther Pang is the Director of Operations at March On Foundation, which focuses on increasing civic engagement and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. She has a keen interest in social entrepreneurship, and specializes in developing impact and sustainability strategies for small businesses and organizations.  Previously, she spent more than a decade in project management and governance roles at media and finance companies in New York, London, and Prague.

She recently joined the B Local NYC Board, strengthening the city's community of Certified B Corporations - businesses that balances purpose and profit.  She is also a part of the founding board for Columbia First-Generation & Low-Income Alumni Network, which aims to create a strong, cross-generational community of alumni from low-income backgrounds and/or the first of their family to earn a college degree in the United States.

Esther was a fellow of 2018 Global People’s Summit and 2017 Unleash, both global community of leaders working on Sustainable Development Goals. She received her B.S. in Communications from New York University, and M.S. in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.

We have treasured our time as Co-chairs of Hollaback!’s board of directors. In this last year of tremendous growth as an organization we have celebrated 15 years, Hollaback! won 2020 ADVOCATES OF NYC awarded by the NYC Commission to End Gender-Based Violence, and trained six times more people than the previous year in Bystander Intervention. We are beyond proud of the Hollaback! Team’s collective efforts to change the culture and ability to meet the demands of the moment.

We are confident Esther Pang’s leadership will be a tremendous asset, and that her perspective and experience will play a key role as Hollaback! continues  executing our mission to end harassment in all its forms.

Sincerely,

LaWanda Holland and Allison Sesso