Dusti Beaubien – president

Over the past 50 years, Dusti has lived in several states as well as Belgium and Brazil, experiences that sparked a lifelong passion for volunteering. She began by training volunteers at Ronald McDonald House in Ann Arbor and, with every new location, found fresh opportunities to give back. After moving to Florida in 2000, she quickly became involved with Café of Life and The League Club. As a member of GNL Class XIII, she gained a deeper appreciation for the many nonprofits serving Southwest Florida. Her leadership roles with Laces of Love, Naples Garden Club, and The League Club, along with starting a foundation in her community, broadened her impact. In 2017, she was honored by the Women’s Foundation of Collier County as one of the Women of Initiative.

Through her travels to many developing countries, Dusti became aware of Period Poverty, but she was shocked to discover that it also exists in the United States. Shortly after Hurricane Irma, while volunteering at Meals of Hope, she learned that period products are considered luxury items in the United States and cannot be purchased with SNAP (food Stamps) or most state and federal aid. A series of events, including the first Summit on Period Poverty in Atlanta, led to the founding of Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL in January 2019.

Sheila Kumar – vice president

Following a lifetime dedicated to family and career, Sheila was determined, post-retirement, to focus on giving back to the community. She is particularly passionate about helping Women and Children. Prior to retiring, she held functional leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies like Johnson & Johnson where she led Marketing Research/Consumer Insights for various global businesses. In her role, she was responsible for shaping winning marketing strategies, communication, brand building and innovation. She also had responsibility for Strategic Planning. After moving to Naples (full time) she has volunteered with Guardian Ad Litem, Literacy Volunteers of Collier County, Legal Aid and The Shelter for Abused Women & Children. Post Covid, she spent some months with an NGO in India, working with victims of domestic and sexual violence.

For some years at Johnson & Johnson, Sheila worked on the Sanitary Protection business – and APS SWFL immediately tugged at her. “I cannot reconcile with the fact that, for almost a week each month, girls and women in SWFL must put their lives on hold, because they cannot afford period products – with significant negative consequences that go beyond the obvious.” Sheila has lived and worked in several countries. Besides Mumbai, India to begin with, she spent bulk of her years in Princeton NJ.

Susan M Harris, MBA – Secretary

Susan left cold and snowy Chicago to become a full-time Naples resident in 2017. She is Co-Founder and Senior Partner of NorthStar Strategies, a marketing consulting firm.  Her diverse business experience includes client assignments with Allstate, Amoco, Federal Reserve Bank, Kellogg’s, Monsanto and Pillsbury. Susan’s passion for volunteer service ignited when she chose to lead by example for her four children. She has never looked back.  

Susan was elected to the Winnetka, IL Board of Education and served for 8 years.  She served on the Executive Board of the Winnetka Caucus Council. She was president of the New Trier Swim Club, and served on the board for 7 years. She was both a Boy Scout and Girl Scout leader.  Susan continues her service commitment in Florida having served on the boards of The League Club and The Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL.  She is committed to initiatives that support “Women Helping Women.”

Liz Winebrenner – treasurer

Having vacationed in Naples for 42 years Liz moved here ten years ago after retiring from working in finance at a real estate company.  She has been active in the community, serving on the board for Fresh Start for Abused Women  and various positions at The League Club, serving from Treasurer to President and for a number of years on its Community Involvement Committee.  

It was while she was President of The League Club that the dire need to supply period products to women and girls was discovered by Dusti Beaubien.  Liz joined the Board of APS of SWFL at inception and currently serves as its Treasurer.  She wonders who could ever have thought that period supplies would be deemed a luxury. 

Marilyn Bartter

Marilyn has worked with not-for-profit institutions both professionally as Vice President for  Campbell & Company- a major National Philanthropic Consulting firm where she led the strategy for many Capital Campaigns and Institutional Advancement Programs for over 20 years. As a volunteer she has served in a number of board and leadership positions for Cornell University, The Association of Fund Raising Professionals, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Parkways Foundation, The Music Institute of Chicago, Junior League of Chicago, Winnetka Community House, Evanston Hospital, Girl Scouts, The Boy Scout Venture Crew program and the American Red Cross.

After 42 years in Winnetka, Illinois Marilyn now spends winters in Naples.  Her volunteer work continues as a member of The League Club where she recently chaired the Community Involvement Committee. She is currently a Board member of Naples Botanical Garden where she serves on the Development Committee and is a graduate of Greater Naples Leadership Class XXIII. Her passion for providing period products to underserved women and girls has been added to her long list of community commitments.

Jenny Hay

Jenny grew up in Illinois and raised two children in Evanston. In 2021, Jenny and her husband, Tom, relocated to Naples and became full-time residents. Jenny started her career in Chicago with Citibank primarily in electronic banking and later worked in various other retail outlets. Deciding to stay home with two kids, she became very involved in the nonprofit world.

 As a member of the Junior League of Chicago, Jenny held various roles including Vice President of Membership and fundraising Co-Chair for many fundraising events. She was involved at Loyola Academy as part of the Women of Wisdom group and school committees.

 Jenny became a member of the woman’s board of Children’s Home and Aid in Chicago and was a Gala chair and served as President of their board. She still remains an honorary member. Jenny is a member of The League Club and currently serving on the board. She is also a member of the Pelican Bay Woman’s League.

Sue Hay

Sue grew up in Wisconsin, raised one son with her husband Mark Duszynski, and still spends summers there. She became a Florida resident in 2018. With an MBA from the University of Wisconsin she spent most of her career in the operations side of banking, working for the Credit Union National Association in various positions, including heading a national ATM network for credit unions, and later working for BMO Harris bank. She currently holds a brokers license in real estate.

She was vice president of the Brookfield Junior Women’s Club, served for 10 years on the board of the Brookfield Public Library, is currently on the board of SOAR Naples Chapter (Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief), long time president of her neighborhood HOA and volunteers at the Shelter for Abused Women and Children in Naples.

Sue was introduced to APS by a fellow board member and could not believe that period products are considered a luxury by assistance programs. For young women and girls to miss work or school for a week per month when they cannot afford period products is heart breaking and she is hoping to help eliminate this issue in SW FL.

Ellen Hoffman

Ellen Hoffman holds a JD and LLM in Taxation from New York University Law School. She practiced tax law in New York City for over 40 years, 11 in private practice and 30 with the City of New York. Mayer DeBlasio appointed her as President of the New York City Tax Commission and Tax Appeals Tribunal in 2015. She retired in 2020 and has been a winter seasonal resident of Naples since then.

She previously served as president of her cooperative housing corporation in New York City and currently sits on the By-Laws Committee for her community in Naples Florida. She is a member of Temple Shalom in Naples and has worked with Hadassah’s Women 2 Women and Girls project fighting period poverty through collecting period products.

Gail Kedrus

Newly retired, Gail now has the time to focus her energies on community involvement both in SW Florida and the Berkshires. During her long professional life in sales, she worked in two fast paced industries - the fashion industry and international logistics for well-known global companies. She has always energetically pursued a variety of interests and embraced commitments to her local community.

Currently, Gail is a volunteer at Literary Volunteers of Collier County, the Hancock Shaker Village and Dorot.

She believes that eliminating period poverty is a basic health necessity. Doing so would provide women and girls with the security needed to pursue so many more educational and career opportunities and in turn afford them a more meaningful life.

 Mary Kiely

Mary is a new resident to Florida splitting time between Naples and Berwyn, PA. She is excited to learn more about the Naples community and participate in volunteer activities supporting women and girls of Southwest Florida. In Pennsylvania Mary served as treasurer on several boards including the Conestoga Crew Team and Chester Valley Women's Golf. She also served on the auxiliary board of T&E Cares dedicated to helping financially disadvantaged students navigate the FASFA process.

Mary is a retired CPA with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Accounting from Franklin and Marshall College. She began her career as an auditor at Price Waterhouse then held various positions in the accounting and treasury departments at CIGNA in the Property and Casualty Division.

Terri Osiecki

Terri comes to Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL from a background as an educator in a suburban Boston public school system where she taught many at risk students. From the beginning, her involvement with students extended beyond the classroom to learning about their families, their greater needs and finding assistance for them. 

After leaving teaching she started her own family and was involved in all aspects of education at their schools including the Parents Association, chairing many events and much fundraising. She then transitioned to business where she took on the role of office manager. Her transition from work up north to Bonita Springs with its two most recent hurricanes has made it imperative for her to connect with young women here. 

Jean Ann Lynch – Ex Officio Member

We are very fortunate to have Jean Ann as our advisor and cheerleader!

 More than 28 years ago, Jean Ann started Baby Basics in Ridgewood, New Jersey quickly adding locations in Vermont and Massachusetts. In 2004 she brought Baby Basics to Collier County providing diapers to hundreds of babies. 

 As Director and Founder of Baby Basics National Development Corp, the umbrella group for the 13 national Baby Basic programs, she understands how important basic necessities are to families living at the poverty level. Her experience and expertise in the nonprofit world have been invaluable to Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL.

danielle viens-payne

Danielle is a Relationship Manager at Champions For Learning, The Education Foundation of Collier County, managing volunteers for the Collier County Public Schools entrepreneurship program and managing Champions For Learning college student programming. She was previously a Program Coordinator for six years for middle and high school programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Collier County at both the Naples and Immokalee Club locations. Danielle has been working in the nonprofit sector for over 13 years, beginning her career in Baltimore working with at-risk and immigrant youth and their families, teaching English to adults and high school students, and helping them graduate and move on to post-secondary education or job training programs. 

While working at Boys & Girls Club, she partnered with the Alliance for Period Supplies of Southwest Florida to connect period supplies with young girls and their families in need. During the pandemic she orchestrated the distribution of period supplies during the Club’s weekly meal distributions in both Naples and Immokalee. 

Danielle is the co-founder of Stilettos in the Boardroom, a women’s networking group designed to encourage and empower women to be their unapologetic confident selves in the personal and professional world. Stilettos in the Boardroom is focused on helping to build communities and businesses. 

Her community work and passion to eradicate period poverty in SWFL led Danielle to join the Board of Directors of APS of SWFL in 2020. She currently serves as the Board’s Community Outreach Committee Chair. 

Jan Palmer – In Memoriam

Our beloved and talented board member, Jan Palmer, passed away on February 12, 2022. Jan was fierce in her convictions and her commitment to ending Period Poverty. In lieu of flowers it was requested in her obituary that donations be made to Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL.

Jan’s volunteer and advocacy work included NJ Chapter and state board representative with the National Organization for Women. She was a lobbyist and North Jersey Field representative with the National Breast Cancer Coalition. She was a volunteer at the Alliance for the Arts and a Cuddler at Cape Coral Hospital.

We miss Jan and all the attributes she brought to our board.