100 Women Who Care chapters are popping up all over the US and Canada! After hearing so much about it...Sarah Yohe decided to look into starting a local chapter in Lancaster. About the same time, Kate Kooker attended a meeting of 100 Women Who Care Chester County, PA. This meeting solidified Kate’s interest in bringing the 100 Women concept to Lancaster. The leadership of the Chester County chapter were enthusiastic and eager to help. A few weeks later when Sarah also contacted this chapter, they helped Kate & Sarah to connect. And so it began...
Kate and Sarah recruited Kate Zimmerman, Stacie Reidenbaugh, Becky Nguyen and Amy Balestier to help with the planning process. Kelly Urbanik and Beth Cardwell joined the committee at the one year mark! We are all really excited about watching 100 Women Who Care - Lancaster continue to grow!
Kate and Sarah recruited Kate Zimmerman, Stacie Reidenbaugh, Becky Nguyen and Amy Balestier to help with the planning process. Kelly Urbanik and Beth Cardwell joined the committee at the one year mark! We are all really excited about watching 100 Women Who Care - Lancaster continue to grow!
Sarah Yohe
Sarah Yohe is the Office Coordinator at Synergize! and Office Manager at Yohe Architecture + Design. Originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Sarah moved to the US as a business systems analyst for an IT consulting firm. After 16 years in the IT industry, Sarah recently made a career change to help businesses build stronger teams by keeping their employees engaged and overcoming team dysfunction.
Sarah helped get 100 WWC-Lancaster up and running after listening to her mother (a member of 100WWC-Fredericton) talk about how empowering and moving it was to be a part of such a great organization!
Sarah is married to Charlie Yohe, owner of Yohe Architecture +Design, and together they have an 11 year old son, Brady and a 10 year old daughter, Samantha. Sarah LOVES being a mom. She also likes to stay active and involved in her community through various volunteer opportunities. She is an avid runner, dabbles in triathlons and enjoys the outdoors!
Sarah helped get 100 WWC-Lancaster up and running after listening to her mother (a member of 100WWC-Fredericton) talk about how empowering and moving it was to be a part of such a great organization!
Sarah is married to Charlie Yohe, owner of Yohe Architecture +Design, and together they have an 11 year old son, Brady and a 10 year old daughter, Samantha. Sarah LOVES being a mom. She also likes to stay active and involved in her community through various volunteer opportunities. She is an avid runner, dabbles in triathlons and enjoys the outdoors!
Kate Kooker
Newly retired, Kate Kooker has experience in marketing, nonprofit start-up and fundraising through professional employment and volunteer initiatives. She served on the startup steering committee of Bridge of Hope in Lancaster & Chester Counties and board. During her board tenure, Bridge of Hope’s national program was launched, forming affiliate programs across the USA. Kate has worked with new affiliates, in policy development and implementation and in fundraising at the local and national levels.
Past employment includes Director of the Adverting for Ten Thousand Villages Home Office, Akron, PA. Kate gave leadership for the transition from SELFHELP Crafts to the new name and managed the development of image and message standards for launching a network for fair trade retail stores across the USA and Canada. Kate loved leading learning tours for retail managers to meet the artisans in developing countries, many of which were women’s cooperatives.
Kate is married to Harley, a retired bovine veterinarian. They live on a small farm near Christiana. Parents of two adult children and 3 grandchildren, their lives are enriched by supporting the many activities of family. Other interests include international travel, gardening, reading and biking.
Becky Nguyen
Becky Nguyen is a local real estate professional with the Berkshire Hathaway Homesale Realty. She guides sellers and buyers in their homeownership transitions, encompassing first-time home buyers, move-up buyers, and buyers seeking care-free living in Lancaster County. Becky's past work experiences include hotel sales, coordinating and implementing corporate events, and administrative roles.
Becky is an active member of the Junior League of Lancaster, the American Business Women's Association Penn Square Chapter and Keystone Council, The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (serving as a New Member Ambassador and Women In Business Mentoring Program), and most recently, the 100 Women Who Care - Lancaster County initiative. Living the motto created by Auntie Anne Beiler, "To Give, To Get, To Give Again," Becky is passionate about her local community, and appreciates the many non-profit organizations that strive to make a difference in the lives of others.
Becky is a Lancaster County native. She is married to Don Nguyen, and they have two grown children. Their eldest son, Andrew, resides in Pittsburgh, PA and their daughter, Ashley, lives in Washington, D.C. Don and Becky enjoy one another's company, visiting their kids, and spending time with family.
Becky is an active member of the Junior League of Lancaster, the American Business Women's Association Penn Square Chapter and Keystone Council, The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (serving as a New Member Ambassador and Women In Business Mentoring Program), and most recently, the 100 Women Who Care - Lancaster County initiative. Living the motto created by Auntie Anne Beiler, "To Give, To Get, To Give Again," Becky is passionate about her local community, and appreciates the many non-profit organizations that strive to make a difference in the lives of others.
Becky is a Lancaster County native. She is married to Don Nguyen, and they have two grown children. Their eldest son, Andrew, resides in Pittsburgh, PA and their daughter, Ashley, lives in Washington, D.C. Don and Becky enjoy one another's company, visiting their kids, and spending time with family.
Amy Balestier
Amy Balestier is the communications manager at Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity, where she builds awareness of Habitat's building and renovations efforts throughout Lancaster County. A native of Pottsville, PA, Amy moved to Lancaster from New York City in 2007 with her family and became a moderator of LNP's LancMoms parenting website, a fun fit for a new mom!
Prior to her move to Lancaster, Amy worked as the Development Director of City Parks Foundation, a NYC nonprofit that brings free programming to underserved parks throughout the city. Her degree in Journalism has led to work experience in the fields of public relations, magazine editorial and online blogging.
Amy's husband, Bruce Balestier, is the principle gift officer at F&M College, and together they have two girls, Maddie, 8, and Coco, 5. She is a committee member of Lancaster Festival of Voices, a Lancaster County Community Foundation volunteer, yoga instructor and active mom in her girls' activities.
