Chris Grumm

The CEO/President of the Women’s Funding Network (WFN) from 2000 to 2011, during her tenure Chris Grumm built the membership from 75 to over 160 funds with over $500 million in assets.

She is the co-founder, with Helen LaKelly Hunt, of the first Women Moving Millions Campaign. In partnership with Women’s Funds, the campaign raised over $200 million. Prior to WFN, Chris was the Executive Director of the Chicago Foundation for Women. She has served as the first vice president of the newly formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and as the Deputy General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland.

Chris works with local, national, and global organizations, building agendas for gender/social justice. One of her passions is the investment in women, girls, and gender-expansive people and, through that investment, changing whole communities. She is an Alinsky-trained community organizer and health Educator and, throughout her career, has worked on behalf of Reproductive Rights and Justice. Currently, she is consulting through her company, Chris Grumm Consulting Group.