United WE Donor Feature: Sherri Wattenbarger
Sherri Wattenbarger with husband, Brian Beins
In 2021, United WE is celebrating 30 years of empowering women. As part of that celebration, we are honoring 30 Founding Members into our Legacy Society and invite you to join, empowering women beyond your lifetime.
“I read an article in the newspaper back in 1998 asking for volunteers. I knew I had to get involved,” says Sherri Wattenbarger, describing how she first got involved with United WE, formerly Women’s Foundation. “The organizations’ impact on the community and the way it makes change in multiple ways really spoke to me.”
Since that destined newspaper article, Sherri has served United WE in numerous roles as an event Chair and Emeritus Chair, on the Board of Directors, as Board Chair, on the Advisory Council, Campaign Cabinet, Patron Committee, a Trailblazer, and a Legacy Society member.
“I decided at age 11 that I wanted to go into public service and have never detoured from that. After law school, I knew I wanted to use my talent and skills to make my community a better place. Supporting and empowering women became a passion.”
As a trial attorney for over 25 years with the Department of Justice, Sherri’s greatest support lies with United WE’s policy work. “How the organization approaches policy in a nonpartisan, collaborative model is amazing to me. The policy work, and the preceding research, creates the biggest area of impact. It makes lasting changes for women and creates economic equity.”
Through United WE’s Legacy Society, Sherri and her husband Brian Beins are not only investing in the future of women but continuing the work she personally has been endeavoring to achieve. “We have worked hard to support women and girls over these last 30 years, but the pandemic has set us back significantly. We need, now more than ever, our community’s support to empower women beyond our lifetime.”
“We need, now more than ever, our community’s support to empower women beyond our lifetime.”
We invite you to join Sherri and Brian and become one of our 30 founding members of our Legacy Society by including United WE in your estate plans. We thank Sherri and Brian for their on-going support and passion for empowering women and celebrate their tireless work with United WE. Thank you!
Please contact Angie Heer, Chief Development Officer at cdo@united-we.org or 816.988.2007 for further information regarding our Legacy Society.