Women's Fund of Greater Chattanooga

Voices is officially SOLD OUT! 👏

We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support from our community and for everyone who continues to champion the work we do. 

If you missed your opportunity to purchase a ticket and would like to be added to the waitlist, please email valerie@chattanoogawomensfund.org.

A special thank you to this year’s generous sponsors for helping make Voices 2026 possible:

Unable to attend? You can still make an impact! Please consider making a donation to support our mission.

Join us at The Chattery (1800 Rossville Ave #108) on Wednesday, September 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. to hear from each of this year’s grant finalists in their own words!

Congratulations to:

✨ Chattanooga Room in the Inn
✨ LifeSpring Community Health
✨ The Momentum Network

This special event is a wonderful opportunity to connect with new people, reconnect with old friends, and hear directly from our grant finalists as they share more about the incredible work they are doing in our community.

You do not need to be a member to attend - everyone is welcome!

Following the event, all 2026 Nightingale Network members will receive their digital voting forms to vote for this year’s $10,000 grant recipient. The winner will be announced at Voices!

🕊 If you haven't already joined this year's Nightingale Network, it's not too late! Be sure to join by September 9th for your chance to vote for the grant winner.

Millibeth Currie comes to us after building her career centered on creating opportunities for others. Her focus as a science educator has centered around empowerment programming. As a National Award Winning educator, she brings experience from teaching and connecting STEM to workforce issues.

25 years ago Currie created an empowerment STEM centered program for girls called, Women in Charge: Engineering Women’s Lives by connecting STEM classrooms with STEM professionals. She enjoys offering experiences that challenge participants to reframe failure as freedom by arming them with new tools and actionable leadership strategies that spark courageous change, and growth. Outside of the

classroom, her expertise in grant writing, assessment, and leading workshops has helped individuals and organizations organize, interpret, and act on information.

After growing up in New Mexico, she attended and graduated from Tulane and went on to Loyola in New Orleans for graduate school. Millibeth is dedicated to serving the Tulane community and is the current President of Tulane’s Alumni Association. She and her husband, Dr. Bill Basco, moved from Charleston, SC as he began as the Chair of Pediatrics at Erlanger. Immediately, Millibeth decided her priority was joining The Women’s Fund, whose mission resonated deeply with her own lifelong focus on women’s issues and empowerment.

Family is the center of her life. She's endlessly proud of her three children and cherishes the trips they take together. The outdoors is their way of connecting with the world whether on a hiking trail, in a National Park, or on the water. While the science junkie in her loves zooming in on the micro view of a flower or insect, she’s equally drawn to art and art collecting, which opens a window into other people’s perspectives.

✉️ 🍕 Letters to the Legislators with PostScript Pizza: Join us for this month's Letters to the Legislators at Book and Cover (1310 Hanover St) on Wednesday, September 2 from 6:30 - 8pm. There will be pizza, letter-writing materials, and great energy! Let us know you are coming here for pizza headcount. 

🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️ 2026 Nooga Hunger Walk/Run will take place on Saturday, September 12. The event is a casual 5k to raise money and promote awareness of food insecurity in the surrounding region. More information can be found here!

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