Web of Benefit was created in 2004 as a not-for-profit organization by women affected by domestic violence, for women escaping domestic violence, with the "soul" purpose of promoting liberation and personal independence of women in the greater Boston area.
  
To date, Web of Benefit, Inc. has awarded more than 425 Self-Sufficiency Grants to survivors of domestic violence for:  housing stabilization, education, computers, child care, transportation, health care and micro-financing small businesses.  These grants were specifically designed to help each woman define and realize her own individual goals and dreams.
  

We are grateful to our generous funders:

Babson College/ Student Organizations

The Boston Foundation

Cambridge Community Foundation

The Carlisle Foundation

The English Family Fund of the Community Crossroads Foundation

e-Tapestry

Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation

Fish Family Foundation,

The Linden Foundation

The Agnes M. Lindsay Foundation

The Ludcke Foundation

The McGraw-Hill Companies

The Rebecca Pomroy Foundation

The Proctor & Gamble Company

Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Verzion Wireless, HopeLine New England

Anonymous Individual for Chicago

Anonymous Individual for Boston

All of our generous friends

 





Board of Directors
 



 
Elizabeth Caton, Board President
  

Elizabeth Caton has devoted much of her career to social awareness. She is currently an administrator of a real estate investment and development fund, with interests in California, Illinois, and Ohio. In this role, she has specialized in property development and speculation in new markets. Ms. Caton has also been involved in support of local and national cultural and political action; she volunteered in the Presidential campaign of Barack Obama.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Caton was a retailing executive at various department stores, and an advisor to independent retailers, specializing in children’s clothing. She has also been successful in organizing the business offices of interior design and construction firms in California and New Jersey.

Ms. Caton has two sons, Christopher, an economist at Morgan Stanley in Manhattan, and Nicholas, an attorney at Skaddan, Arps in Washington, D.C. She is married to Dan Caton, President of McGraw-Hill Learning Group.

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Johanna Crawford, Founder and Executive Director
 

Johanna Crawford founded Web of Benefit in January 2004. Web of Benefit reflects her deep commitment to aid and empower survivors of domestic violence, because for many years during her childhood she witnessed her mother's physical and emotional abuse by her father.

Since February 2002, she has volunteered at Transition House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, assisting survivors of domestic violence. During this period, she completed a comprehensive 40-hour training program for counselors. At Transition House, she responds to and manages crisis line telephone calls, screens prospective clients, acts as a housing and social services advocate, and performs client exit interviews.

After attending University of Vermont for several years, she was married, and following the birth of her two daughters, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in finance and management, with highest distinction, from Babson College. Since that time, she has created, bought and/or sold five small businesses in the Boston area, and worked there as a successful real estate broker.

For the past 35 years, Johanna Crawford has dedicated herself to community service in a wide variety of areas. She has devoted her time and energy to organizations and facilities such as the Museum of Science, Glover Hospital, Florence Crittenden House, Franklin Park Zoo, the Noble and Greenough Parents' Committee, Babson College Foreign Students' Committee, the literacy mentoring program at Juniper Hill Elementary School, and the oncology floor of Children's Hospital.

From 1984 to 1986, she served on the Town of Needham Finance Committee, responsible for recommendations regarding the town budget, then exceeding $54 million. During Needham's difficult transition to meeting the provisions of Proposition 2 ½, she served as liaison to the police department, fire department and public works department. She was also elected a Member of Needham Town Meeting.

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Lucy Noyes, Secretary
 

Lucy Noyes has been committed to listening to women, and to helping their voices be heard, for many years. Through employment and volunteer work, Lucy has interfaced with people from many different backgrounds, facing adversity in various ways.

A Women's Studies minor in college, and an active participant in the Women's Center, Lucy helped to organize the annual "Take Back the Night March," which raised awareness about rape and women's rights on campus.

She also worked at a women's clinic as a doctor's assistant and reproductive rights educator. Lucy spent three years working as a Massage Therapist, alongside Physical Therapists, and found joy working with women recovering from injury and illness, or while pregnant.

She received a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology in May 2008 from Lesley University. Lucy seeks to combine her goals of gaining knowledge about the human psyche, and helping women and adolescent girls find and express their voices.

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Sean Deane
  

Sean is a 2008 graduate of Babson College where he received his B.S. in Business Management, with a concentration in Marketing. He began interning with Web of Benefit in the summer of 2007, continuing through 2008. Sean was recently elected to the Board of Directors. The experience he gained in redesigning Web of Benefit's IT operations and managing grant applications helps him become an integral part of our commitment to upgrading our research on client needs and outcomes.

  
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Anne Goh
 

Anne Goh is Program Manager, Risk Awareness & Training, at Fidelity Investments. In a former role in marketing for about 14 years, Anne worked with several Fortune 500 companies. Her job responsibilities in various industries have spanned different countries where she has gained experience working with people of different backgrounds and cultures.

In her many management roles including that of a mother, Anne has counseled mentored and coached individuals, in both their professional and personal goals. Anne’s resilience, persistence and hope was the “fountain” from which she drew to raise and guide her daughter through years of an emotional disorder, helping her to become a responsible young woman today. She finds tremendous satisfaction in helping others achieve their highest potential and fulfill their dreams.

 
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Sue Ellen Harwood
 

Sue Ellen Harwood has been in practice as a Massage Therapist for the past 15 years. In that role she has developed and utilized skills, both kinesthetic and auditory, to help people become more fully aware of and connected to their bodies. She has completed several extensive training programs since graduating from Muscular Therapy Institute and is certified in CORE Myofascial Therapy, Thai Yoga Bodywork as an advanced fractioned, Reiki, trained in Counseling Oriented Bodywork and other types of energy work. Sue Ellen is licensed in the Commonwealth of MA and is nationally certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.

Sue Ellen is married to John Harwood, a Master Jeweler/Sculptor with whom she is now studying metal working and sculpting. She is a long time student/practitioner of Thai Chi and Yoga and continues to explore new areas in the field of bodywork. She offers her entrepreneurial skills, creativity and her knowledge of the ability of the body to heal itself, along with her belief in the power of the feminine spirit to Web of Benefit.

 
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Carole Thompson
 

Carole is the Community Program Director at The Second Step, where she has worked for more than seven years. As the Community Program Director, she provides direct service to approximately 100 survivors per year, oversees community outreach efforts, runs the donations and holiday gifts drives, and is responsible for creating new programming. Her most recent passion is the launching of a pilot Mentoring Program for survivors of domestic violence.

Before joining The Second Step, Carole worked at Pine Manor College for 16 years, in a variety of roles, including Associate Dean for Student Life.  In that role she was responsible for training and supervising professional and paraprofessional staff, having oversight of the judicial board, wellness programming, and management of all aspects of residential life, including crisis management. While at Pine Manor, she raised two boys and attended Northeastern University graduate school part-time to earn a Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in College Student Development. Carole is married to a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Pine Manor College.

 
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Suzanne Giovangelo
 

Suzanne graduated from Babson College in May 2009, receiving a B.S. in Business Management with a concentration in Strategic Management and Leadership. While at Babson College she was President of Women Giving Back, a community service organization devoted to helping various not for profit organizations. As President, Suzanne specialized in planning fundraising events, managing volunteers and arranging collaborations with other organizations. She was an intern at Web of Benefit from July  2008 until September 2009. It was here that Suzanne developed skills in managing a grant calendars, planning fundraising events and maintaining all IT functions. Suzanne is a Client Services and Marketing Coordinator for Dennis Sullivan and Associates. She continues to volunteer and help plan various events during her free time.

 

 
 
P.O. Box 81925-Wellesley, MA-02481-(617)-285-1900