Ila comes to Nevada Women’s Fund as a proud native Nevadan born and raised in Fallon.  She brings 25 years of business experience having served as CEO of her family’s small loan company since 1999.  While ensuring the profitability and growth of the family business Ila worked extensively in the community, most notably at Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada. There she served as interim Executive Director for an organization whose mission was close to her heart – financial literacy.  Ila also sat on the WCSD Career and Technical Education Board representing Business & Entrepreneurship and the board of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of National Charity League. 

Ila is the PROUD mother of two young adults; son Evan is 19 and a kinesiology major at the University of Nevada Reno, and daughter Emma is 16 and a Junior at Galena High School.  In her spare time, Ila is happiest in her kitchen cooking, sitting around a large table with delicious food, decent wine and great friends or outdoors running, hiking and exploring.

Ila is thrilled to be starting a new professional chapter at Nevada Women’s Fund and honored to be in a role that uplifts and empowers women and their families

Michele is Development and Program Administrator for the Nevada Women’s Fund. She holds multiple years’ experience in strategic fund, business, affordable housing, economic and new program development, with a strong emphasis in data analysis.

Michele holds a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from the University of Nevada, Reno and also a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. She is active in the community through many professional organizations and currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of Truckee Meadows Tomorrow and Nevada Day Treasure Hunt. Her interests outside of work include rock-hounding, yoga, reading, traveling and cycling.