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Krista Zimmerman

Senior Project Manager

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April 3, 2025

Women Faith Leaders Fellowship Empowers Sisters to Lead Change

The Women Faith Leaders Fellowship (WFLF), hosted by the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, is working to create an environment where women faith leaders are positioned at the forefront of innovative and holistic development efforts to advance the well-being of women and girls. The 2024-2025 cohort are currently working on their capstone projects, and will come the Hilltop Campus in May. 

Profile

Krista Zimmerman is the senior project manager for the Berkley Center’s Women Faith Leaders Fellowship, an initiative that invests in leadership development for women religious leaders engaged in community-based development for women and girls in Africa. Prior to joining the Berkley Center, Krista worked for the University of California, Berkeley, where she led professional development programming for graduate students studying international relations and global development. She has also worked for non-governmental organizations such as Plan International, Lutheran World Relief, and Save the Children on policy and program initiatives related to sustainable development, gender equity, and humanitarian response. Krista is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and Goshen College.

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