Marcella Viktorin joined the WSP board in January of 2022. She is an experienced financial analyst. In addition to holding an MBA from University of Texas, she has worked in private wealth management at Goldman Sachs, financial planning & analysis at NRG, corporate bond sales research at RBS and as a modeling analyst at a small energy hedge fund. Her extensive accounting and budgeting experience...
Our Board
Karen Pope
Anniversary Committee
Karen Pope, art historian, retired from the Baylor faculty in 2015 and focuses now on offering programs and tours to interested adults through Art inSight: Adventures in Art History. As an admirer of founder Judith Dullnig and her mission, Karen has enjoyed introducing friends to WSP at the luncheons. She has been an active supporter of Women's Storybook Project of Texas since 2015.
Whitney Franks
Program Committee, STRIVE Committee
Whitney Franks newly assigned board member. Worked on Texas prison facilities where Women’s Storybook Project was conducted and easily realized the importance of the bond this nurtured between mother and child.
Retired Senior Warden from Texas Department of Criminal Justice. She has a BA in Social and Criminal Justice and a MS in Criminal Justice.
Jonathan Kofahl
Data/Tech Committee Chair, Luncheon Committee
Jonathan is a member of WUMC and has great passion for our mission. His profession is video and media production and media. He is the owner of Lost Gold Media.
Marika Flatt
Luncheon Committee
Owner of PR by the Book and Texas Lifestyle Magazine, Marika is a marketing and publicity powerhouse. She attended her first luncheon in 2019 and has been volunteering with the luncheon committee since 2020.
Larry Turner
Nominations and Governance Chair
Larry Turner has been a supporter and adviser for WSP founder Judith Dullnig since moving to Austin in the early 2000’s. He retired as a Vice President of the Kroger Company. He and his wife Karen moved to Austin where he began lecturing at the U.T. McCombs School of Business. Larry served on multiple boards prior to their move to Austin including: the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Easter...
Marty Loeber, J.D.
President
Marty Loeber became involved with Women’s Storybook Project as a donor after reading an article in The Federalist about the project. He was drawn to the idea of helping to make a difference in the lives...
Lisa Holleran, PhD
Vice President, Program Committee Chair
Lisa Holleran is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Prior to her work in academia, Lisa worked directly with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault...
Penny Schmidt
Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
Penny Schmidt is a retired Senior Finance Director with Apple Inc. She managed the Americas Finance Shared Service Center for Apple in Austin. Penny received a Master’s Degree in Professional Accounting from UT McCombs School of Business and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1992....
Vickie Blumhagen
Secretary
WSP team leader and volunteer since 2015, Vickie brings a wealth of nonprofit volunteer and board experience. She was most recently the board chair for El Buen Samaritano.
Judith Dullnig
Founder, Board Member Emerita, STRIVE Committee
Judith Dullnig started Women’s Storybook Project in 2003 with only 5 volunteers and 25 books in a Texas prison. Women’s Storybook Project has come so far since then! She served for the first 15 years...