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CORE GUIDING PRINCIPAL V-Day will maintain the two synergistic realms that give V-Day its strength - its dedicated volunteer activists and its unique organizational model. Unlike most global NGOs, V-Day does not have central headquarters or regional offices. Instead, V-Day’s small group of 14 paid staff work remotely from home bases around the world to sustain an online infrastructure that keeps the V-Day network of activists (one billion strong and growing) linked, informed and engaged across the world. Through its virtual structure, V-Day is able to keep traditionally high overhead costs very low, enabling it to give away 89 cents of every dollar raised. This intentional organizational arrangement allows V-Day to be viewed by its dedicated activists as a movement that is owned by them, on the grassroots level. Eve Ensler, V-Day’s Founder and Board Chair, is a volunteer and has never received payment from V-Day for her work. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The V-Day Board of Directors is a group of extraordinary women who provide vision, leadership, and wisdom to help guide and support V-Day in its work: Carole Black Jennifer Buffett Kimberlé W. Crenshaw Rosario Dawson Eve Ensler Jane Fonda Mellody Hobson Katherine McFate Pat Mitchell Thandie Newton Emily Scott Pottruck Amy Rao Cari Ross Kerry Washington Lisa Schejola Akin Wendy Schmidt Regina K. Scully Susan Celia Swan Charlize Theron Sheryl Sandberg 38