Jennet Alterman,
member

Jennet Robinson Alterman is a native of Charleston and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Women, a former Women Making a Difference grant recipient.

"I am a member of Women Making a Difference because I have witnessed firsthand the difference women can make. Our combined support allows us to have a positiive impact on organizations that assist women and children and ultimately to have a voice in the community."

Jennet has worked in television broadcasting, state and federal government and the non-profit sector. She has an extensive background in international development having served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, Peace Corps Country Director in Swaziland and the Interagency Coordinator for Peace Corps worldwide.

In 2001 she accepted the position with the Center for Women, a women’s development center established in 1990. The Center for women conducted 65 programs in 2005 and reached over 5,000 women in the Lowcountry; the Center received the Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management from the S.C. Association of Non-Profit Organizations. In February 2006, the Center was recognized by Oprah Winfrey with an Oprah’s Angel Network Grant and the Family Circle Cup Tennis Tournament chose the Center for Women as their official charity of choice in March 2006.

Jennet also serves as the Treasurer of the Spaulding Paolozzi Foundation Board of Directors, is on the Board of the Rotary Club of Charleston, a member of the Regional Advisory Board of the Leadership Institute of Columbia College, the Advisory Council of Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding (CATR), and the Advisory Council of the Lowcountry Graduate Center. In 2003 she was recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the Carolina Lowcountry Girl Scouts and in 2004 she was chosen as one of the Skirt! Magazine 10.
She is married to noted photographer Jack Alterman.

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