Misti Jaynes has been with Women Thriving, Inc. since 2014. She started as a Thriver attending various workshops and Summits. She then joined the Leadership team where she worked with the co-founders Ann Brackett and Andrea Moore-Johnson. She then worked as the Community Liaison for four years, where she recruited women in the housing developments of Brookline to engage in the various workshops and programs of Women Thriving, which at that time was call Women and Girls Thriving under the umbrella of the Brookline Mental Health Center.

Women Thriving, Inc. became it’s own nonprofit in 2019 and in 2020 she became a Board member, where she served as the Chair for the Program Committee. In 2023 she was voted in as the Board President, while navigating the transitions of a growing nonprofit. She recently served as the Interim Executive Director, where she saw the organization through a transition in leadership. Now having stepped back into her role as Board President, she is excited to continue her work to lead Women Thriving into a flourishing, community engaged, co-creating and Thriving organization that meets the needs of our community.