Judy Vredenburgh

Judy Vredenburgh is President and CEO of Girls Inc., the nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. udy joined Girls Inc. in 2010 and is leading a charge for strategic growth. Under her guidance, the organization is undertaking a five-year plan to help more girls, especially girls from low-income communities, grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Judy began her career in the retail industry, rising to CEO of Chess King, a $257 million division of the Melville Corporation. Her personal commitment to advancing social good led Judy to the nonprofit sector as the Senior Vice President of Revenue Development and Marketing at the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and then President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Judy holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the State University of New York, Buffalo.