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EBONY FRELIX BECKWITH ’91 The Katherine Delmar Burke School Distinguished Alumna Award is given each year to an alumna who embodies the value at the heart of the school’s mission to educate, encourage, and empower girls. The recipient exemplifies a life of learning, service to community, individuality, and the ability to make a difference in the world. The awardees are nominated by the alumnae community and voted on by the Alumnae Board.
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Ebony Frelix Beckwith ’91 is the EVP and chief philanthropy officer at Salesforce.org, where she leads the company’s strategic philanthropic work and its global employee communityengagement activities. In her role, she is responsible for engaging more than 36,000 employees in volunteer opportunities, as well as administering millions of dollars in grants to improve communities around the world.
San Francisco Business Times’ Beyond the Check award recipients two years in a row. As a champion for women and girls, Ebony currently serves on the boards of Women’s Funding Network, Women Who Code Advisory Board, and Hamilton Families. She is an executive sponsor for the Salesforce Women’s Network, whose vision is to build a global women’s network to empower, support, and invest in a global community of women.
Ebony has been recognized as one of San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business, as well as one of
Ebony holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Golden Gate University.
