About BALI

The Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI) utilizes the signature leadership skills of the late New York Congresswoman Bella S. Abzug (1920-1998) to mentor and train high school and college age women and help develop the confidence and skills they need to be effective, dynamic and visionary leaders as well as active and creative participants in civic, political, corporate and community life.

BALI Board Members

Our Board of Directors is made of women of all ages and strong feminist men who come from very diverse individual and professional backgrounds. There are four of Bella’s very close feminist and peace activist friends serving on our Board, one of whom happens to be the grandmother of another one of our Board Directors, our Board Secretary.

Liz J. Abzug, President and Co-Founder
Erica Forman, Chair and Co-Founder
Betsy Scheinbart, Secretary
Maggi Peyton, Treasurer

Eve Abzug, Co-Founder
N. Jerin Arifa
Eija Ayravainen
Liz Cooper
Joanne Davila
Robbie Gendels
Jerry Goldfeder
Jonathan Greenberg
Harold Holzer
Meg Holzer
Arlene  Lederman
Judy Lerner
Robin Morgan
Joan Nixon
Claire Reed
Gloria Steinem
Amy Swerdlow
Lala Wu