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B2B Reston

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Raylene (Ray) joined Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic in Jan, 2023 as Director of Giving and Engagement. Originally from New Zealand, Ray came to the US at age 16 to study opera, performing internationally until 2001, when she gave birth to her first child and retired from the stage in order to be close to home. After managing events at the New York Peninsula Hotel, Ray and her family moved to the DMV where she spent the next 18 years in Real Estate. With her children grown up, Ray wanted to become involved with an organization that felt meaningful to her. Make-A-Wish was an organization close to Raylene's heart, her mother had founded Make-A-Wish New Zealand in 1986 and Ray had participated in the very first wish of that chapter. Since joining Make-A Wish, Ray has raised over $1.7mil and seen more than 470 wishes granted.

Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic

Director of Giving and Engagement

6555 Rock Spring Drive, Suite 280

Bethesda

Maryland

20817

Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic® grants transformative wishes to children facing critical illnesses. Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic caters to youngsters in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and northern Virginia. Established in 1983, the Mid-Atlantic chapter has fulfilled over 11,000 wishes across the region since its founding. We serve children aged 2 ½ to 18 who are diagnosed with critical conditions. Regardless of the child's gender, race, religion or socioeconomic status, we ensure their wishes come true. For every wish granted, there is another child awaiting their wish.,

Granting wishes to critically ill children in NOVA DC and MD

N/A

20-49

$1M-$15M