Leadership grounded in service, stewardship and whole-person well-being.

Josie Smith

Founder and President

Strategy, programs and governance

Josie Smith is the Founder and President of The Joyful Woman Project, a nonprofit dedicated to creating restorative spaces, educational experiences and meaningful community for women who carry significant responsibility for others.

Josie brings together business discipline, nonprofit operations and healing practice. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. Before founding The Joyful Woman Project, she served as an Executive Assistant and Operations Manager for a mission-driven nonprofit foundation. In that role, she supported executive leadership and managed day-to-day operations across donor services, program administration, communications, digital platforms, organizational systems, team coordination and cross-functional project execution. From 2020 to 2025, she founded and operated Sculpt Maven Spa LLC, a women’s wellness business.

Her approach to whole-person well-being is also informed by her training as a Certified Personal Trainer, Reiki practitioner and Tao Hands practitioner.

The Joyful Woman Project grew from Josie’s lived experience. In 2019, she lost her mother to colon cancer and later returned home to support her father through his own colon cancer journey while continuing to carry the demands of work, grief and caregiving. That season deepened her understanding of how easily women who hold families, workplaces and communities together can lose connection with themselves.

As Founder and President, Josie leads organizational strategy, program development, fundraising, community partnerships and governance. Her father, now a colon cancer survivor in remission, stands beside her in this mission.

Tiffany Dubec

Vice President

Clinical practice and wellness networks

Tiffany Dubec is a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic, entrepreneur and wellness leader dedicated to helping women discover their strengths, pursue their goals and create meaningful change in their lives and communities.

Tiffany spent sixteen years building and operating her own chiropractic practice, an experience that grounds her in both whole-person care and the realities of running a mission-driven business. Throughout her career she has supported others through holistic health, nutrition, mental wellness and personal growth.

She serves as Director of the Practitioner Program and Product Specialist for High Tech Health, partnering with wellness professionals across the country. That national network is a natural asset as the organization develops its own curated circle of practitioners, and her leadership experience strengthens the board’s governance.

Evelyn Volter

Secretary

Engineering, safety and mission assurance

Evelyn Volter brings more than twenty years of engineering leadership at NASA to the founding board. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Business Foundations, from the University of Texas at Austin. At NASA she has served as a Safety Engineer and now works as an Engineering Technical Manager, leading a team of approximately thirty professionals. Her career is defined by technical excellence, mission assurance and a steadfast commitment to safety, the same disciplined oversight she brings to governance as Secretary.

Beyond her profession, Evelyn has devoted years to service that mirrors this mission. She volunteers with programs supporting survivors of domestic violence, offering mentorship, workshops and educational opportunities that help women rebuild their lives. As Ministry Leader of her church’s Creative Arts Ministry for youth she helps young people develop their gifts, and through the PEACE Ministry she helps provide food, clothing and essential resources to families in need.

Whether leading engineering teams, mentoring women or serving families in need, Evelyn is committed to lasting impact through leadership, faith, compassion and service.

Mary Elizabeth Woodard, MSN, RN, CPPS

Treasurer

Patient safety and financial stewardship

Mary Elizabeth Woodard is a registered nurse and patient-safety leader with more than twenty-four years of healthcare experience. She serves as a Senior Quality Outcomes Specialist in Patient Safety for one of the nation’s leading academic health systems, where she leads complex patient-safety initiatives, root cause analyses, quality-improvement strategies and organizational risk reduction.

A breast cancer survivor, Reiki Master and advocate for holistic wellness, Mary brings a rare blend of clinical rigor, disciplined oversight and compassionate leadership to the board. Her career has been dedicated to building safer systems, improving outcomes and helping people navigate healing with dignity and purpose.

As Treasurer, Mary applies the same rigor she brings to risk reduction in healthcare to the organization’s financial oversight, championing responsible stewardship, transparency and long-term sustainability.