Tirelessly Working for Women

Meet our officers:

DIANNE POST

President

Dianne Post is an attorney whose career has focused on fighting one of the chief causes of poverty and injustice in the world – the inequality of women. Post is a gender expert in violence against women and children including domestic violence, sex-trafficking, prostitution and pornography. She works with governments, foreign aid agencies, and other partners to create, reform or implement laws, train actors in the government and criminal justice sectors and empower vulnerable populations.

JULIE KARCIS

Treasurer

Julie Karcis has enjoyed careers in computers and healthcare, with Masters degrees in computer science and nursing. Her varied professional life and experiences traveling have prompted her to work on ensuring that women are represented at all levels of power. Julie has found that communities are stronger and fairer when everyone participates.

CAROLYN LOWTHER

Events Chair

Carolyn Lowther is the Chair of Events at CPIC NOW. She became a feminist at the age of 19, when she heard Betty Friedan speak about her book, The Feminine Mystique at her college. After graduating college with a Major in Classical Music, she switched gears and went to Wharton for a MBA. She earned a CPA and went to work at DuPont as the first woman hired at their financial headquarters. It was not a fun time, but she stayed for 5 years so that another woman would be hired to replace her. That did happen, and Carolyn went on to work as an AVP at Bank of America and a VP at Citibank, both in NYC. Dispirited by the corporate male environment, Carolyn finally found her calling by starting a financial advisory business to help women in the late 80’s. She accepted men as clients later on, but her primary focus was helping women with their money.

Carolyn’s love was always the arts, however, and she also played chamber music for many years and attended art school. Currently, she volunteers at Scottsdale Center for the Arts.

ANNA ARNOLD

Vice President

A Social Worker by profession, receiving her MSW from UCLA in 1967. Anna spent most of her career in child welfare, working as a caseworker, supervisor, District Program Manager for Maricopa County and finally, as the Assistant Director at DES responsible for child protective services, licensing, foster care, and child abuse prevention programs. statewide. During her tenure, she became convinced of the need for services to families, especially mothers, as many of the children were in single parent homes. She wrote the legislation and started the Family Builders program to reach out to these families with whatever services were needed to keep the family intact safely, through the use of private agencies. She also was instrumental in starting the Families First program for drug addicted parents and their children. She was awarded the NASW Lifetime Achievement Award, The Ounce of Prevention Award from Healthy Families, and the Commissioner’s Award from Health and Human Services in 2005.

In retirement, she has continued her commitment to families through participation in the statewide Healthy Families Committee, serving as a Board member of Prevent Child Abuse Arizona and since 2017, she has been an active Democratic Precinct Committee (PC) member of her Legislative District, which is currently LD3. Along with other PCs in her Cave Creek area, she founded Black Mountain Democrats and Friends, which meets monthly, provides education to the public, and seeks to increase voter turn-out in elections.

SUNISHA SUNIL

Secretary and Social Media

Sunisha Sunil, a junior at BASIS Chandler in Arizona, became a member of NOW during her freshman year, driven by an unwavering passion for equal rights and robust feminism. Holding the roles of public relations officer, social media manager, and intern, she actively manages social media accounts, contributes to research and lobbying efforts, and continually strives to broaden and engage with a diverse community of young individuals. Within NOW, Sunisha initiated the Period Project, a compelling movement focused on integrating period products and sex education into her school system. Wholeheartedly embracing the core issues championed by NOW, she takes pride in her role as a valued member of the Management team.