Tirelessly Working for Women
Meet our officers:
BRANDI POWELL
President
Brandi Powell is the newly appointed President of the Central Phoenix Inez Casiano chapter of the National Organization for Women. A devoted feminist and advocate for gender equity, Brandi brings over a decade of experience in transformational coaching, nonprofit development, and community healing.
She is the founder and Executive Director of Village of the Valley, a Phoenix-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting women healing from abuse through emotional support, coaching, and sisterhood. Under her leadership, the organization has helped over 160 women reclaim their power and voice in the aftermath of trauma.
Brandi’s leadership is rooted in the belief that feminism is not only a political movement but a deeply personal and collective call to action. She is committed to advancing intersectional justice, dismantling systems of oppression, and ensuring that all women—especially those who have been marginalized or silenced—are seen, heard, and empowered.
As president, Brandi brings a bold vision for the chapter: one that unites grassroots activism, education, and soul-centered leadership to fuel meaningful change in Arizona and beyond.
“To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.” – Bell Hooks
DIANNE POST
Vice President
Diane Post is currently the AZ NOW Legislative Liaison. She is a lawyer who has worked tirelessly on behalf of women in all area including ERA, domestic violence, child abuse, employment discrimination and civil rights.
ANNA ARNOLD
Treasurer
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.
