Sharon Knight has been a WRWF member since 2023, having joined the organization before moving here full-time in 2024 from the San Francisco Bay Area, as a way to get to know the Valley better and make friends. She jumped right into the Communications Committee and has also served on the Grants and Membership Committees. Sharon has spent the last 15 years of her career advancing healthcare innovation and health equity as both a healthcare startup President and COO and Venture (Capital) Partner. She is now enjoying a new life chapter with a flexible schedule as resident of Elkhorn in Sun Valley where with her husband, John Hornbaker, and their Lagotto Romagnolo (aka Italian Water Dog), Luna. She regularly enjoys tennis, golf, and hiking and is taking up skiing again after almost 30 years. She serves on the boards of The Advocates and Wood River Tennis and on the Elkhorn in Sun Valley Racquet Sports Committee.

Since 2016, Carolyn,  her husband, four grown children, and two grandsons have grown to love Sun Valley! They currently share time between California and Idaho, with the end goal of being full time Idaho residents. For a better part of Carolyn’s career, she has served as the Executive Director of a large, private medical practice providing anesthesia services to a large hospital system, including a Level I Trauma and Burn Center in California. In 2016, she simultaneously expanded her leadership opportunity to help start another private medical group. In 2021, she was fortunate enough to be asked to dedicate her time solely to building this practice, now serving as their COO. As Carolyn inches towards slowing down professionally, she will be spending more time in SV.  After enjoying the benefits of serving on a 2024 Grants Application Review Team, she looks forward to continuing to meet others, expanding her involvement in WRWF, and learning much more about our local community. 

Louisa Moats, Ed.D., brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the field of reading/literacy development and instruction, as well as teacher preparation. With a diverse background encompassing roles as a teacher, psychologist, researcher, and graduate school faculty member, Louisa has dedicated her career to advancing literacy education.

Throughout her illustrious career, Louisa has authored numerous scientific journal articles, books, and policy papers, contributing significantly to the body of knowledge in her field. Her work has had a profound impact on literacy instruction practices and has helped shape policy discussions surrounding education.

Louisa’s commitment to the advancement of literacy education is further evidenced by her extensive involvement with organizations such as the WRWF. She has served in various capacities, including as News Brief editor, Education Committee Co-Chair, Focus Grant Co-Chair, and Board Member. Her dedication and leadership have been instrumental in driving initiatives forward and fostering collaboration within the educational community.

Now retired, Louisa is delighted to rejoin the Board for another term as Education Committee Co-Chair, where she will continue to leverage her expertise to support the organization’s mission and promote excellence in education.

Joy Prudek is the Public Relations Manager at St Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, where she has worked since January of 2015. Prior to St. Luke’s, she served as the Outreach & Development Director for Sun Valley Economic Development (SVED), which she helped establish in 2010 to promote economic vitality and quality of place throughout the Sun Valley Region. Prior to SVED, Joy acted as community liaison for the proposed resort development at Warm Springs Ranch. Joy was also owner/operator of an art gallery/wine bar and was Director of Anne Reed Gallery. She has lived in the Sun Valley area since 1998, when she left New York City and a career on Wall Street. In addition to WRWF, Joy serves on the board of directors for SVED, Ice Dance International and on the Advisory Board of Spur Foundation. Joy has a Gold Test Medal from the United States Figure Skating Association in Ice Dancing and enjoys the arts, skating, skiing, hiking and spending time with her husband Jack, and their chocolate lab, Bailey.

Jeannie provides consulting and training services for peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development organizations. She received her master’s degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University with a specialty in Conflict-Sensitive Development and Resilience. She is also a licensed attorney with 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles at a global non-profit membership association and a national vacation rental company. She is licensed to practice in Virginia and Idaho.

After a few years of visiting from Virginia, Jeannie and her husband John moved full-time to the Wood River Valley in 2021. They enjoy hiking, skiing and fishing, usually with their dogs happily tagging along. She joined the Wood River Women’s Foundation in 2021. Jeannie is a current Board member and Chair of the Governance Committee.

Susie grew up in Southern California and spent her professional life on the East Coast. She moved back to Laguna Beach in 2020, and shortly thereafter she and her husband Brian fell in love with Sun Valley where she now splits time between the two. After 16 years in legal, finance, human resources functions and operational management, Susie returned to school to earn a Masters of Science in Nutrition Education. For her masters thesis, she researched and designed a nutrition education program for parents of young children. This program was the foundation for a non-profit that she founded in 2015 and ran for six years. Since then her focus has shifted to serving on non-profit boards, including two in the Wood River Valley. Susie found WRWF online and jumped right into volunteering on a 2024 Grants Application Review Team where she learned firsthand about our mission and grants process. She enjoys travel, cooking, skiing, hiking, and taking advantage of the valley’s cultural offerings.