Barbara Fintel Collins

Barbara Fintel Collins is the co-founder of Dining for Women, the largest global giving circle movement dedicated to advancing gender equality and well-being for women and girls around the world. With 470 chapters in the U.S., DFW has educated and mobilized more than 32,000 people, amassing small gifts into $7 million in grants to organizations in 60 countries.

She believes in creating transformational social change by engaging in DFW’s simple model that nurtures community, democratizes philanthropy, and multiplies the power of an individual. Under her leadership, Dining for Women has initiated partnerships with the Peace Corps, UNICEF, OXFAM, and Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn Initiative. In 2014, Barb was named an Everyday Freedom Hero by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in gerontology, Barb has devoted her career to the nonprofit sector. She and her husband Greg have two grown daughters and live in Greenville, South Carolina with their gentle husky and feisty cat.