About Us
The Wing’s mission is to create space for women to advance their pursuits and build community together.
The Wing is a network of co-working and community spaces for women, founded in Manhattan’s Ladies Mile in 2016.
Audrey Gelman
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Lauren Kassan
CO-FOUNDER & COO
Marianna Martinelli
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
Rae Wright
General Manager
Crystal Fawn
Soho Community Manager
Melanie Altarescu
EVP, Partnerships
Alex Covington
Brand Director
Liz Dean
Regional Manager
McLean Peterson
Member Services
Emma Holland
Events Coordinator
Rebekah Jett
Events Associate
Jacqueline Rago
Director of Operations
Hana Kim
Director of Partnerships & Experiences
Deva Pardue
Design Director
Hannah Scarritt-Selman
Food & Beverage Program Manager
Yari Blanco
Brooklyn Community Manager
Chip Perro
Community Analyst
Elyse Fox
Creative Associate
Maria Lombera
Business Development
Penelope Luksic
Executive Assistant
Our Press
"How The Wing is Reviving the Radical Women's Club Movement"
“The Wing is a modern take on a much-needed tradition”
"Why This Women-Only Club Is More Important Than Ever"
Roots
01
The women’s club movement was formed in the 19th and early 20th century by pioneering women who provided each other with encouraging community at a time when they needed it most.
There were over 600 such groups in New York City by the 1930’s and over 5,000 nationwide.
02
In 1868, Fanny Fern was turned away from an all-male New York Press Club dinner honoring Charles Dickens. Fern, a popular American newspaper columnist, explained that she was invited to “listen to the speeches ‘through the crack of a door.’
One year later, Fern cofounded America’s first professional women’s club, Sorosis.
03
By the 1920s, the social club wasn’t just for middle class or wealthy women. Working women met in groups under names like the Lady Flashers, the Lady Millionaires, and the Lady Liberties.
In the 1970s, women’s clubs took on issues more pertinent to the times. The Jane Club of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union maintained a network of abortion providers, and the Boston Women’s Health Collective published Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Written by Alexis Coe - The Wing’s in-house historian