Who We Are
The Artist, the COO, and the Matriarch
Dee Etzwiler, CEO of Marching In Their Footsteps LLC, is a lifelong artist who holds a Master of Architecture degree. She is also Principal and Visual Artist of her design firm, a+a Studio. Dee has taught architecture design courses at the University of Oregon and is an active community member in Eugene, Oregon.
Claire is our former Web Content Developer and is now a Full-Stack Software Engineer.
Dee's deep belief in women's rights was influenced early on by her mother, the late Marion Etzwiler (pictured above with our original poster in the 2017 Women’s March in St. Paul, MN). Earlier in her career, Marion was the Executive Director and one of the founding members of CHART -- now WomenVenture -- in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Throughout her professional life, Marion served on a number of boards and in leadership positions, including the National Commission on Working Women; National Aids Fund; Planned Parenthood MN, SD, ND; Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund (now Women Winning), the Minnesota Women’s Foundation, and the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. Marion was also the President of the Minneapolis Foundation (1984-1994).
Acknowledgements
We would like to express our deep gratitude to the following for their generous assistance: Liz Abzug, Dan Agent, the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, Helen Beardsworth, Joyce Berman, Teresa Dobles, Deborah Chapman, Zina Grace, Megan Haight, Kelsey Juliana, Judith Kasen-Windsor, Samira Lobby, Kristina Kiehl, Phuong Morgan, Robin Quirke, Matthew Rettenmund, Valerie Shaff, Holly Simons, Gage Skidmore, Charlie Soap, Rob Thallon, and The Wilma Mankiller Foundation.