Brateil Aghasi - With more than 15 years in sales and management, Aghasi brings her business sense to the nonprofit community and serves as Executive Director for WISEPlace. In her first year with WISEPlace, Brateil mainstreamed program operations and increased the number of WISEPlace clients served by 182%. WISEPlace transforms the lives of more than 300 women each year, by providing safe, affordable transitional and emergency shelter, healthy meals, financial-empowerment curriculum, and employment assistance, to help women move from homelessness and hopelessness to a path of personal self-reliance. Case managers and counselors provide personalized wraparound services to help each woman overcome hardships that led to unemployment and homelessness. Since its inception in 1929 as the South County YWCA, WISEPlace has been committed to providing care and concern to women, children and families. During its history, WISEPlace has transformed the lives of more than 7,800 women. For more information, visit www.wiseplace.org.