Rebecca Bennion is an active member and new friend in our private Facebook Group.

What did you do or did for a living?

I am a champion for my nonprofit clients. I write federal, state, corporate and foundation grants. I continuously bring in money to sustain and grow their causes. As a grant writer, I am an invisible pee wee with a mighty voice that facilitates charity and good works by simply sitting at my desk! Aren’t you jealous?

What woman from history (alive or dead) would you love to have dinner with and why?

I would love to meet Sister Teresa to learn about her resiliency and tireless dedication.

What piece of wisdom would you like to pass along to younger women?

It is found in this quote hanging in my office:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly…
-Theodore Roosevelt

What would you do if you had the whole day for yourself?

I would take an art class to challenge myself.

What do you love most about being a woman?

I’ve learned that women are more influential than we know. At my age and in my profession, most people are deferential to me which gives me the ability to be irrepressibly generous, joyful and loving. It’s very liberating to live confidently.