Board of Directors


Sunny Budar

Sunny Budar

  An interior design professional specializing in commercial design for the last 10 years. She has encouraged and supported women exploring new challenges and is a mother of a daughter who in embarking on her own challenges as an early childhood educator.

Lynne Ramsey

Lynne Ramsey

Has worked in media promotions, as a fundraiser for national nonprofits and as a small business entrepreneur and educator. She spent two years researching and developing the concept of Next Step Moms. She is currently a partner in Supernus Fundraising Consultants, in Irvine, California. Wife and mother of three boys.

Anne Mitchell Gordinier

Anne Mitchell Gordinier

University of California Hastings College of Law graduate, and attorney for two decades specializing in corporate law, she has worked in Los Angeles and Orange County. While raising her two sons, she has run many PTA's and has been active in youth sports.

Donna Turner

Donna Turner

A graduate of UC Davis School of Law, and practicing attorney with experience in criminal and educational law. She has worn many professional hats including prosecutor, educator and mom. Currently working in education and launching two sons and a daughter in their in their own careers.


Next Step Moms is a non-profit organization.

Next Step Moms is a membership community that uses information, events and networking to expand opportunity.

Our Mission Statement

It is our mission to help women and men whose primary focus has been on family and are now looking to new directions in their lives, while educating the marketplace (for-profit and non-profit) on the value of the”empty nest” workforce.