Community Volunteer

Martha Van Woerkom grew up in Northern California where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance at the University of California Davis. She spent most of her career at Shell Oil Company in Houston, Texas, where she held various finance, budgeting, and audit positions. Loving Texans, but not so fond of the Houston climate, she and her former husband took advantage of a career opportunity for him and settled in the Annapolis area in 1998.  

While raising two boys, she was a dedicated volunteer at the Anne Arundel County Public Schools where they attended. Martha also served on the Board of her neighborhood Community Association, volunteered at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, and worked part-time doing accounting work for a local business. Martha has been a repeat Celebration of Philanthropy Sponsor and has served as a grant reviewer primarily for the Community Foundation’s own Fund for Anne Arundel.

Now that she’s an empty-nester, Martha is committed to giving back to her community where she has enjoyed living for 26 years.