Woodley admitted to making unauthorized charges on a foundation credit card, giving herself two bonuses and a salary increase, and falsifying entries into Make-A-Wish records.
about her own family’s struggles with critical illness. Both of her daughters have needed brain surgery, and she told the outlet that she hoped her family’s story would inspire people to donate to the organization and others like it.
“What kind of example do you want to set for them instead of feeling bad for yourself?” she told the newspaper in May 2020. “That sounds cliché, but I couldn’t believe it more. You’ve just got to get to the other side of it. And we will, and she will,” she said, referring to her younger daughter. Less than two months later, Woodley lost her job at the organization over the alleged embezzlement after working in her role at the Iowa chapter since August 2019.
It wasn’t long after Woodley took the position that the alleged theft began. “We are working on assessing the full extent of these irregularities and determining next steps,” Joshua Norton, chair of the Make-A-Wish Iowa board of directors toldwhen the financial irregularities first came to light last year during an internal compliance review. That’s when Make-A-Wish fired Woodley. She later turned herself in to face charges in January 2021.
She pleaded guilty on three felony charges, which include two counts of first-degree theft and one count of fraudulent practices. Woodley could receive a sentence of five years of probation, fines, and restitution, per the prosecutors' recommendation. Her sentencing hearing has been set for July 20.
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