Experience

 Organizations and Clients 

  • CARE USA

  • Cat Tails Wildlife Center

  • Catalyst Communications

  • Child Care Resources

  • Community House Mental Health 

  • East African Community Services

  • Edmonds Food Bank

  • Essentials First

  • Facing the Future: People and the Planet

  • FEEST

  • For the Culture Counseling

  • Gage Academy of Arts

  • Health and Justice Recovery Alliance

  • Immigration Guide

  • InvestED

  • Kaiser Permanente

  • Kentucky Chiropractic Society

  • Louisville Gas and Electric

  • Mangrove Action Project

  • Modest Family Solutions

  • National Arthritis Foundation

  • National Association of Retired Federal Employees

  • Northwest Burn Foundation

  • Old Friends Club

  • Pan African Federalist Movement

  • Peace Peloton

  • Peacemaking Institute

  • Performance Arts Initiative

  • Pride! Public Relations

  • Reclaim

  • RISE - Resilience in Sustaining Power

  • St. Joseph Children’s Home and Child Development Center 

  • South Park Senior Center

  • Sno-Valley Senior Center

  • Social Venture Partners International

  • Sound Discipline

  • The Copywriters Club

  • The Seattle Foundation

  • Unleash the Brilliance

  • VIP Video Productions

  • Volunteers for Outdoor Washington

  • Washington Therapy Fund Foundation

  • Washington Women’s Foundation

  • 501 Commons

Community Leadership

U.S. Peace Corps // 1989 –1991

Senegal, West Africa
Rural Community Development Agent

Produced multimedia educational presentations on the role of women and children in the rural economy for USAID, diplomatic community, US Foreign Service and several universities.

Washington Women’s Foundation // Member 2007-2013

Seattle, WA
Diversity Partner Grant Committee
Chair 2013

Engaged influential women members in examining systemic white privilege, especially in relation to grant award decisions. Initiated interviews and research with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) and LGBTQ-focused nonprofits to learn about their needs and awarded unrestricted grant funding.

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Public Relations, with Honors

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Established campus founding chapters of the Public Relations Student Society of America, Advertising Association of America and Alpha Omicron Pi on campus.

Undoing Institutional Racism //White Ally since 2007

The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond workshops.

Learning, acknowledging and working every day to fully participate in undoing structural racism in accordance with my values.

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