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• Cross Cultural Conversations - A Presentation for Baker College Students

  • Start
    Monday, September 28, 2020
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    (EDT)
  • End
    Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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    (EDT)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Reserved for Baker College HUS Only - Online via Zoom

  
  

  Description— INTRODUCTORY Online SESSION For Baker College HUS Instructors of JACKSON

  *If you would like to bring this dialogue to your organization please email Tracey@Nonprofnetwork.org

  Cross Cultural Conversations - A Series of Dialogues for More Equitable Communities

  The Cross-Cultural Conversations Council invites community members to attend this important training to learn about, uncover, and address systemic racism, biases and barriers for our community members.

  Through self-assessment and facilitated activities, participants gain increased understanding of their personal background and perspective on the implications of how their experience affects how they think and react to others from different backgrounds.

  Organizations discover the value of practicing a more open and inclusive mindset into day-to-day operations

  Session One Agenda - 9:00 am - 11:00 am September 28th

  "Cross-Cultural Conversations, Part I: Striving toward Improved Sensitivity in Communication and Clearer Understanding of the Effects of Privilege and Unconscious Bias"

  ·         Define cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence
  ·         Identify issues of equality vs. equity
  ·         Recognize the influence of “isms” in our communication
  ·         Recognize privilege and bias
  ·         Identify ways to bridge barriers

  Session Two Agenda - 9:00 am - 11:00 am September 30th

  “Cross-Cultural Conversations, Part II: Steps to Overcoming Barriers"

  ·         Where do you stand on the continuum of awareness?
  ·         Addressing micro-aggression's
  ·         Recognizing unconscious bias
  ·         Using tools to enhance communication and understanding

  Having a better understanding of ourselves, our colleagues, and our clientele will lead to more cohesion and greater effectiveness in our interactions. With improved communication and understanding, staff will be better equipped to adjust expectations and connect in a more productive manner with others.

  
  

  Additional information-

  • Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early as these sessions will start on-time. 

  ____________________________________________________________________________________________

  Thank you to the generous sponsors who have made this workshop available: 

  

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  ~ Cross-Cultural Conversations Cancellation and Refund Policy ~

  CCC is committed to delivering high quality, professional development opportunities. This refund and cancellation policy accommodates the minimum time required to prepare for workshops and training's -including the cost of materials, content development, food and refreshments if applicable, and room accommodations.

  As a nonprofit, we keep the fees for programs as low as possible. Absorbing the cost of late cancellations would ultimately increase the price of Cross-Cultural Conversations programs.
  

  Credit Policy

  A registrant who provides notice more than 48 hours before the start of the session will automatically receive a check refund or credit to be used exclusively for a CCC workshop.  No cash refunds will be given.  

  No credits will be issued with less than a 48 hour notice. 

  Right to Cancel

  CCC reserves the right to cancel any workshop. If a cancellation occurs, registrants will receive a full refund or a credit towards another CCC workshop.

  If you need assistance with a cancellation or a change in your registration, or if you are interested in bringing this important work to your organization,  please email Tracey@NonprofNetwork.org or call our office at 517-796-4750.

  
  

  

  Facilitated By— 

  

  Marie Bonkowski
  Facilitator

  Marie Bonkowski is the Director of Student Affairs at Baker College of Jackson. She currently sits on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council of the Baker College System and the majority of her 20 plus years at Baker was in the position of Dean of Health Sciences. 

  Prior to moving to Onsted, Michigan, Marie was a respiratory therapist and worked at Sinai Hospital in Detroit.  Through her experiences at the college, in the health care setting and in the community, Marie has discovered much about the disparities that exist in the education, health and social systems in our community and nation.  She has learned how her own biases have affected her interactions with others in past and not so past situations.  Marie is an enthusiastic facilitator of the Cross-Cultural Conversations Training.  Her goal is to provide information and a safe environment for participants to begin conversations that lead to understanding biases and disparities in their own lives and in their communities. She looks forward to providing awareness and some tools for carrying on these sometimes difficult conversations.

  Emma Leriche
  Facilitator

  Emma is part of the Administration support, Spanish interpreter and member of the Child welfare Anti-racism Team for The Department of Health and Human Services in Jackson County. Her role assisting clients allows her to relate effectively with people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures.

  Emma’s mission inspires and supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through all her functions in the Department and the community.

  As an Economist, she believes that discrimination can lead to an inefficient economy. For this reason, she believes working on recognizing, appreciating and valuing individual differences will build a stronger and more efficient community.

  Emma has a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a specialty in Finance. She is also, a facilitator and student of Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism workshops. The most recent one she attended is ERACCE (Eliminating Racism and Creating/Celebrating Equity).

  Keila Kilgore
  Facilitator

  Keila Kilgore, MA, LPC has been a Health Coach/Educator at Henry Ford Allegiance Health since January 2013 with the It’s Your Life program at Prevention & Community Health. She earned her teaching degree from Western Michigan University and a Masters in Community Agency Counseling with a K-12 Guidance and Counseling Endorsement from Siena Heights University.  Keila is a Licensed Professional Counselor at her private practice with 30 years of experience working with individuals of all ages in behavioral health and education. She also serves as the director for the Xchange Teen Center in Hanover providing a supportive caring environment for those participating. 

  Keila has extensive training in trauma informed care and assessment, experience as a member of Critical Incident Stress Management teams and is an active on the Cross-Cultural Conversations Council in the Jackson Community. Keila’s passion is to learn and help others focus on understanding how life’s experiences can impact our overall health while encouraging awareness, knowledge, identification and utilization of resources to help build resilience.

  
  

  

  Please Note: Nonprofit Network may videotape or photograph public events. Videos and photos are used solely for the promotional purposes of Nonprofit Network. Nonprofit Network will regard as confidential all non-public information obtained during the course of its professional assignments. Information given in a public setting has no expectation of confidentiality.

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• New Online Peer Coaching Groups

  • Start
    Wednesday, October 14, 2020
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    (EDT)
  • End
    Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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    (EDT)
  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Online with NN via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    5

  Register

  
  

  Peer Coaching Groups - Overview

  Peer Coaching Groups are designed to facilitate goal-setting, coaching and action learning within a small group of peers. Each group member decides what real-world goal or issue they wish to address and guided by a facilitator their peers coach primarily through asking open-ended questions to expand the member’s thinking and options

  Members commit to taking action between meetings and report on progress and lessons learned. Peer Coaching Groups follow a very structured process that ensures that members work on issues that matter most, get help the way they need it and apply what they have learned.

   

  Benefits

  • In addition to being coached, members develop core coaching skills
  • Through open-ended questions and limited advice, members are able to tap their own knowledge and that of their peers
  • Members work on real challenges or goals – the things that matter most here and now
  • Members make new connections, receive feedback and gain new perspectives
  • Members are accountable to take action, so they learn by doing and following through.

   **Peer Coaching groups will be customized with no more than 8 people per group. However a minimum of 6 is required and the start date may be pushed out until we have the minimum.

  Groups will form based on the information provided during registration questions. 

  Each coaching session will last 2.5 hours. 

  Groups will meet for 7 online sessions (1 meet and greet + 6 sessions) and this expands over 6-8 months.  Each group is facilitated by a Trained Cognitive Coach.  Participation cost is $625/person member $725 for non-members

  
  

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• Cross Cultural Conversations - A Series of Dialogues for More Equitable Communities

  • When
    Thursday, October 15, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    32

  Register

  
  

  Description— FREE FULL DAY INTRODUCTORY Online SESSION
  

  The Cross-Cultural Conversations Council invites community members to attend this important training to learn about, uncover, and address systemic racism, biases and barriers for our community members.

  Through self-assessment and facilitated activities, participants gain increased understanding of their personal background and perspective on the implications of how their experience affects how they think and react to others from different backgrounds.

  Organizations discover the value of practicing a more open and inclusive mindset into day-to-day operations

  Session Agenda -

  9:00 am - 1:00 pm

  "Cross-Cultural Conversations, Part I: Striving toward Improved Sensitivity in Communication and Clearer Understanding of the Effects of Privilege and Unconscious Bias"

  ·         Define cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence
  ·         Identify issues of equality vs. equity
  ·         Recognize the influence of “isms” in our communication
  ·         Recognize privilege and bias
  ·         Identify ways to bridge barriers

  “Cross-Cultural Conversations, Part II: Steps to Overcoming Barriers"

  ·         Where do you stand on the continuum of awareness?
  ·         Addressing micro-aggression's
  ·         Recognizing unconscious bias
  ·         Using tools to enhance communication and understanding

  Having a better understanding of ourselves, our colleagues, and our clientele will lead to more cohesion and greater effectiveness in our interactions. With improved communication and understanding, staff will be better equipped to adjust expectations and connect in a more productive manner with others.

  
  

  Additional information-

  • Due to the group-work required at these sessions each workshop requires a minimum of 12 participants.
  • Please plan to arrive 10 minutes early as these sessions will start on-time. 

   **Costs - $20 for the full-day - FREE for this Session!

  _____________________________________________________________
  

  Thank you to the generous sponsors who have made this workshop available: 

  

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  ~ Cross-Cultural Conversations Cancellation and Refund Policy ~

  CCC is committed to delivering high quality, professional development opportunities. This refund and cancellation policy accommodates the minimum time required to prepare for workshops and training's -including the cost of materials, content development, food and refreshments if applicable, and room accommodations.

  As a nonprofit, we keep the fees for programs as low as possible. Absorbing the cost of late cancellations would ultimately increase the price of Cross-Cultural Conversations programs.
  

  Credit Policy

  A registrant who provides notice more than 48 hours before the start of the session will automatically receive a check refund or credit to be used exclusively for a CCC workshop.  No cash refunds will be given.  

  No credits will be issued with less than a 48 hour notice. 

  Right to Cancel

  CCC reserves the right to cancel any workshop. If a cancellation occurs, registrants will receive a full refund or a credit towards another CCC workshop.

  If you need assistance with a cancellation or a change in your registration, or if you are interested in bringing this important work to your organization,  please email Tracey@NonprofNetwork.org or call our office at 517-796-4750.

  
  

  

  Facilitated By— 

  Edwin Payne
  Facilitator

  Edwin is a facilitative leader known for his ability to promote vulnerability with in groups while kindly holding members accountable. He is a great listener who is able to discern and hear the underlying meaning or messages in group conversations. Having had the opportunity to live in multiple cultures beginning at an early age, Edwin has developed a sincere passion for all peoples. He is excellent at using a lighted hearted joyfulness and asking quality questions to move groups towards common goals.

  Edwin has provided coaching, consultation, and counseling to various groups and organizations with the goal of building self-sufficiency and community capacity for the development of healthy communities. His facilitative experiences over the past 12 years include work with community mental health, higher education, and child welfare among others. 

  Edwin holds an MA in counseling from Lincoln Christian Seminary. He went on to earn an MS in Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies from Michigan State University because he values the impact of communities and systems on the well-being of individuals. Edwin is also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Michigan and serves as the Clinical Director of Jackson Counseling for WellBeing along with facilitating Cross-Cultural Conversations.

  
  

  Emma Leriche
  Facilitator

  Emma is part of the Administration support, Spanish interpreter and member of the Child welfare Anti-racism Team for The Department of Health and Human Services in Jackson County. Her role assisting clients allows her to relate effectively with people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures.

  Emma’s mission inspires and supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through all her functions in the Department and the community.

  As an Economist, she believes that discrimination can lead to an inefficient economy. For this reason, she believes working on recognizing, appreciating and valuing individual differences will build a stronger and more efficient community.

  Emma has a bachelor’s degree in Economics with a specialty in Finance. She is also, a facilitator and student of Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism workshops. The most recent one she attended is ERACCE (Eliminating Racism and Creating/Celebrating Equity).

  
  

  Martha York
  Facilitator

  Martha York is the Community Education Coordinator for Region 2 Area Agency on Aging. As a Master Trainer for numerous Evidence-Based Programs, Martha is skilled at facilitating groups and laying out a safe platform that encourages open expression of personal ideas and experiences. She is a licensed Social Worker who has worked for over 30 years with individuals and families coping with trauma, crisis, and chronic illnesses, encouraging them to strive to live well despite challenging circumstances.

  Additionally, Martha has been a keynote and motivational speaker to various organizations and college students on cancer survivorship, trauma recovery and resiliency. Martha speaks in a raw, relatable fashion with vulnerability that encourages hope, healing, and recovery. She is author of the daily devotional “Spoken to Me:  Calming words from God for anxious, over-active minds” 

  Martha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Michigan State University. She is a certified Master Trainer for Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs including Diabetes, Cancer, and Chronic Pain as well as for Creating Confident Caregivers, Respecting Choices, and Matter of Balance.

  

  Please Note: Nonprofit Network may videotape or photograph public events. Videos and photos are used solely for the promotional purposes of Nonprofit Network. Nonprofit Network will regard as confidential all non-public information obtained during the course of its professional assignments. Information given in a public setting has no expectation of confidentiality.

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• How To Write A Successful Appeal Letter

  • When
    Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    14

  Register

  The best way to stop relying on special events is a vibrant, healthy and successful annual campaign that builds a base of individuals that support and invest in your organization – without any tickets or dinners involved.

  Your appeal letter is your chance to share your side of the situation. The goal of an appeal letter is to have a decision reconsidered, and hopefully overturned. Regular, well written appeal letters are part of the critical infrastructure of an annual donor campaign.  The art of writing a letter – the length, the approach, the appeal, the ask – is part science and data and part heart and illustrations of the real ways your organization is a valued part of the community.  And best yet – an appeal letter is socially distant!

  In this workshop you will learn:

  • How to use the data in your donor data base
  • Understand the motivators most donors have for giving – and how to connect to those motivations
  • The pieces and parts of an appeal letter that increase – and decrease – success
  • What to spend extra money on – and when not to
  • How to use email, social media and the appeal letters that use real envelopes
  • Tips, tricks and strategies

  Costs - (Funding generously donated by: CP Federal Credit Union)

  Nonprofit Network Members - $25.00 

  Nonmembers - $40.00

  SPONSORED BY:

  

  

  Facilitated by:

  
  

  Regina Pinney
  Executive Director

  
  

  Regina is well known for her ability to deliver information in a practical, down-to-earth way that makes sense. She can see past symptoms to the root cause of the issue. Having worked all of her life in the nonprofit sector, she seeks to teach organizations to be self-sufficient. Regina excels at making people feel comfortable to safely discuss hard topics.
  

  She has provided consultation to hundreds of nonprofits of all sizes and shapes throughout Michigan and beyond. She is an expert in nonprofit governance and management, with a special interest in bringing people with unique world views and experiences together to dialogue towards consensus on the issues that face their organizations.
  

  Regina has a wide range of nonprofit experience. She has worked as staff, as a volunteer, and as a board member. Prior to becoming Executive Director of Nonprofit Network, Regina was a consultant and development director. She received her BA from Bowling Green State University a very long time ago. 

  
  

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• (FREE) Workshop - Becoming a Better Board Member

  • When
    Tuesday, November 17, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    10

  Register

  
  

  Sponsored by: Henry Ford Allegiance Health

  Nonprofit boards have the ultimate responsibility and accountability for the organizations they lead. A fully engaged, active board does not happen organically.  It takes deliberate acts and concentrated efforts, and that often starts with recruitment, orientation and and training for new board members.

  Great board members do not start out “great.” Rather, they travel along a continuum, picking up and mastering certain skills, including those of OK board members (in that they know and meet their fiduciary duties) and good board members (in that they have mastered their supportive roles of serving others within the organization). After mastering these phases, great board members emerge by having a broader perspective than self or even the nonprofit: they develop a vision that links the nonprofit to the broader nonprofit sector and act to serve, strengthen, and transform the entire community. Indeed, great board members are “community trustees.” 

  How do you pack in good governance, due diligence, policy conversation, relationship building, committee work, strategic conversations and board engagement in one hour or so each month? How do you get everything done in 12-14 hours a year? Join this class for tips and tools to make your board meetings efficient, effective and engaging. 
  

  This workshop:

  • Explores the habits and characteristics of great board members and the qualities of excellent leaders.  
  • Examines team dynamics and effective group communication styles 
  • Identifies the building blocks of positive and effective board culture
  • Shares planning tools for structuring dynamic meetings

  Designed for—

  It doesn't matter if you have served on a board for years or if you are serving on a board for the first time, this workshop will help you with whatever stage of board development you are at with your organization. 

  What is a Virtual Workshop? NN will present Virtual Workshops via Zoom or GoToMeeting.  They will be a live interactive webinar presented by one or more of our facilitators. We will be replicating our in-person facilitation style and the workshop will be engaging and require dialogue. We will provide you a login link and a copy of the presentation ahead of time via email. You will also be emailed all coordinating documents in order to follow along, ask questions and provide feedback.  You will need access to a Computer, notebook, or tablet. If you do not have a microphone or sound on your PC or tablet  you can also dial-in by phone. How to join a Zoom meeting, click HERE

  Thank you to our generous sponsor for providing funds to cover the cost of this workshop:

  

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  Facilitators—

  Regina Pinney
  Executive Director

  Regina is well known for her ability to deliver information in a practical, down-to-earth way that makes sense. She can see past symptoms to the root cause of the issue. Having worked all of her life in the nonprofit sector, she seeks to teach organizations to be self-sufficient. Regina excels at making people feel comfortable to safely discuss hard topics.
  

  She has provided consultation to hundreds of nonprofits of all sizes and shapes throughout Michigan and beyond. She is an expert in nonprofit governance and management, with a special interest in bringing people with unique world views and experiences together to dialogue towards consensus on the issues that face their organizations.
  

  Regina has a wide range of nonprofit experience. She has worked as staff, as a volunteer, and as a board member. Prior to becoming Executive Director of Nonprofit Network, Regina was a consultant and development director. She received her BA from Bowling Green State University a very long time ago. 

  
  

  Laura Fuller
  Capacity Builder

  Laura began her career as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in 1999 and has worked to make the world a friendlier place ever since. During her AmeriCorps years, she learned the basics of grant writing, project management, and volunteer recruitment, skills that she has sharpened in the years since.

  Much of Laura’s career has been spent working for Extension in all programs in various states helping farmers increase the productivity of their farms and improve their living standards. She spent four years working to educate immigrants and refugees about healthy food choices and finances through SNAP programs.  She has been a 4-H Educator with a program serving more than 2000 urban youth and managing the more than 500 volunteers who mentored them. As a Community and Economic Development Educator, Laura’s projects included teaching seminars on grant writing, working with communities to determine the impacts of oil and gas drilling on their economics and schools, and with prisons to implement entrepreneur education so that prisoners would be able to create their own opportunities upon release.  Most recently, Laura was a Regional Director for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Western Region where she managed the teams supporting finance, HR, and IT for nine counties as well as a residential 4-H Summer Camp and her own staff of 21 direct reports.

  For eight years, Laura served our country as an Ombudsman for the US Navy Reserve, supporting the Great Lakes chain of command beginning in 2003.  During this time, she oversaw the mobilization of more than 500 sailors to Iraq and lent a listening ear to their dependents, a service that led directly to her research interests.

  Laura holds a BA in Women’s Studies with an honors thesis on domestic violence in military families and a MS in Sociology with a focus on Community Development.

  
  

  

  Please Note: Nonprofit Network may videotape or photograph public events. Videos and photos are used solely for the promotional purposes of Nonprofit Network. Nonprofit Network will regard as confidential all non-public information obtained during the course of its professional assignments. Information given in a public setting has no expectation of confidentiality.
  

  
  

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• Starting a Nonprofit Organization - Virtual Workshop

  • When
    Wednesday, December 16, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EST)
  • Location
    Online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    24

  Register

  

  Are you considering starting a nonprofit organization?
  (Or know someone who is? - Please share!!) 

  **In the interest of the public's safety we have moved this to an online workshop.

  Starting a nonprofit takes a considerable amount of time, understanding of financial management, leadership and managerial skills, and fundraising. 
  

  This workshop will help you identify what you need to consider before forming your organization as well as how to prioritize, plan, and complete the process.
  

  BONUS: Participants will receive Nonprofit Network's Guide to Starting a Nonprofit (PDF) 

  Session Goals— 

  • Understand the basic steps and legal requirements
    
  • Explore all the options including, a 501c3, L3C and a "B" Corporation
    
  • Learn about alternatives to starting a nonprofit
    
  • Find out if you are eligible for the new streamlined 1023ez application 
    

  Designed for—
  

  Appropriate and relevant for anyone considering or in the midst of starting a nonprofit organization.

  *A registration confirmation email will be sent once you register.fully. Reminder emails are sent at 2 weeks, 1 week and 1 day, These will also include your Zoom login info as the event gets closer. If you do not see these emails, please check your spam or junk folders. 

  **What is a Virtual Workshop?

  NN will present Virtual Workshops via Zoom or GoToMeeting.  They will be a live interactive webinar presented by one or more of our facilitators. We will be replicating our in-person facilitation style and the workshop will be engaging and require dialogue. We will provide you a login link and a copy of the presentation ahead of time via email. You will also be emailed all coordinating documents in order to follow along, ask questions and provide feedback. 

  You will need access to a Computer, notebook, or tablet. If you do not have a microphone or sound on your PC or tablet  you can also dial-in by phone.

  How to join a Zoom meeting, click HERE

  
  

  

  Cost: $50.00
    ~Additional member of same organization: $25

  Call or email me if you're interested in group pricing for you entire organization;  Tracey@Nonprofnetwork.org  or  517-796-4750

  Please refer to our Cancellation Policy

  

  Facilitator—

  Regina Pinney, Executive Director
  

  

  Regina has been the Executive Director of the Nonprofit Network since June 2009. With twenty-five years working in the nonprofit sector, she has a full range of experience in fundraising, marketing, governance, management and grant writing. She has led Nonprofit Network from being a county-specific nonprofit management support organization to an international resource specializing in capacity building, professional development and governance and organizational management.
  

  Previously, she was owner and principal consultant for Funkhouser Consulting, which specialized in providing support, guidance and consulting services to nonprofit organizations.  Prior to owning her own company, Regina was the Development Director for the Kitsap Humane Society in Silverdale, Washington, the Community Development Director for the Child and Parent Resources in Tacoma, Washington and the Special Events Coordinator for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Toledo, Ohio. Regina is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio.

  
  

  Laura Fuller
  Capacity Builder

  Laura began her career as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in 1999 and has worked to make the world a friendlier place ever since. During her AmeriCorps years, she learned the basics of grant writing, project management, and volunteer recruitment, skills that she has sharpened in the years since.

  Much of Laura’s career has been spent working for Extension in all programs in various states helping farmers increase the productivity of their farms and improve their living standards. She spent four years working to educate immigrants and refugees about healthy food choices and finances through SNAP programs.  She has been a 4-H Educator with a program serving more than 2000 urban youth and managing the more than 500 volunteers who mentored them. As a Community and Economic Development Educator, Laura’s projects included teaching seminars on grant writing, working with communities to determine the impacts of oil and gas drilling on their economics and schools, and with prisons to implement entrepreneur education so that prisoners would be able to create their own opportunities upon release.  Most recently, Laura was a Regional Director for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Western Region where she managed the teams supporting finance, HR, and IT for nine counties as well as a residential 4-H Summer Camp and her own staff of 21 direct reports.

  For eight years, Laura served our country as an Ombudsman for the US Navy Reserve, supporting the Great Lakes chain of command beginning in 2003.  During this time, she oversaw the mobilization of more than 500 sailors to Iraq and lent a listening ear to their dependents, a service that led directly to her research interests.

  Laura holds a BA in Women’s Studies with an honors thesis on domestic violence in military families and a MS in Sociology with a focus on Community Development.

  
  

  

  Please Note: Nonprofit Network may videotape or photograph public events. Videos and photos are used solely for the promotional purposes of Nonprofit Network. Nonprofit Network will regard as confidential all non-public information obtained during the course of its professional assignments. Information given in a public setting has no expectation of confidentiality.
  

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