EXPERIENCE

ACHIEVA

Project Coordinator: Health Disparities Among People with Disabilities and the Impoverished

• Built an active base including self-advocates, health professionals, educators, faith leaders, community leaders, and involvement of members of the Latino community

• Created a story library of the lived experiences of poverty and inequities

Consumer Health Coalition

Director of Advocacy and Consumer Engagement

• Began and oversaw the advocacy wing which educated, advocated, and engaged over 3000 persons annually.

Children’s Defense Fund

National Coordinator for the Children’s Sabbath Program

• Mobilized civic organizations and faith communities

• Co-writer of the Children’s Sabbath Manual around children’s advocacy

Good Schools Pennsylvania

Northwestern PA Regional Director

• Organized several hundred local community advocates, six university chapters, and thousands of faith groups around public education reform

United Methodist Clergy

• Founded the conference chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action

• Chair of the Conference Church and Society Committee and Board Member of the General Board of Church and Society