Katie Matthews, Mps Email & Phone Number

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

As a Program Officer for the Arkansas Department of Higher Education with Engage Arkansas, I'll be responsible for overseeing six diverse AmeriCorps federal grant programs, ensuring their effective implementation and impact across the state. These programs range in impact from youth education, public health, food security, and college readiness.

Connecting schools, farms, and communities through local food initiatives. Offering technical assistance for school gardens and managing Arkansas Grown School Garden grants and contests. Overseeing the Arkansas Farm to School Institute, a year-long program empowering educators and administrators to implement Farm to School Action Plans.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

The Community Wellness Specialist sustains ongoing community wellness initiatives with CALS under Be Mighty Little Rock, including Be Mighty Metro, USDA Meal Sites, and the CALS Little Free Pantry Program. They also cultivate partnerships with community organizations, sharing nutrition education resources, training, and implementing effective data tracking for new programs.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Developing and executing cooking, nutrition, and garden programs. Establishing partnerships with community groups for programming, meal sites, SNAP Navigation, and nutrition training. Building and managing a nutrition education data tracking system.

Perryville, Arkansas, United States

This project will support Heifer USA's Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) evaluation team to improve and optimize systems that will facilitate more efficient in-field testing and monitoring of agricultural land in Arkansas. She will assist the team in applying the EOV to farms participating in the Grass Roots Farmer Cooperative, demonstrating the benefit of regenerative land management techniques on the land, animals, and farmers.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Managed a team of 5, overseeing grant budgets, event planning, networking, and evaluations. Worked with CALS Children's Library addressing food insecurity through farming, education, and community outreach.

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Worked at Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance to harvest 95,000+ lbs. in Pulaski Co. gardens, organized volunteer events, and mentored new team members. Created HarvestShare, a program gathering surplus garden produce at two sites linked with local food banks

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Oversaw 8 hunger gardens in Pulaski County and expanded gardens statewide. Organized Arkansas Gleaning Project events like Watermelon Crawl and Turnip for Hunger. Supported the Alliance with office tasks, including mail merges, fundraising media creation, and donor management software organization.

Master Of Public Service, Public Service

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association: Vice President of Community Relations (2022-2023)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology- Ecology And Organismal Biology

Activities and Societies: Donaghey Scholar University Science Scholar