Amanda Therese Ford Email & Phone Number

Kearns & West specializes in working on strategic process planning, project management, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and complex regulatory process coordination.

Sacramento, California Area

-Supervises staff and oversees outreach and engagement and project management activities pertaining to State and Regional Water Boards initiatives, such as the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Act, California’s Water Resiliency Portfolio, the SAFER Drinking Water Program, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, environmental justice (EJ) issues.

California, USA, Global

Advise and implement multilateral environmental justice, sustainable development capacity-building programs, and advise equity projects in 20+ communities worldwide. Plan, implement, and evaluate project management frameworks to achieve 98% of program goals and increase funding by 60%. Work with diverse teams to increase organizational performance and.

The TCC Program funds development and infrastructure projects that achieve major environmental, health, and economic benefits in California’s most disadvantaged communities. Funded by California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, TCC empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas.

Advance campaigns to un-dam the Klamath River, improve water allocation for fisheries, and reduce water pollution. Work to restore the Klamath River and its tributaries by removing dams, ensuring adequate water flow quantity for fisheries and reducing water pollution. We advance our campaigns through policy advocacy, litigation, and by mobilizing the.

Global

Amanda serves as Ministry and Spiritual Director of Take Care Institute. In this role she seeks to address historical, structural, institutional, and individual racism and privilege through inter-personal and inter-community activities and programs that work with ancestral healing, Sacred Spaces, and values-based strategies. Vision Take Care Institute.

California, USA

Leads the development, coordination, and implementation of EJCW's coalition efforts, programs and advocacy campaigns at a statewide level, including Human Right to Water (AB 685) implementation, pollution prevention, democratic water governance, climate adaptation, healthy rivers and headwaters, and Indigenous and Tribal outreach. Develops and manages.

Greater Detroit Area

Developed a strategic plan, outreach campaign and fundraising budget to include 80+ regional institutions. Provided cultural awareness and sensitivity training, personal empowerment, immigration, and relocation services to students and faculty. Implemented monitoring, evaluation and media relations platforms for data tracking and goal setting. Oversaw six.

Greater Detroit Area

Managed project staff, regional community partnerships, project deliverables and all community engagement efforts. Developed customised community strategic plans to ensure successful flow of $6million Energy Department grant to neighbourhood stakeholders. Coordinated relationships with partners and stakeholders from local to national levels. Managed.

Global

An inter-governmental community development agency focused on leadership development, values-based education and intercultural awareness training; IHINT serves marginalized communities building leadership capacity from local to international levels.-Oversaw program and fund development. -Identified key stakeholders for program sustainability. -Established.

Flint, MI

• Oversaw community leaders/volunteer recruitment and mobilization strategies. Managed donor programs. Helped translate the stories of 1000+ community members and leaders to regional c!ommunications campaign resulting in.
• Relationship building: Build relationships and establish comprehensive social networks between community leaders and local and regional policy makers.
• Community Organizing: Discern the core values of the community; identify common problems, shared concerns, and ideal situations;develop strategic, action-based theories of change.
• Non-profit Management: Create and manage monitoring and evaluation system; oversee organizing and communications staff; develop community programs, including operations and implementation; budget management and fund.

Middle East Region

Coordinated regional education access and empowerment programs for youth and adults including: education access, program development, project management, community engagement, and train-the-trainer programs. Created 10 collaborative community training and advocacy programs that empowered 1,000s of youth, community members and governmental officials..

North Africa And West Asia (Middle East Region)

• Developed and administered curriculums for intercultural dialogue to 1000+ leaders. Instructed multi-level classrooms. Coordinated multilateral alliances and managed global cross-cultural projects. Coordinated regional.
• Fostered safe environments for community leaders to discuss issues and plan events.
• Improved grassroots development practices by organizing events for international programs.
• Established programs that increased cultural understanding between communities and countries.
• Managed/trained 500+ participants ages 13- 65years from marginalized communities.
• Organized participatory events in local communities to improve educational targets and standards.

Ma, Sustainable International Development, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Environmental Peacebuilding, Leadership Development, Sustainable Living, Capacity Building, NPO Management.

Certificate, Peace Operations

Conflict mediation, peace support, humanitarian relief, and security operations.

Ba, International Relations And Affairs, 3.6