Casey Engels Email & Phone Number

Burlington, IA, US

• Strategic Communications + Community Projects
• September 2021-PresentEmbedded with the Communications and Development team, I focus on external communications, ethical storytelling, partner collaborations and relationship management. I manage Legislative, Annual.
• September 2020-PresentI focus on food security and equity-based community response and recovery work for Washington, Lamoille, and Orange counties in Vermont. - Flood Response (2023-present): Over 14,700 meals served.

Vermont, United States

A certified death doula, I work in service of unearthing powerful questions, connections, and conversations about death and end-of-life planning. I firmly believe that tending to process and emergence applies as much to the end of any cycle as its beginning. Every step of this work is rooted in and oriented towards community care, inclusivity, and.

• Working to create equitable strategic, systems-focused, community-led design and research results for community organizations, farms and community gardens, small businesses, and artists. Select projects include:VT.
• Central Vermont Lifted up rural communities across Central Vermont during the Covid-19 pandemic through statewide zero-barrier food security program. Manager of tri-county hub, served over 400K meals. Managed all.
• Waitsfield, VT Co-Instructor of Whole Systems + Design Thinking, Design Reviewer for workshops, Human Centered Design Speaker for the story stage at Tinyhouse FestPine Island Community Farm
• Colchester, VTCo-Manager of 7-acre community gardens with affinity group leaders, representing 60+ New American and refugee families. Key project leadership on: succession planning and operations, USDA Community Food.
• Seattle, WASystems Design Advisor, Sprint to Launch Team: Local Food Hubs, Last-Mile Distribution, Value-added

Johnson, Vermont

The Vermont Studio Center is the largest international residency program in the US, hosting more than 55 visual artists and writers each month from across the country and around the world. VSC's mission is to provide studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form.

Greater Seattle Area

Shunpike’s mission is to fuel innovation in the arts by building productive partnerships, cultivating leadership and providing direct services to arts groups of all kinds.www.shunpike.org

Seattle, WA

Raaka makes bean to bar, unroasted dark chocolate in Red Hook, NY. They believe the process of chocolate making should value the community of growers, producers, and makers whose livelihoods depend on cacao and chocolate. raakachocolate.com

Boston, MA

The Center for Art and Community Partnerships (CACP) cultivates innovative, sustainable relationships with the broader community to explore and expand the relevance of art in public life.CACP matches MassArt faculty, students, staff, and alumni who want to complete community-based projects with neighborhood organizations, schools, corporations, and.

Boston, MA

The Berwick Research Institute was a 501c3 non-profit art organization that provided emerging artists with the opportunity for fiscal sponsorship and a laboratory where they could experiment with new forms and concepts without the pressures of a commercial environment. The Berwick brought artists and audiences together to foster a community based on.

End Of Life Doula Certificate

Graduate Certificate, Systems Thinking And Design

B.S., Art Therapy/Therapist

Activities and Societies: Summa Cum Laude, Literary Magazine Production Team,Co-production: Emerson BFA Film Project,Volunteer and Intern.