Anna Kohn, Mpa Email and Phone Number
Anna is an accomplished nonprofit strategist with proficiency around training programs for incarcerated and returning citizens. Anna has over 25 years of fundraising, grant writing, project management and community organizing experience. A graduate of CUNY Baruch’s National Urban Fellows program, Anna received her MPA in 2011 with a concentration in performance measurement and management of prisoner reentry initiatives. She previously worked for Lighthouse of Oakland County in Pontiac; RecoveryPark in Detroit; the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue (Detroit's last freestanding synagogue); Defy Ventures in New York City; the Office of the County Manager in Fulton County, GA; the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries; the Office of Governor Granholm; and spent eight years as an organizer and field coordinator for the Levin family, The 12th District Democratic Party, and the Michigan Coordinated Campaign. Anna graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA where she received her BA in the self-designed field of Detroitology, studying the effects of mayoral politics on Detroit’s economic and racial disparities. Through her work in Detroit, Atlanta and New York City, she has raised over $5MM in grant funds for startup projects and new program initiatives benefiting local governments and nonprofits. Anna began her activism early, having worked with underprivileged populations beginning at age nine when she started her own nonprofit for Detroit’s homeless. Anna became an adjunct faculty member through Jackson College, teaching Entrepreneurship courses in the Michigan Department of Corrections from 2012 to 2016. Anna is the President of Safe and Just Michigan (formerly the Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending); the Chair of the Michigan Community Corrections Advisory Board; Alumni Trustee on The Roeper School’s Board of Trustees, and a member of Detroit's Returning Citizen’s Task Force.Currently, Anna serves as the Reentry and Parole Team Lead directing efforts for the State Appellate Defender Office's Project Reentry. SADO’s Project Reentry delivers pre and post-release reentry assistance. SADO launched Project Reentry (PR) in 2016 in response to the unique and immediate needs of Michigan’s juvenile lifers. The PR team works in coordination with SADO attorneys and staff to achieve positive outcomes for clients.
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Reentry And Parole Team LeadState Appellate Defender May 2022 - PresentDetroit, Michigan, United StatesLeading operations and the Project Reentry’s team for SADO, including day-to-day oversight of Project Reentry’s Reentry Specialists and team members who serve in excess of 100 returning citizens per year. Responsible for creation of post-release plans and managing the reentry process for SADO’s Juvenile Lifer Unit. Project Reentry was launched in 2016 in response to the unique and immediate needs of Michigan’s juvenile lifers--individuals who were sentenced to life in prison due to childhood convictions. Project Reentry achieves positive outcomes for SADO clients including case management, comprehensive reentry planning, and parole preparation. Reentry back into the community can be especially difficult for individuals who serve lengthy incarceration stays. Individuals coming home from prison or jail need assistance identifying community support, learning how to use technology, developing skills to manage finances or open bank accounts, finding reliable transportation or obtaining a driver’s license, finding employment and housing, and much more after their appellate attorneys conclude their legal duties. The State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) launched the Project Reentry in 2016 in response to the unique and immediate needs of Michigan’s juvenile lifers. The majority of the over 300 clients served by Project Reentry since its inception are Black and Brown, and the staff at Project Reentry represent various races, religions, and justice-impacted backgrounds, demonstrating our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Thanks to a federally funded grant in 2019, Project Reentry was expanded to serve all indigent appellate defense clients through both SADO and MAACS. In partnership with SADO's Reentry Coordinators and the Reentry and Parole Team Lead, Project Reentry is committed to supporting clients and other returning citizens, guiding them towards critical post-incarceration support systems and networks.
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Director, Food ProgramsLighthouse Of Oakland County Dec 2020 - Dec 2021Lighthouse’s vision is to solve the problems of poverty and homelessness by building affordable housing in local communities and by providing people with the resources, relationships, and skills they need to better themselves. We work diligently to protect the safety and privacy of all our clients, but especially those experiencing homelessness and domestic violence situations. Lighthouse has three operating food pantries across southeastern Michigan. Our largest food pantry is located in Pontiac. In all three locations, clients receive a 3-day supply of food every 30 days. Our pantries run on donations from the public and they are stocked with non-perishable foods in addition to fresh produce, meats, and dairy products. When available, we also provide personal hygiene and household items. -
Principal ConsultantKohnsulting, Llc Aug 2011 - Dec 2021Detroit, Atlanta, New York, Los AngelesAnna Kohn and Associates consults for multiple organizations across the nation. Her talented team looks forward to helping cultivate fundraising, strategy, organizational development, social media and grant opportunities for nonprofits and philanthropic organizations of all sizes.
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Chief Impact Officer (Cio)Recoverypark Apr 2015 - Mar 2020Detroit, MiRecoveryPark, an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was established in 2010. Our mission is to create jobs for people with barriers to employment. Our development strategy is to leverage the city’s underutilized assets: a large available workforce, abundant open space, access to fresh water, extensive infrastructure and a wide array of manufacturing and technology companies. We believe in creating job opportunities for Detroit’s residents and in helping returning citizens and challenged workers return to the work force.The core of the RecoveryPark vision is an extended is support program to assist employees in their transition to full time employment as well as provide paths forward for career growth and personal development. RecoveryPark’s Associate Support Platform (ASP) coordinates three years of holistic support for Associates (RecoveryPark Farms employees). ASP life and job coaches will work closely with Associates to ensure they have access to comprehensive healthcare as well as adequate housing, transportation, rehabilitation, family reunification, and educational opportunities.
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Adjunct FacultyJackson College Feb 2015 - Jan 2016Macomb Correctional FacilityLeading Entrepreneurship classes in the Michigan prison system - There will be only one constant throughout one's career, and that constant is change. The preferences of consumers are constantly changing, entire industries are rising and falling, and hard-working people often are finding themselves looking for a job. This course provides incarcerated students with the foundation to design their own jobs, whether in the context of an existing organization (i.e., as an entrepreneur or as someone who starts a new enterprise). In this course , students learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, as well as the key characteristics shared by successful entrepreneurs. Students also gain skills for matching your strengths with a business idea that fits them well, so that both the entrepreneurs and their customers will benefit. Students begin developing analytical tools to help make sound decisions in a rapidly-changing world. -
DirectorIsaac Agree Downtown Synagogue Sep 2012 - Jan 2016Detroit, MiThe Downtown Synagogue envisions itself as a broadly inclusive institution: one in which anyone may discover Judaism in a safe and welcoming environment. It offers a place in which all can openly observe and reflect upon their role as Jews—historically and in contemporary society—and provides a hub for collective action in support of the Jewish community as well as the general community of greater Detroit.The principal mission of the Downtown Synagogue is to serve as a beacon for the Jewish community of Metropolitan Detroit by maintaining a traditional, egalitarian synagogue in Detroit; by acting as a conduit for Jewish activity in the city; by offering a wide range of programming that will support the revitalization of the city; and by ensuring accessibility to all.One of the most socially-active Jewish synagogues in the nation, the Downtown Synagogue's membership is made up of progressive, innovative Detroiters and metro-Detroiters who truly view themselves as representative of a larger community of change makers and positive, revolutionary leaders. -
Development ManagerDefy Ventures Sep 2011 - Aug 2012Greater New York City AreaDefy Ventures provides carefully selected, ambitious men who have criminal histories with life-changing entrepreneurship, leadership, and career opportunities.Defy Ventures is funded and managed by a group of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who recognize that many former drug dealers and gang leaders share similar skill sets and talents with top business leaders. Through an intensive internship program that includes MBA-like training, executive mentoring, leadership development, and career placement, Defy Ventures offers its interns a legitimate chance to succeed as income earners, entrepreneurs, fathers, and role models in their communities. Defy’s signature program engages interns in a series of business plan competitions that award up to $150,000 in seed capital to winning ventures.Defy Ventures is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that is entirely privately funded by executives, foundations, and other generous donors.
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Mpa FellowNational Urban Fellows, Inc. Jun 2010 - Nov 2011http://www.nuf.org/fellow/anna-r-kohn
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Special Assistant To The County ManagerFulton County Government Sep 2010 - May 2011Innovating and implementing the Second Chance Act Grant dollars through a new reentry program at the Fulton County Jail; researching and developing new initiatives for the County Manager such as policies and procedures of new projects, facilities, and initiatives; researching, writing and developing approximately $200,000 worth of grants for the Fulton County Juvenile Court; facilitating executive retreats, meetings, focus groups and employee training sessions on strategic planning and performance management; working in support capacities to both the County Manager and his team; developing, implementing, identifying funds, and proposing plans for Fulton County’s mobile farmers market; developing key community partnerships between Fulton County and direct service providers; producing a structured analysis of evaluation methodology of prisoner reentry initiatives. -
Director Of Corporate And Government RelationsDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries Oct 2008 - Jun 2010Directing all efforts to develop two large-scale 100th Anniversary celebrations for the DRMM and raising over $50,000 in donations for the events, in addition to cultivating relationships with government and elected officials, CEO’s, and top-tier managers of the best and brightest companies in Detroit to write grants and raise money, awareness, and support for the efforts of the DRMM including the startup development of a teaching restaurant for our clients; creating a new and dynamic program for our homeless and rehabilitating clients to become chefs, servers, and hospitality agents in banquet and catering services; writing successful grants totaling over $250,000 that helped build facilities, rehabilitate dilapidated structures, and create new educational programs; working closely with top administration and management to direct new projects on behalf of DRMM.
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Executive AdministratorExecutive Office Of Governor Jennifer M. Granholm (2003-2010) Feb 2007 - Oct 2008Assisting First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern with all professional tasks, including but not limited to staffing events, coordinating event planning, scheduling, promoting statewide initiatives such as Mentor Michigan, The Michigan Community Service Commission, Michigan’s Next Great Companies Project; writing and editing correspondence and communications; constituent services; office management & administration; intern supervision; promotion of books, articles, and radio shows by Mr. Mulhern
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Assistant To The DirectorMichigan Coordinated Campaign Jun 2006 - Dec 2006Assisting Director Walt Herzig with all campaign projects for the 2006 Election, including scheduling Mr. Herzig, detailing campaign plans and targets for statewide field operations; managing the Detroit headquarters of the MCC; running the absentee voter program for our statewide AV’s; organizing intern opportunities; supervising political rallies and events; staffing elected officials across the state; and assisting in the management of our statewide field teams. -
Oakland County Field OrganizerSander Levin For U.S. Congress (Mi-12) 2003 - 2004Managing and administering all activity out of the Ferndale field office, including organizing and mobilizing hundreds of volunteers from Oakland County for the Kerry campaign; and coordinating walks, phonebanks, voter activation events, rallies and fundraisers within the county.
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Finance AssistantFriends Of Senator Carl Levin May 2001 - Nov 2002Coordinating events, staffing the Senator, volunteer coordination and fundraising.
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Volunteer Coordinator/Staff Assistant12Th District Democratic Party/Al Gore For President Jun 1999 - Nov 2000Webmaster and Volunteer Coordinator
Anna Kohn, Mpa Education Details
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Detroitology
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Detroitology
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Prisoner Reentry
Frequently Asked Questions about Anna Kohn, Mpa
What company does Anna Kohn, Mpa work for?
Anna Kohn, Mpa works for State Appellate Defender
What is Anna Kohn, Mpa's role at the current company?
Anna Kohn, Mpa's current role is Reentry and Parole Team Lead, State Appellate Defender Office (SADO).
What schools did Anna Kohn, Mpa attend?
Anna Kohn, Mpa attended Hampshire College, Baruch College, Hampshire College, Hampshire College, Baruch College.
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Anna Kohn, Mpa's colleagues are Marla Lemae, Michael Mittlestat, Carol Chatman Jackson, Tabitha Harris, Peter Van Hoek, Wilma Wilkinsin, Tomiko Gumbleton.
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