Kristen Powers Email & Phone Number

Graham, North Carolina, US

• Develops and oversees implementation and evaluation of all programming
• Maintains sound working relationships with community groups and organizations
• Supports comprehensive strategic planning process and ensuring planning decisions are used in setting annual program/project/personnel goals.
• Develops annual budget and prudently manages organization's resources in collaboration with the Board of Directors
• Work with the fundraising team to obtain corporate and foundation contributions, grants, and in-kind donations to support programs and services.
• Oversees fundraising planning and implementation, including identifying resource requirements, researching funding sources, establishing strategies to approach funders, submitting proposals and administrating.

• As the Advocacy Coordinator, I was responsible for advocacy and educational campaigns across SCSJ's program areas: voting rights, criminal justice, environmental justice, and youth justice. I developed communications.
• Fair Chance Business Certification
• Raise the Age NC communication
• Youth Justice Project Steering Committee
• Measures for Justice Data Collection

• Twitch is a documentary that follows 18-year-old Kristen Powers'​ testing for Huntington's Disease. It covers a wide range of topics from the social and emotional effects of genetic testing and Huntington's Disease..
• Raised $60,000 for the creation & distribution of the film
• Screened film to 5,000 people across 30 cities in 6 continents.This is my first full-length documentary.

The Oral Communication Program provides opportunities for Stanford undergraduates, graduate students, and instructors to improve their presentation and communication skills.Oral Communication Tutors (OCTs) assist students with brainstorming, rehearsing presentations, videotaping speeches, designing effective visual aids, reducing speech anxiety, and/or.

• HOPES is a team of faculty and undergraduate students at Stanford University dedicated to making scientific information about Huntington’s disease (HD) more readily accessible to the public. Our goal is to survey the.
• Managed team of 7-10 undergraduate and graduate students
• Wrote easily accessible scientific information about Huntington’s Disease (HD) with an emphasis on "HD in the Media" and "Global HD"
• Responsibilities included organizing annual conference for HOPES supporters, which includes funders, world-renowned HD researchers
• Oversaw overhaul of website and development of our "Global HD" section

• The New Sector Alliance is a fellowship program that pairs its fellows with local non-profits. I was paired with the Chicago Public Education Fund, an organization working to build a critical mass of great public.
• Creation of 75 principal profiles as a result of interviews with Chicago Public Schools principals
• Development of written and video award applications for the Fund and two other principals
• Strategic development of the Fund's blog launch, including creation of content

• Planning and execution of all projects
• Management of volunteers, meetings, and business connections
• Founded the Community Garden which grows free, organic vegetables for all students who volunteer in the garden. Serves over 50 families annually
• Grant writer (won three grants varying from $500 to $1000)
• Spokesperson/Media Relations (Carolina Gardener, Chapel Hill Magazine, Carrboro Citizen, Parade Magazine, Family Circle)

B.A. Communication | B.A. African & African American Studies, Communication And Media Studies

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