SELECTED PROJECTS

Board Member for Young Women Social Entrepreneurs
San Francisco, CA
Director of Creative and Technical Projects. Responsible for website maintenance and weekly email list. In the process of a redesign to reflect new national organization structure through website. The mission of YWSE is to bring women to the highest positions of leadership in business, government, and social and environmental work and to promote young women social entrepreneurs by providing training and development, access to resources, networking opportunities, and general support for our members.
March 2004 to Present
http://www.ywse.org

2004 Fellow in IDEAL Leadership Program
Central Valley, CA
(Institute for the Development of Emerging Area Leaders)
The mission of the Institute for the Development of Emerging Area Leaders (IDEAL) is to strengthen local capacity for effective public policy decision-making impacting the economic, social and environmental future of California's Central Valley. Sessions include five monthly two-day seminars; participation in the Great Valley Center's annual regional conference; and a graduation celebration. The IDEAL sessions are held in a variety of Central Valley locations in order to increase participants' understanding of the region. Seminars focus on issues specific to the Central Valley: the economy, technology, agriculture, environment and natural resources, land use, housing and transportation.
January – June 2004
http://www.greatvalley.org/ideal

Panelist at Compasspoint Nonprofits & Technology Conference
Redwood Shores, CA
Session Information: Communicating Up & Across: Effective Management Skills for Techies in the Middle— Technology staff are often in a tricky position of having to effect change and implement polices and procedures in their organizations in the face of staff's resistance and lack of understanding. In this panel, we'll discuss effective ways to communicate with your staff and managers that helps them understand what you are trying to accomplish, stop resisting and motivate them to participate.
May 21, 2004
http://www.compasspoint.org

Individual Member of NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network)
San Francisco, CA
N-TEN works to support and serve the diverse people and organizations who help nonprofits understand and employ technology effectively. N-TEN operates as a membership association of nonprofits and their staff, technology support organizations, Circuit Riders and independent consultants, for-profit technology companies and funders. NTEN create opportunities for nonprofit staff and technology support providers to identify peers and develop professional support networks, share information and resources, and work collaboratively on a range of projects.
2003 to Present
http://www.nten.org

Nonprofit Technology Consultant/Principal for Digital Enlightenment
Bay Area and Central Valley of California
This is my personal consulting business that I am in the early stages of starting up. My mission is to provide technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in the areas of web design/development, planning, project management, systems administration, training, and all things technical.
First conceived in 2002, now in the startup phase.
http://www.dig-e.net

Small Business Network installation for Redenbaugh Construction, Modesto, CA—2004

Volunteer for NTEN Day of Service
Oakland, CA
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) offers a Day of Service to help Bay Area Nonprofits. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give something back to the community where the Roundup is held. Local nonprofits with a technology project that can be addressed in a single day are matched with teams of nonprofit techies who possess the appropriate skill sets.
March 2003

Web Designer in Accessible Internet Rally
San Francisco, CA
Sponsored by Compumentor and Knowbility. A day-long web design competition. Web developers team up with local nonprofits and create Web sites for these grassroots organizations. These new sites are fully accessible for people with disabilities. The AIR program provides much needed Internet presence for local nonprofit organizations and strives to make the public aware of the crucial issue of Web accessibility for people with disabilities.
September 2002
http://www.compumentor.org/news/air_091602.html

Volunteer for CompuMentor
SanFrancisco, CA
Volunteered for a non-profit agency that provides technical assistance and consulting resources to nonprofits in the Bay Area. Worked on a project called “Virus Vaccination Day”—attended 2 ½ hour training session, and was assigned and dispatched to an nonprofit agency in the East Bay Area to install Norton Antivirus software on all computers, while documenting steps and results.
March 2001

Volunteer Computer Trainer for the Stanislaus County Free Library
Modesto, CA
As a Volunteer Computer Trainer, agree to teach a minimum of five 1 ½ hour classes in Computer Basics, Intro to the Internet, and MS Word 2000 to interested constituents in the Stanislaus County area. Volunteer opportunity is provided through the Bridges to Technology Program. Sponsored by the Great Valley Center and Americorp VISTA, Bridges to Technology is committed to bringing technology training and opportunities to under-served parts of the Central Valley region.
May 2001