Team Profiles
Shannon McGarry
  
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 13:31

Project Specialist

Shannon McGarry serves as Project Specialist at Campaign Consultation. She works primarily on projects involving the Office of Minority Health and the Martin Luther King, Jr.-Day of Service as well as other projects.

Shannon McGarry is a well seasoned, creative and passionate agent for social change. She has extensive experience in crafting innovative health communication strategies, directing grassroots fundraising campaigns, designing training programs, developing resources, and facilitating trainings on community mobilization and project management.

Prior to joining Campaign Consultation, Inc., Ms. McGarry was instrumental in opening the first private school in Lethem, Guyana. She is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Guyana where she served 15 communities as a Health Promotion Advisor to the Guyana Hinterland Community Based Water and Sanitation Project. She designed and implemented interventions that resulted in an average reduction of 16% of water-borne illness per community. Ms. McGarry has worked as a Canvass Director for both Working America and the Working Families Party.

Ms. McGarry holds a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the University of Missouri as well as a BA in International Development from the University of New Hampshire.

 
Julia Freed Krieger
  
Tuesday, 08 November 2011 13:28

Project Specialist

Julia

Julia Freed Krieger serves as Project Specialist at Campaign Consultation. She works primarily on projects involving the Office of Minority Health and the Social Innovation Fund.

Prior to joining Campaign Consultation, Julia served as a Program Manager at the International Youth Foundation, where she provided technical assistance to community-based NGOs globally through training, webinars, conferences, and development of curricula and support materials. Her portfolio included youth reproductive health, HIV prevention, life skills and livelihood development initiatives funded by Wrigley, Johnson & Johnson, World Learning and USAID in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Jordan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Russia, Poland, Spain, St. Lucia, and Peru.

Julia is a former Peace Corps volunteer who worked on health and social affairs projects in the Federated States of Micronesia. She has also served as a Regional Coordinator for AFS Intercultural Programs and worked as a graduate intern for the Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc. in Baltimore City. Julia holds a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work, with a focus on Management and Community Organization.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:55 )
 
Janessa Goldbeck
  
Monday, 24 October 2011 13:02

Social Media Specialist

Janessa Goldbeck

Janessa Goldbeck serves as Social Media Strategist for Campaign Consultation, Inc. In her role as social media specialist, Janessa works on projects such as Martin Luther King, Jr.-Day of Service, the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, and The Mission Continues, and more.

Previously, Janessa directed grassroots and online strategy at the Genocide Intervention Network and the Save Darfur Coalition, global human rights advocacy organizations that seek to protect civilians from mass atrocity and genocide. Her employment of emerging technologies, social media, and innovative grassroots initiatives to affect political realities — at the state, federal and international level — has been featured in The New York Times, CBS Evening News, and The Washington Post, among others.

An experienced trainer, Janessa has designed and led online organizing, advocacy and communications workshops for community organizers, non-profit professionals and students around the world at the New Organizing Institute, Echoing Green Foundation, National Student Partnerships, National Service Communicators Institute, Alliance for Youth Movements and AmeriCorps.

Janessa is a Human Security Associate at Reboot, a firm that focuses on governance, international development, and civic media, senior fellow with the Alliance for Youth Movements, a Truman National Security Project Partner, a member of the New Leaders Council national board, and a graduate of Northwestern University.

Last Updated ( Monday, 24 October 2011 13:50 )
 
Jasmine Touton
  
Monday, 24 October 2011 12:58

Project Specialist

Jasmine Touton brings experience in social media, journalism, and national service initiatives to the Campaign Consultation team. In her role as project specialist, Jasmine develops content, executes technical trainings and assists with communications/social media plans for Martin Luther King, Jr.-Day of Service, the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, and other projects.

Prior to joining the Campaign Consultation team, Jasmine served as Social Media Coordinator and a Communications Mentor at The Campus Kitchens Project, a national program headquartered in Washington, D.C. During that time, Jasmine was responsible for gaining and maintaining volunteers through the use of new media, providing communications training to student leaders, strategizing for and executing communications plans and developing the curriculum for on-site events and trainings. Jasmine has also written profiles and lifestyle articles for Washingtonian and Baltimore magazines.

Jasmine holds a B.A. in Print Journalism from American University. Beyond the office, Jasmine can be found taking an active role in her club water polo team, following the latest in social media and food issues, and snapping pictures.

Last Updated ( Monday, 24 October 2011 13:01 )
 
Shane Townsend PDF Print E-mail
  
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:03

Senior Development Specialist

Shane Townsend

Based in Campaign Consultation’s Austin, Texas office, Mr. Townsend works with organizations focused on community development, international development, the environment, and disasters. Some of his current projects address agribusiness microenterprise, rural development strategies for marginalized communities, youth development, and supporting the White House Council for Community Solutions. Across projects, he offers expertise in evaluation and assessment, strategic planning, and stakeholder communications.

Having served in the Peace Corps and in executive roles for domestic and international entities, Mr. Townsend brings both dedication and a diverse background to Campaign Consultation and its clients. Prior to joining our team as a Senior Development Specialist, he was a primary international affairs executive supporting American farmers in a $650 million industry. Based in Manila, Philippines, he served as the country director and assistant director of the 20-country South Asia region for U.S. Wheat Associates, a USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Cooperator.

After Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Townsend was instrumental in Campaign Consultation’s development of the AmeriCorps*VISTA Ready Kit: Tools and Resources for Communities in Crisis and was a member of the White Ribbon Alliance National Working Group for Women and Infant Needs in Emergencies. He completed the first assessment of evacuee tent cities/IDP camps, which the National Commission on Children and Disasters cited in their 2010 Report to the President and Congress.

Mr. Townsend holds an International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from Fordham University and the University of Geneva, a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology from Millsap’s College in his home state of Mississippi.

Shane is an outdoorsman, a writer, and a fan of well-strung hammocks.

Last Updated ( Monday, 14 November 2011 13:14 )
 
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