Get Your Girl Scout 411!
Our first round of Lead the Way meetings start this month! Come meet other volunteers, get your Girl Scout 411 and team up with others to think globally and act locally!
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Guest Speakers:
February 5th: Martha Gebhardt
My name is Martha Gebhardt and I am 25 years old. After studying Genetics at The University of Georgia for my undergraduate degree I joined the Peace Corps as a rural health educator in Morocco. My village was on the northern
border of the Western Sahara. Currently I am in
graduate school studying Natural Resource Studies with a focus on soil bacterial and fungi communities at The University of Arizona. I am also working with Ironwood Tree Experience as a Community Outreach Coordinator helping communities initiate projects in their neighborhoods’. In my spare time I enjoy hiking, running, and cooking.
February 7th: Jeremy S. Carter – Resource Development Manager
Jeremy in front of a chicken coop he designed helped build.
In his role as Research Development Manager for NALCAB – the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, Mr. Carter acts as principal fundraiser and grantwriter for the organization while serving as policy lead on targeted federal programs and comprehensive immigration reform. Jeremy supports NALCAB’s 80+ member organizations and their low-to-moderate income constituents by providing technical assistance, capacity building, strategic planning, evaluation, and impact assessment of federal grant opportunities. Jeremy came to NALCAB after having previously worked as Capacity Building Specialist for Nogales CDC in Nogales, Arizona. He formerly operated his family-owned business and served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala, where he managed a microfinance program for 250 indigenous women among other income-generating projects. Mr. Carter, bilingual, received his Bachelor of the Arts in Spanish from UNC-Wilmington and his Masters of the Arts from the University of Arizona’s Center for Latin American Studies where his studies focused on transnational economic development between the US, Mexico and Central America.