Emily Abbott
I am the media relations manager at the American Chemical Society, but my team also oversees newsletters, landmarks, and science communications. I began my career as a high school chemistry teacher, then became an editor, and eventually launched an organization to support chemistry teachers. I have picked up many skills through my career path, but communicating chemistry and its value has always been the foundation. I now lead a team who feel similarly, and I am invigorated to do this work each and every day.
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Azucena Valladolid
Azucena Valladolid, Executive Vice President of Rental Assistance and Workforce Development oversees the Rental Assistance, Achievement Academy and Compliance Monitoring departments at the San Diego Housing Commission.
The rental assistance department provides rental subsidies for more than 17,000 low-income households throughout the City of San Diego through the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, special purpose vouchers and local non-traditional MTW homelessness programs.
The Achievement Academy provides services that emphasize self-sufficiency, job placement and financial literacy to SDHC participants and residents.
She also oversees the Compliance Monitoring Department, which verifies affordable housing throughout the City abide by affordability requirements from certain land use and affordable housing finance programs.
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Erin Clancy
Erin Clancy is a leading expert on national security, international affairs, diplomacy, and tech policy. Erin is currently a global public policy manager on Meta’s Strategic Response Policy team, where she manages high-profile incidents and sensitive content moderation issues that affect the business and reputational risk of the company.
Before joining Meta, Erin advanced U.S. foreign policy as a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State for 15 years. Her diplomatic assignments included tours of duty in the Middle East, Washington D.C. as a special assistant to then Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, where she was the lead American negotiator in the UN Security Council on Syria and Burma. In 2019, Erin received the State Department’s highest award for negotiating the successful evacuation of over 400 members of the Syrian Civil Defense (the White Helmets) out of Syria.
Erin has advised two presidential campaigns on foreign policy and national security issues. She holds degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and Whittier College, where she serves on the Board of Trustees.
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Ami Vincent
Ami Vincent, leaning into compassion and curiosity, has sought out leadership roles since she was a teenager, taking her from the Midwest to West Africa and Wyoming. Currently, she chairs the Bookmarked Literary Arts Festival which she founded while serving as lead librarian at the local public library. Bookmarked has quickly grown into a state-wide organization hosting a literary art show/story festival and events brought to rural Wyoming in partnership with the National Book Foundation. Ami also directs the Lander, WY program for the LOR Foundation, a foundation committed to listening to community first in order to fund projects that improve quality of life in the rural mountain West. Ami, passionate about building community, serves on several boards. She loves doing anything that involves being outside, reading, and being with her family.
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Tennille Limer
I am Tennille Limer, LMSW. I have a master's degree in Social Work and am currently serving as the Chief Programs Officer at the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (WVCEH). I provide leadership and guidance to approximately 40 staff members across 16 distinct programs. Over the years, I have stayed dedicated to my mission, driven by a genuine desire to help the homeless community.
Despite its challenges, I find immense fulfillment in this field. Each day presents unique encounters, demanding constant problem-solving and resourcefulness. I am driven by the prospect of effecting positive change in the lives of those who I am privileged to serve. I aspire to continue this meaningful work, dedicated to alleviating homelessness and fostering hope in our communities. While my primary role lies with the WVCEH, I currently reside in Alaska where I am also privileged to offer therapeutic services to individuals.
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Elizabeth Warner
Elizabeth Warner is an experienced leader and change maker who has worked in the non-profit sector for more than 25 years. She has tackled issues of global security, international development, women’s rights, children’s health, and ending hunger. Her professional expertise has focused on change management, critical thinking and problem solving, equity and inclusion, building authentic relationships with donors, and communicating complex issues to broad audiences. Warner has spent the last 12 years working on nuclear policy and currently serves as the Executive Director of Ploughshares Fund, the largest foundation dedicated solely to the elimination of nuclear threats. She is the former Golden Gate Chapter President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Secretary for the Marin Women’s Soccer League, a mother, ultrarunner and eternal optimist. She lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay Area where she finds joy exploring the mountains and oceans.
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