Ashleigh Turner

Ashleigh is the Communications Director for Options for Sexual Health. Options for Sexual Health cares about the healthy sexuality of everyone (all ages, all genders, and all orientations) in British Columbia and is Canada's largest nonprofit provider of sexual health services through clinics, education programs, and Sex Sense, the information and referral service provided by Options for Sexual Health. Ashleigh manages the volunteer program at Opt, as well as handling media requests, social media, website, outreach, governance support, e-newsletters, and Opt’s style and branding.

When she's not at work, Ashleigh volunteers with her local Net Squared Community in Vancouver, and uses two pointy sticks to make fibre into fashionable items (she's a knitter!). Ashleigh is a sports fanatic (she is a die-hard Canucks and Patriots fan) and a mom to an adorable 5-year-old who never stops moving.

Corey Brown

Corey is the Web Resource Coordinator for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). He has had an interest in utilizing technology for nonprofits since getting his first job out of college when he was hired to help design and manage a Drupal 6/7 website for a nonprofit focused on mental health. Since then, he’s been entrenched in the Drupal world for close to a decade and has similarly been an active member of the CiviCRM community. As a co-organizer for the NTEN Drupal Community of Practice, he brings his knowledge of site building and contact management to NTEN in an effort to help other nonprofit staff navigate and avoid many of the common pitfalls he ran into early on as a team of one.

Corey graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with a B.A. in English Communications and Technology.

When he’s not managing or redesigning websites, he can primarily be seen riding rollercoasters as a self-proclaimed amusement park enthusiast and volunteering his time for the nonprofit American Coaster Enthusiasts. He is also a longtime gamer and eclectic music lover.

Kami Griffiths

Kami Griffiths is the executive director and co-founder of Community Tech Network, a nonprofit with the mission to transform lives through digital literacy. With over 15 years of experience working in the public sector, Kami has developed a passion for helping people gain access and better utilize technology, after witnessing firsthand how the digital divide and low literacy levels were aiding the cycle of poverty.

She has worked for the City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation, managing 27 public access computing centers, teaching computer classes, and establishing their volunteer trainer program. As the Training and Outreach Manager for TechSoup, Kami greatly expanded her knowledge and understanding of the nonprofit technology field, having conducted over 200 interviews with librarians and producing over 100 webinars. She is a founding member of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) and speaks nationally about digital inclusion.

Necole Durham

Necole came into Adult Education accidentally after completing her masters in Marketing and Communications. Believing she was on a path to becoming a marketing professor, she took a friend’s advice and taught a class on Intro to Computers for English as a Second Language students. After moving to Atlanta she was fortunate to spend time working with refugee resettlement programs coordinating education programs like cultural orientation for newly arrived refugees, parenting classes for Spanish speaking families, a Burmese refugee microenterprise, and coordinating the marketing for Georgia World Refugee Day.

Often being the only one on staff who knew a little Spanish, she became the designated interpreter for Spanish-speaking clients and students. This pushed her to improve her Spanish abilities and ultimately helped her to become a bilingual Family Trainer for Powermylearning, an organization that provides free laptops and computer training for low-income students in Title 1 schools in Metro Atlanta.

The position with Powermylearning introduced her to digital inclusion and the digital divide. From there she was fortunate to be selected as a 2017 Digital Inclusion Fellow. Her project included developing digital inclusion Programs for Metro Atlanta churches, a homeless shelter, Andrew and Walter Young YMCA, BASICS a program to reduce recidivism, Veterans Affairs Homeless Domiciliary at Ft. McPherson, and Atlanta Public Schools Adult Education Center, which asked me to come on board after her Fellowship term ended in January 2018.

The Digital Inclusion Fellowship helped transform her technology skills. She's now a strong advocate for incorporating technology training and EdTech tools in her GED classes. She was resistant to social media prior to her Fellowship but from skills she acquired during her Fellowship, she now manages social media for her program's recruitment efforts. During her Fellowship, she also developed a passion for video editing, which she uses to create videos to promote her program and the use of technology in Adult Ed programs.

Sandee Jackson

Sandee is a Charleston, SC-based web designer and digital strategist who creates WordPress websites that help nonprofits communicate their causes and connect with their communities.

As a former nonprofit marketing professional, she still works with nonprofits as a board member, committee member, and active community volunteer.

Tricia Maddrey Baker

Tricia found her calling in the digital world, in spite of a nontraditional route to arrive there. After learning best practices in social media, which pushed web traffic for an association, she ended up in Social Media/Digital Marketing/Communications. Branding consistency, reputation management, digital strategy, and social media design are her dominant focus currently.

In her personal life, she's an avid knitter, but she became an experienced cook/baker when she stayed at home with her then-disabled child.

She's found a home with NTEN. Not only has she made lifelong connections, but she's also been able to give back by serving as co-organizer for the Digital Advertising online community.

She's honored to be noted with such incredible talent with the award. Her advice to anyone whose career touches the nonprofit field: stay curious! And, if you haven’t earned your Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate, the time is now to advance your career through the knowledge you gain in the coursework.