An advocate for women and girls, Diana Coleman is a board member of Mpanzi, which promotes education, microenterprise and ending violence against women and girls in rural southwestern Kenya. Her story, “Glimpses of Kenya from a Mzungu Woman” is in the Goose River Anthology 2015. Believing in the power of stories, Diana is interviewing and writing about inspiring women who are having new experiences their second half of life, for presentations to motivate others.
With thirty-five years of leadership and fundraising experience for nonprofit organizations in health care, education, international relief, social services and technology, her work has taken her to Ethiopia, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia and Guatemala. She does capital campaign consulting for multiple clients; lectures about fundraising and the developing world; and taught nonprofit and fundraising management graduate level college courses. A former emergency responder for Save the Children, she is also an American Red Cross Pillowcase Project trainer.
She has an MA in Business/Education Administration from American University, Washington, DC, a BA from Russell Sage College, Troy, New York, and studied at Oxford University, England. From Massachusetts, Diana lived thirty years in San Francisco and when not traveling, resides in Midcoast Maine. An avid photographer, Diana enjoys the art of capturing compelling moments on camera.
Hosted by the Rockland Public Library, this event is offered as a free community event in in anticipation of the 29th Annual Camden Conference: The New Africa, February 19-21, 2016.
The mission of the Camden Conference is to foster informed discourse on world issues. For more information, visit www.camdenconference.org, email info@camdenconference.org, or call 207-236-1034.
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