OCS Staff

OCS Professional Staff Members

Timothy V. Kane

Hometown: Rochester, NY

Education: Hamilton College, BA in Theology and Philosophy; Harvard University, MDiv in Justice and Peace Studies; Maryknoll School of Theology, MTh in Justice and Peace Studies

Background: 15+ years working in service-related positions, including positions in offices of community service and Service-Learning at the University of Vermont, Loyola College of Baltimore and the University of Hawai`i at Hilo

Quotation: "In the end, we won't remember the papers that we process nor the emails that we write, but rather the relationships we nurture...and those relationships based on mutual respect and grounded in service are the best of all."

Brittany Oliver

Position: Jumpstart Site Manager

Hometown: Saranac Lake, NY

Education: University of Rochester, B.A. in Psychology

Quotation: Children are never more serious than when they play." ~ Montaigne

Shannon Donahue

Position: Freshman Day of Service and Alternative Breaks Coordinator

Hometown: Newburyport, Massachusetts

Education: Merrimack College, B.A. Spanish, Minor in Education and Women's and Gender Studies; George Washington University, candidate for M.A. in the Community Counseling Program.

Quotation: "It's easy to exist instead of live, take the time to look at the view; you won't be be disappointed."

OCS Graduate Student Staff Members

Karen Hopkins

Position: DC Reads Program Manager

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Education:American University, BA in International Relations with concentrations in Development and Africa; George Washington University, MA (expected Spring 2010) in International Education, concentration in Development

Background: I volunteer with Amnesty International's Human Rights Education Service Corps and worked with CentroNia for 5 years coordinating the tutor program.

Quotation: "I am not a middle of the road man. What I believe in, I pursue intensely" ~Gani Faweninmi, Human Rights Activist

Emily Mazurak

Position: DC Reads Program Manager

Hometown: Bedford, New York

Education: The George Washington University, B.A. in Human Services, Minor in Sociology; Candidate for M.A. in Public Health with a Health Policy concentration at The George Washington University

Background: I have worked with the DC Rape Crisis Center for five years, through the Neighbor's Project.

Quotation:"Fame is nothing more than being loved. Fortune is nothing more than doing what you love." ~ Jason Mraz

OCS AmeriCorps VISTAs:

Tessa Bialek

Position: Service-Learning Program Manager

Hometown: East Lansing, Michigan

Education: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. in Political Science, Minor concentrations in Social and Economic Justice and Spanish

Quotation: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." ~The character Scout in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

Nancy C. Iheanacho

Position: On-Going Service Program Manager, Neighbor's Project

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Education: Duke University, B.A. Cultural Anthropology, Certificate in Global Health

Quotation: "Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time." ~Marian Wright Edelman

Greta Murray

Position: Special Service Events Program Manager

Hometown: Roselle, Illinois

Education: Loyola University Chicago, BSW in Social Work; Loyola University Chicago, MSW in Social Work with a concentration in Leadership and Development

Background: I have worked with various nonprofit organizations in the position of fund development and/or special service events.

Quotation: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure... We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world... We are all meant to shine...It's not just some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." ~ Marianne Williamson

OCS Office Manager:

Morgan Ray

Position: Office Manager

Hometown: Dallas, TX

Education: B.A. Candidate 2010, Sociology, The George Washington University

Quotation: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead