OCS Staff
OCS Professional Staff Members
Timothy V. Kane
Position: Director, Office of Community Service
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: B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rochester '08
Quotation: "Children are never more serious than when they play." -Montaigne
Jay Thompson
Position: Neighbors Project Coordinator
Hometown: State College, PA
Education: B.A. in Psychology
and History, University of Rochester; Master of Public Service, Clinton
School of Public Service (University of Arkansas)
Background: After
college I served one year with City Year Greater Philadelphia (an
AmeriCorps program) and then joined City Year's staff for an additional
four years. I have also served with the Governor's Task Force on
Afterschool and Summer Programs in Arkansas, spent three months
implementing career preparation inititiaves at a girls school in
Calcutta, India, and worked as a development research fellow with the
U.S. Public Service Academy.
Quotation: "It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is." -Sargent Shriver
OCS Graduate Student Staff Members
Megan Mozina
Position: Assistant Program Coordinator, Outreach and Volunteer Programs
Hometown: New Berlin, Wisconsin (suburb of Milwaukee)
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA in Sociology, concentrations in Global Cultures, Spanish, & English Literature
George Washington University, MA (expected Summer 2009) in International Education, concentration in Higher Education
Background: I was involved in Alternative Breaks and International Student Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have studied abroad in Seville, Spain and have worked in Seoul, Korea as an English teacher.
Amy Fishman
Position: Neighbors Project Assistant Program Coordinator
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Education: Will complete MPA in May 09
Background: I completed my undergraduate degree at GW in May 2008 as part of a five year program I enrolled in to complete my BA in Human Services and MPA focusing on nonprofit management. I currently am the APC for the Neighbor's Project at the George Washington University Office of Community Service for the 2008-2009 academic year. After graduating in May 2009 with my MPA, I plan to continue working in the nonprofit sector with professional interests in organizational management, development and program evaluation.
Quotation: "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." -Albert Einstein
Mithun Chandrasekhar
Position: Office Manager (Graduate Assistant)
Hometown: Bombay, India
Education: MS (Thesis) Computer Engineering, specializing in Computer Architecture (minor in Patent Law) from The George Washington Univ. expected 2009
BE Computer Engineering from the University of Bombay
Background: Taken part and organized many food /blood donation/literacy drives.
Shannon Donahue
Position: Assistant Program Coordinator, Alternative Breaks
Hometown: Newburyport, Massachusetts
Education: B.A. Spanish, Minor Education and Women's and Gender Studies from Merrimack College Current M.A. Student in the GW Community Counseling Program
Quote: "It is too easy to exist instead of live, take the time to look at the view; you won't be disappointed."
Karen Hopkins
Position: Assistant Program Coordinator, DC ReadsPrograms
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 tutored with DC Reads all through college and that's how I found my job at CentroNia, one of our partner sites!
Andres Carriedo
Position: Assistant Program Coordinator, DC Reads Programs
Hometown: Chula Vista, CA
Education: Georgetown University, BA in English with a minor in Government
George Washington University, Master of Public Administration (expected Spring 2010)
Background: I tutored in the Heads Up program throughout college. For the past two and a half years I worked in the Education Department at UC San Diego Extension.
OCS Undergraduate Student Staff Members
Neighbors Project: Evida Dennis, Student Assistant
OVPR: Now hiring!
Service-Learning: Now hiring!
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