MDC
Kierra C. has extensive experience in program management and volunteer coordination, currently serving as a Program Associate in Economic Security at MDC since January 2017. Prior to this role, Kierra worked at NeighborWorks America as a Senior Administrative Associate in Field Operations, where responsibilities included coordinating logistics for events and providing customer service to various stakeholders. Kierra's experience at AARP as a Field Services Assistant involved developing and leading significant volunteer projects, while a role at Greater DC Cares included project development and management, creating action plans and budgets under tight deadlines. Additionally, as a Neighboring Community Organizer - VISTA, Kierra played a vital role in recruiting and training over 500 volunteers for various community service initiatives. Kierra holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Maryland Global Campus, complemented by earlier education at Bowling Green State University.
MDC
MDC is a nonprofit founded in 1967 and based in Durham, N.C., that equips Southern leaders, institutions, and communities to improve economic mobility and advance equity. We bring together foundations, nonprofits, and leaders from government, business, and the grassroots to illuminate data that highlight deeply rooted Southern challenges and help them find systemic, community solutions. Our approach uses research, consensus-building, and programs that connect education, employment, and economic security to help communities foster prosperity by creating an “infrastructure of opportunity”—the aligned systems and supports that can boost everyone, particularly those who’ve been left behind, to higher rungs on the economic ladder. Since 1996, MDC’s landmark State of the South reports have shaped the economic agenda of the region, shining a spotlight on historic trends, deep-rooted inequities, and solutions that offer rural and urban communities a path forward. MDC is supported by grants and contracts from foundations, governments, and the private sector. Learn more at www.mdcinc.org.