Leadership
A Leadership Council governs the Network and oversees its ongoing development and program work. The Leadership Council is comprised of Working Members who have demonstrated a commitment to the Network, its goals and values by attending at least one gathering, serving on a PCN committee, and/or coordinating a PCN project. The full Council meets via monthly conference calls and an annual retreat to: assess the mission and long-term strategy achievement; guide programming; develop annual budgets and oversee organizational development and fundraising. For more information, see the Leadership Council page.
2006-2007 Leadership Council Members are:
Allison Conyers, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Washington, DC (June 2007 – June 2010)
Dee Dee Green, Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools & Community Media Organizing Project, New Orleans, LA (June 2007 – June 2010)
Christina Kasica, United for a Fair Economy & PCN Boston / New England Coordinating Committee, Boston, MA (June 2007 – 2010)
Sangita Nayak, 9 to 5, Milwaukee, WI (June 2006 – June 2009)
Kathleen Pequeño, communications and technology consultant, Portland, OR (June 2008 – June 2011)
Karlos Gauna Schmeider, Center for Media Justice, Oakland, CA (June 2008 – 2011)
Tracy Van Slyke, Media Consortium, Chicago, IL (June 2006 – June 2009)
Charles Winfrey, Esopus Creek Communication & Community Media Organizing Project, Lake City, TN (June 2006 – June 2009)
Carolyn Cushing, PCN Managing Director, and Linda Stout, Spirit in Action Executive Director, also participate in a staff capacity.
Carolyn Cushing, Managing Director of the Progressive Communicators Network, has worked for over fifteen years in social justice and educational organizations, focusing her work on organization and resource development as well as participatory learning, research and organizational processes. Carolyn was Spirit in Action’s first staff person in 2000, and has served as the Network’s primary organizer since its inception. Before joining Spirit in Action, Carolyn served dual roles at a community-based educational organization serving Western Massachusetts' immigrant, refugee, and migrant communities. As Fundraising Coordinator, she successfully diversified the organization's funding base (formerly all funding came from one source). In her final year, she coordinated the effort to raise a budget approaching a half million dollars from a mix of state funders, private foundations, local businesses, and individual donors. Carolyn also served as the facilitator of a two-year participatory action research project exploring how Welfare Reform, Immigration Reform, and the demands of the changing workplace impact adult learners and their ability to achieve their dreams and goals. She holds a M.S. in Management / Organizational Development from Antioch University.