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ila@ila-net.org
1119 Taliaferro Hall
Univ. of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
United States
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Shelly Wilsey has over 20 years of experience
in organizational development and management. In her current
role, Shelly handles organizational development, strategic
planning, financial management, and conference organizing.
She also supports the ILA Board and was the editor, with
Larraine R. Matusak and Cynthia Cherrey, of the ILA publication
Building Leadership Bridges, 2001.
Previously, Shelly worked at the Academy of Leadership as
director of the Community Action School, which she built
into a highly successful training program attended by more
than 1,000 diverse community leaders. She also ran the Community
Action Network, which provided seed money to nine community
groups to support local leadership development. Both programs
were supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Prior to that, Shelly worked for nine years at the CLEC
Canvass Network in a variety of positions, including director
of development and client relations, administrative director,
and financial manager. Shelly also helped establish the
Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force, a regional pro-choice
organization.
In 1986, Shelly became the first program coordinator for
the United States Student Association’s GROW (Grass Roots
Organizing Weekends) project to train student leaders and
activists. Before that, she was organizing director of the
Student Association of the State University of New York
(SASU). She spent her first two years out of college as
a regional organizer for SASU, organizing local and statewide
campaigns. She began her activist work in 1980 as a field
canvasser for NYPIRG.
Shelly earned her BA in history from SUNY Plattsburgh in
1983 and was one of the first students there to earn a certificate
in women’s studies. She was elected to several positions
in student government, received the Women’s Studies Academic
Excellence Award and was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa.
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