biography

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Elaine Davenport

Project Partner

In her two decades as a nonprofit leader and consultant Elaine Davenport has helped design and implement community-based programs and trainings that promote equity, community, and justice. Elaine honed her leadership and facilitations skills in roles at the Posse Foundation, national oral history project StoryCorps, and social service agency Center for Family Life of Sunset Park, and as a consultant for clients that include Shared_Studios, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, WNYC, and Opportunity Network. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University, completed the Columbia University Business School Institute for Nonprofit Management, and in May 2016 earned a Master of Social Work from Hunter College.