The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Anne Dufay, a passionate advocate for grassroots democracy, will become SE Uplift’s Executive Director as of July 9, 2009.

Dufay has deep experience in Portland's neighborhood system, having served as Deputy Director of Neighbors West-Northwest since 2001. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) Bureau Advisory Committee, where in recent years she has been instrumental in broadening the vision of the neighborhood system to become more diverse and collaborative. Dufay has a degree in Economics from PSU and her volunteer involvement includes serving as an OSU Master Gardener and Past-President of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association.

As SE Uplift’s Executive Director, Dufay will lead a staff of six and work with the Board of Directors, 20 coalition neighborhood associations, area business districts, and other partner organizations. “We are very excited to welcome Anne as our next director,” said Board Chair Marianne Colgrove, adding “Anne impressed the Board with her well-honed financial management and organizational skills, as well as her strong track record of building diverse relationships and partnerships that help strengthen Portland’s neighborhood system.”

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