THEALLIANCEMAINE.ORG - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Project Manager
- Project Manager, Alliance
Jennifer Christian has over 20 years of experience in community outreach, partnership and development in the non-profit sector, including grant research, gift leadership development, special events coordination, communications, public relations, grant writing, conference planning, public speaking, and community partnership growth. Jennifer's partnership-building skills reflect her life-long passion to enrich lives through community and collaboration. Previously, Jennifer created and directed Maine College of Art's (MECA) Creative Community Partnerships (CCP)program, the College's community learning resource center, established in 2002. Jennifer has also held positions as an arts education coordinator at Portland, Maine's A Company of Girls, and has taught students and faculty from Pre-K through the University level through her unique codification of collaborative curricula.
Jennifer received her BA in history & international relations from Barnard College, Columbia University, NYC, and completed a thesis and graduate work in international affairs at King's College, London, UK. Jennifer has also completed work towards a certificate degree from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in painting.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director, Alliance
Malory Shaughnessy, MPPM, has over 35 years of advocacy and public policy experience. She has worked at all levels of government including Federal Congressional staff, Maine Legislature policy staff, and serving as a Cumberland County Commissioner. As a Commissioner, she served as President of the Maine County Commissioners Association and represented Maine Counties on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Counties. She was a long term member of the Public Health Work Group and State Coordinating Committee working to create a system for Public Health in Maine, and was a founding member of the Cumberland Public Health District. Nominated to Chair the Maine State Sentencing & Corrections Practices Commission by Governor Baldacci, she worked to make positive changes to Maine's sentencing and bail practices.
Malory received her Master's Degree in Public Policy from the Muskie School of Public Service, and her BA in political science and economics from the University of Missouri. She is an alumni of the Institute for Civic Leadership (Pi class), and a County Leadership Institute Fellow through the National Association of Counties' partnership with NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Malory serves on the Board of Visitors for the Muskie School of Pubic Service and the Board of Directors for the Maine Women's Lobby.