Volunteers/Interns Living Near Evanston, IL

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Keely Jones,
General Projects Manager
Evanston, IL
Robin Ross,
Business Consultant
Chicago, IL
Gretchen Sunko,
Business/IT Consultant
Chicago, IL/USA
Kara Scheer,
New Product Development
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kellogg Corps,
Organizational Development
Chicago, IL
Chris Johnson,
Production Consultant
Chicago, IL
Grace Yoon,
Fair Trade Consultant
Chicago, IL
David Ripley,
Production Management Analyst
Winfield, IL
Sarah Schepker,
Apparel Design and Technical Manager
Naperville, IL
Jeannie Weber,
Business Intern
Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
Kiley O’Brien,
Graphic Designer
St. Charles, Illinois
Kristina Anderson,
Marketing and Management Consultant
Munster, IN
Hillary Van Ham,
Design Intern
Batavia, IL
Brittany Campanelli,
New Product Development
Huntley, IL
Kathleen Kosnar,
Export Logistics Analyst
Milwaukee, WI
Pam Wyrowski,
Project Leader
Milwaukee, WI
Eana Agopian,
Photographer/Photo Editor
Kalamazoo, MI
Mary Jane Gregan,
International Music Educator
Lafayette, Indiana
Jennifer Christiansen,
Human Resources Consultant
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Shane Bohbrink,
Business Consultant, Naasakle Ltd.
Bloomington, IL
Olivia Keusch,
Merchandising Intern
Portland, MI, USA
Marne Petersen,
Marketing & PR Intern
Waupaca, WI
Jack McCarthy,
Small Business Consultant
Indianapolis, IN
Rachel Orloski,
Apparel Merchandising Intern
Mt Pleasant, Michigan/USA
Katie Boyer,
Fair Trade Advisor
Cadillac, Michigan
Cora Rose Lewicki,
Fair Trade Certification Researcher and Product Designer
Westby, WI
Keely Jones
General Projects Manager
[Evanston, IL]


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Georgette at the Global Mamas store assists Keely in trying on one of the robes.

Description: Women in Progress had several small projects over the summer that needed guidance. Primarily, WIP needed assistance in marketing the tourist workshops that had been developed over the previous year. The workshops were developed to generate additional income for woman-owned businesses in Cape Coast. Keely also identified her own secondary project in assisting a local dance troupe in developing their young enterprise.

Achievements: Keely made accomplishments in several different project areas:
  • Created promotional material to market WIP's 4 tourist workshops to tour operators in Accra.
  • Facilitated several meetings with tour operators in Accra to discuss adding the WIP cultural workshops to their regular tour packages.
  • Created several new designs for batiking cloth that were immediately put to use in creating new garments in the Global Mamas product line.
  • Worked with WIP's newest batiker, Mavis, in perfecting the new designs and understanding the quality demanded by the Western marketplace.
  • Assisted new volunteers in getting introduced to Ghanaian culture and getting around Cape Coast.
  • Helped the Ashanti Dance Theatre to incorporate its business and establish more efficient ways to manage the business.
 Highlights: As a dancer herself, Keely's highlight was dancing on a regular basis with the Ashanti Dance Theatre. She was thrilled to work with the Ashanti group for weeks and then have it finally add up to something in the end.

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