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Wendy Haner
Treasurer
Wendy Haner, our current AAUWNC State Treasurer and Past President of the Asheville branch, has many talents. At Kaplan Early Learning Center she was Director of Product Design and Lead Designer and Director of Merchandising.
Wendy also was a national consultant and presenter for the
National Association of Education of Young Children, where she worked to ensure the quality of children’s daily experiences in early learning programs and promote positive child outcomes. Before that she was a sales coordinator for ABC School Supply in Duluth, Ga and worked for the Creative Learning Community (Crayola, LLC) in Allentown, PA.
Wendy was a K-5 Teacher in Asheville, NC at the start of her career after graduating with a Masters in Elementary Education from University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
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Kathy Pearre
Vice President of Membership
Kathy Pearre, our current AAUWNC State Membership VP, has been a facilitator for Start Smart and Work Smart since 2009. She is a lifelong advocate for women and girls and worked as an education director for Girl Scouts in central NC.
In addition to holding an MA in American Studies from Fairfield University, Kathy has a certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke University and is a certified instructor of trainers with Girl Scouts of the USA.
She is a member of the Winston-Salem and Tar Heel branches, serves as a board member for her neighborhood association, and is an active volunteer with the Educator Warehouse, a facility that collects classroom supplies and distributes them at no cost to local teachers. Kathy spends spare time reading, traveling, and cooking.
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Get your hotel reservations for the State Conference
The hotel rate will increase after Feb 25th so please reserve your room by then.
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Kate Nielson, AAUW’s Public Policy Director
AAUW has just announced that Kate Nielson, Director of Public Policy and Legal Advocacy, will be the AAUW speaker for the Annual Conference.
We are so pleased to welcome Kate to our State Conference. She has experience working on AAUW’s salary equity and salary negotiation programs. Along with many other responsibilities, she oversees the organization’s national voter education and Get Out the Vote campaigns.
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