Desiree Williams-Rajee
Senior Fellow Climate Equity; Owner at Kapwa Consulting, LLC
- Role
- Board Member at Verde
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Desiree Williams-Rajee
Desiree uses her unique combination of skills and experience in organizational development, change management, social justice organizing, and systems analysis to address institutionalized racism through customized support to move organizations and teams towards equitable and just solutions. Her accomplishments include being a founding Board Member for the Center for Diversity and the Environment, and inaugural member of the Young Climate Leaders Network and also include her former role as the Equity Program Manager for the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, the first position of its kind in the nation, where her work was dedicated to the alignment of social equity in public administration and environmental policy. In 2016, Desiree was honored by the Obama White House for her work with the community to apply an equity lens to the City of Portland/Multnomah County Climate Action Plan, and in 2017 was recognized by the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment for innovation in the environmental field. In 2020, she was recognized as Grist Fixer, and as a nominee for the UCLA Pritzker Environmental Genius Award for her continued work in setting a new, more just, trajectory for climate work in government. For over 25 years, she has worked with a variety of organizations including community development, refugee and international development, environmental, policy, organizations, schools, and government agencies as well as various grassroots initiatives to reverse the impacts of structural and institutional racism. She received her BA from University of Pittsburgh in Africana Studies, and Linguistics and holds certificates in East Asian Studies, and Professional French Translation. She received her Master of International Development degree from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs from University of Pittsburgh and an MBA in Sustainable Business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute. She is currently at Pacific Graduate Institute pursuing her MA/PhD in Community Liberation Indigenous Ecopsychology.
Experience
Board Member
Oct 2016 — Present · Portland, OR, US
Education
University of Pittsburgh
BA, Africana Studies and Linguistics
1998 — 2002
Pinchot University
MBA, Sustainable Business
2008 — 2011
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Master's degree, Community Liberation Indigenous Ecopsychology
University of Pittsburgh
MID, International Development: Environmental Sustainability
2002 — 2004
Skills
- Research
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Nonprofits
- Community Organizing
- Policy
- Strategy
- Social Sustainability
- Event Planning
- Project Management
- International Development
- Non-Profits
- Program Evaluation
- Grant Writing
- Strategic Planning
- Policy Analysis
- Sustainability
- Environmental Awareness
- Public Speaking
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