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    <created-at type="datetime">2009-12-17T14:01:59-05:00</created-at>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Teresa M. Durham&amp;nbsp;has over 20 years experience in nonprofit consulting and civic engagement.&amp;nbsp;Her areas of expertise include board governance, strategic planning, fund development, group facilitation, program management and peer coaching.&amp;nbsp;In her role at the Nonprofit Alliance, she is responsible for daily administration of the program&amp;rsquo;s key delivery strategies that include technical assistance, training, resource collection, and consultant referrals.&amp;nbsp;She has sat on numerous community boards and enjoys participating in special events and volunteering for various causes.&amp;nbsp;Teresa graduated from Kellogg Community College, completed the bachelor degree program in Management and Organizational Development at Spring Arbor College and has completed master level courses in nonprofit management. She is a graduate of the Battle Creek Leadership Academy and Michigan Leadership.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <email>durhamt@kellogg.edu</email>
    <firstname>Teresa</firstname>
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    <lastname>Durham</lastname>
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    <title>Executive Director</title>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-05T14:41:16-05:00</updated-at>
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    <created-at type="datetime">2009-12-17T14:04:12-05:00</created-at>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Kim joined the Nonprofit Alliance in November 2007, and has over ten years experience in the nonprofit sector. &amp;nbsp;Her primary roles include administration of NPA&amp;rsquo;s Capacity Building Grant Funds for Battle Creek and Calhoun County, member scholarships, sector and best practice research, development of NPA programming materials, management of Michigan Now and Recover Michigan grant review&amp;nbsp;processes, organizational technical assistance and oversight of NPA&amp;rsquo;s social justice work through Building Movement BC.&amp;nbsp;She also provides support as needed for new NPA projects and initiatives.&amp;nbsp;Kim holds a BA in Advertising and Telecommunications from Michigan State University, a MSW from the University of Michigan and a MBA from the University of Phoenix.&amp;nbsp;She is a member of the 2010 class of the Battle Creek Area Leadership Challenge, a board member of the Art Center of Battle Creek, an AmeriCorps alumni and an Adjunct Instructor at Kellogg Community College.&amp;nbsp;Previously Kim was a Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the State of Michigan and spent time as an international volunteer working to address homelessness in the United Kingdom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <email>andrewsk@kellogg.edu</email>
    <firstname>Kimberlee</firstname>
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    <lastname>Andrews-Bingham</lastname>
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    <title>Program Manager</title>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-29T14:06:01-05:00</updated-at>
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  <bio>
    <created-at type="datetime">2009-11-23T12:35:21-05:00</created-at>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amy joined the Nonprofit Alliance in early 2007, and has over ten years experience in research and office management. &amp;nbsp;Her primary roles include overseeing NPA&amp;rsquo;s extensive training calendar, serving as the Marketing and Communications coordinator, managing the membership database, serving as the main administrator for NPA&amp;rsquo;s website and online database, and providing technical assistance in areas such as grant research and evaluation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;She also serves as the primary contact person for the Nonprofit Alliance office and provides support to special projects as needed.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt"&gt;Amy graduated with her bachelors in Psychology from the University of Michigan and has completed graduate coursework in Biology and Public Administration at Western Michigan University.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Amy is a&amp;nbsp;graduate of the Battle Creek Area Leadership Challenge where her group&amp;nbsp;earned the Distinguished Community Project Award through the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce for their work with residents of&amp;nbsp;Post-Franklin neighborhoods.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <email>younga@nonprofitalliance.org</email>
    <firstname>Amy Taipei</firstname>
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    <lastname>Young</lastname>
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    <title>Executive Assistant</title>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-01-08T15:41:21-05:00</updated-at>
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    <created-at type="datetime">2010-02-05T11:10:01-05:00</created-at>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%"&gt;Nonprofit Alliance welcomed Jordan Green to its team on February 1.&amp;nbsp;Jordan is a Battle Creek Central High School senior, and earned his Youth Public engagement internship through HandsOn Battle Creek.&amp;nbsp;Jordan&amp;rsquo;s ultra-positive attitude, willingness to work, attention-to-detail and problem-solving skills have already shown to be a great asset to the NPA team.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%"&gt;Jordan is a very busy young man with a keen desire for music, education and youth.&amp;nbsp;He is highly active in his high school and community.&amp;nbsp;He has served as the Drum Major for the Bearcat Marching Band for the past two years, and before that he was on the tuba line his freshman and sophomore years.&amp;nbsp;Jordan is not only a band geek!&amp;nbsp;He is also on his high school bowling, tennis (4 years) and swimming (1 year) teams.&amp;nbsp;In the fall, he will attend Western Michigan University on full scholarship, where he plans on majoring in Music Education. Jordan is also trying out for the highly competitive Music program at Western. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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    <firstname>Jordan</firstname>
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    <lastname>Green</lastname>
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    <title>Student Intern</title>
    <updated-at type="datetime">2010-02-12T15:54:12-05:00</updated-at>
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