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Nasserie Carew is responsible for all internal and external communications, including a comprehensive public relations effort focused on media outreach, advocacy and online presence. With an extensive background in media relations and branding, she brings over 10 years of public and private sector experience to InterAction.
Carew recently served as the senior public relations program manager for the Center for Health Communication at the Academy for Educational Development. In this role she managed several communication initiatives, including: Project Safe Neighborhoods, funded by the Department of Justice, and the National Immunization Coalition Partnership Project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Prior to joining AED, she held the position of director of communications for the YWCA USA. In this capacity, she had overall responsibility for the national communication policies and strategic positioning of the YWCA USA. She oversaw the development and implementation of internal and external communications, including the YWCA’s multi-million-dollar branding campaign.
As a specialist in strategic external communications with non-profit organizations, Carew has developed and managed numerous national and international media campaigns on innovative programs and policy initiatives.
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| ICCC |
InterAction CTO, CIO Council |
Allen Abtahi |
| Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Sub-Working Group |
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) Sub-Working Group |
Heather Powell |
| Task Force on Foreign Assistance Reform (TF) |
A forum for discussing and planning advocacy strategies on foreign aid reform |
Filmona Hailemichael |
| Outreach and Communications Working Group |
A skills-building and information sharing forum for member staff with grassroots advocacy, communications, and outreach responsibilities. |
Filmona Hailemichael |
| Security Advisory Group |
The Security Advisory Group advances the strategic development of InterAction member organization's safety and security management |
John Schafer |
| Iraq Working Group |
Forum for discusing and advocating on internal and external issues related to Iraq, refugees/IDPs, security & other areas impacting the NGO community |
Heather Powell |
| Humanitarian Partnerships Working Group |
A Forum for discussion and collaborative action around changing dynamics within the humanitarian community |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
| Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) |
The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Working Group meets monthly to discuss and plan advocacy strategies for issues pertaining to the MCC |
Sarah Farnsworth |
| Public Policy Committee |
InterAction's General Public Policy Working Group |
Ken Forsberg |
| Pandemic Preparedness Working Group |
The Pandemic Preparedness Working Group meets to address national and international planning for NGOs to respond to a pandemic influenza |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
| West Bank/Gaza Working Group |
The West Bank/Gaza Working Group meets monthly to discuss humanitarian access issues, coordinate Hill visits, and share operational issues |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
| Somalia Working Group |
The Somalia Working Group meets monthly to discuss humanitarian disaster response issues effecting NGOs working in Somalia and with Somali refugees |
Elizabeth Bellardo |
