Prior to becoming a member of the PACE team, Dan Jackson worked in analytics mostly within the healthcare and manufacturing industries. He has worked to better organize data, increase the amount of information provided, build a collaborative culture, and improve the usage of technology.
PACE sees being data-informed as a vital and necessary component to eliminating the inequities that many people face, having inclusion being a standard practice, and embracing diversity. Dan will be responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the technology strategies that PACE uses to service the nonprofits and their associated communities within the region. Dan earned a Bachelor of Computer Science from Penn State University, enjoys traveling, watching sports, and learning about the world.
Juliette Smith, B. Sc., M.A.A.A., joined PACE as the Director of Finance & Administration in January 2020. Juliette has 20- years’ experience in the nonprofit industry, most recently as the allocations and program manager for the Washington County Community Foundation.
Ms. Smith taught nonprofit administration for seven years at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, specializing in advocacy, grant administration, financial management, and sustainability.
Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, she was the executive director of Family Promise of Gaston County (an agency serving homeless families) in North Carolina.
Juliette earned a Master in Arts Administration degree from Goucher College, Maryland and Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Nottingham, England.
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Kristin H Walker received a bachelor’s degree in Art History, a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, and a certificate in Classic & Mediterranean Studies from Penn State University in 2008. In her final year as an undergraduate, she studied abroad participating in an archaeological excavation in Egypt. It was in Egypt that everything changed. Until her study abroad experiences Kristin was on a trajectory to work at a museum, she was most interested in “stuff” the artifacts left by ancient peoples that told their stories. However, after seeing firsthand the poverty, disease, and overall struggles of the local Egyptian population with whom she worked, Kristin became more interested in “people” and their experiences, and perseverance. After returning home, she decided to pursue a dual graduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, and Graduate School of Public Health. In 2013, Kristin graduated with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (Behavioral and Community Health Sciences) and a Master’s Degree in International Development (Development Planning and Environmental Sustainability). Throughout her graduate studies, Kristin focused on sustainable development, mainly programs that could self-sustain their funding so as to not continually rely on support from external sources. In her professional career, she flipped the script to focus her skills on obtaining sustainable funding for organizations serving vulnerable populations by utilizing data to support program planning, implementation, and evaluation. In November 2022, Kristin received a Certificate of Professional Fundraising from Boston University.
Kristin joined PACE’s team in March of 2023, as the Director of Strategic Advancement. With over 10 years of experience in data analytics, research, program planning, quality improvement, IT, compliance, grant writing/research, fundraising, event planning, donor management/stewardship, and marketing/communications, Kristin plans to leverage her skills to assist PACE in advancing its mission through strategic, creative, and innovative resource development.
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