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Charlene Reiss, PhD (she/her) has 30 years of experience working with nonprofits, government agencies, academic institutions, and community collaboratives. She holds a Masters and PhD in nonprofit management and organizational theory from NC State University with a focus on civic engagement and equitable participation in governance at nonprofits. Since joining Partners for Impact in 2019, Charlene’s work has focused on evaluation, program planning, strategy development, systems change, and project management. As part of her own personal and professional journey, Charlene strives to use her white-woman privilege to surface issues of equity in white-dominated spaces and disrupt the systems that hold inequities in place.