MORGAN ABATEAn aspiring development and sustainable systems professional, Morgan serves as a Community Engagement AmeriCorps VISTA Member with Northern Illinois Food Bank, which serves 13 counties in and around Chicagoland and distributes 62.5 million meals each year to 600,000 people.
She supports the Corporate and Foundation Giving team through grant writing and prospecting, while also spreading awareness of hunger through speaking engagements and coordinating sponsored Mobile Pantry distributions in four counties. Morgan entered communications and partnership development through experiences with Jim Moran & Associates, Whistle Sports and Burson-Marsteller. Her three-year involvement with the Periclean Scholars introduced her to sustainable movements and projects. She serves on the Board of the Periclean Foundation, which continues the partnerships of past Periclean cohorts. She knows how to engage and connect young people with brands and causes using traditional and digital media. And she can do it in Spanish. She understands what companies and nonprofits alike need to do in order to attract the philanthropists and globally-aware consumers of tomorrow. |