Carrie Donovan is a nonprofit professional with 20 years of experience. She has worked on program development, community collaborations, evaluation, and grant-writing over the course of her career. Donovan has also garnered 10 years of experience in higher education. Her work has been primarily focused on campus-community collaborations in support of public education. Donovan pursued an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and French at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has worked at the Public Service Center at the University of California, Berkeley in various capacities, including as Assistant Director and Program Coordinator. Donovan has also served as a Youth Director at CIRCLE, a Community Educator at Independent, a Program Associate at National Civic League, and an Emerson Hunger Fellow at Community Action Partnership - National Office.