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Susan Eckerle Curwood

Gender:Female
Member since:October 31, 2006
Organization:Wilfrid Laurier University

Biography

Susan Eckerle Curwood is a PhD student in Community Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Prior to her return to academia, she coordinated Tamarack's Vibrant Communities, a pan-Canadian poverty reduction initiative. Her other experiences include two years in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria and three as training manager for the Missouri Association for Community Action, where she was instrumental in developing the Community Action Poverty Simulation and the Step Up to Leadership program. Susan is active in her community, serving on the Board of Directors of the Kitchener-Waterloo Volunteer Action Centre and the United Way's GenNext committee and volunteering with Saint John Ambulance and Grand River Animal Rescue. She lives with her husband Cam and an escape-artist dog named Bear ben Houdini

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