Kathleen Newell

Kathleen Newell joined the council team in April 2017 as an Education Program Manager. Kathleen is a graduate of Bloomsburg University, receiving a B.A. in Criminal Justice with a career concentration in Family, Children, and Youth. Prior to joining the Council, Kathleen served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa, working as a Community HIV/AIDS Outreach Worker with a focus on health education and youth development. Most recently, Kathleen worked as part of Peace Corps South Africa’s programming team, training new health and education volunteers, and she acted as a consultant for maternal, adolescent, and child health projects. Her career prior to serving in the Peace Corps was in the field of litigation consulting.

Kathleen has also volunteered as a literacy tutor for English-language-learning immigrants. In addition to her service in South Africa, her international experiences include travels throughout much of Southern Africa and parts of Eastern and Northern Africa. As a 2018 and 2019 Awardee of the YALI Mandela Washington Reciprocal Exchange Component, Kathleen recently traveled to Malawi to implement youth programs addressing gender-based violence and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.