Experience

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  Author, journalist, blogger

  Jan 1990 - Oct 2010

  Writer & editor

  Have published in the following:* Washington Post * Los Angeles Times * Los Angeles Magazine* Los Angeles Herald Examiner * Chicago Tribune * Mother Earth News * Natural Home * Vogue * Glamour * New Woman * Rotarian * McCall's * Family Weekly* Winston-Salem Journal* American Libraries magazine * ALA's "@ your library" website - Green & Simple Living monthly blogger (2 years)

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  Simple living

  Jan 2000 - Dec 2010

  President

  As host/producer of "Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska," America's first nationally syndicated public TV series advocating sustainable living, with four production seasons from 2004 to 2008, I raised $1.6 million, supervised staff and crew and ran media, outreach and station relations campaigns. The show reached 80 percent of US TV households. I keynoted at numerous green festivals, including the Mother Earth News Festival, Green America, California Governor's Conference for Women. The series can be seen on Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B06X9H7S19/ Show less

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  Jan karski educational foundation

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2015

  President

  Passionate advocate and cofounder of international bridge-building foundation, the goal of which is to spread awareness of the life and legacy of Jan Karski, a hero of the Holocaust and the Polish Underground, who witnessed the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland during WW II and informed the Allies when millions could have been saved. Previously, led Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign, which placed Karski's Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, which was was conferred by President Obama at a White House ceremony in May 2012. Show less

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  Wastezero

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2017

  Director, nonprofit & philanthropic partnerships

  As WasteZero's first director of Nonprofit & Philanthropic Partnerships, I directed outreach to and relationships with the nonprofit community nationally and regionally. I pioneered and managed programs with Susan G. Komen NC Triangle to the Coast, The Salvation Army, Keep America Beautiful and the Boy Scouts, among others. Partnering with nonprofits furthers the company's mission of cutting trash in half in America.

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  Wanda urbanska & associates

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2019

  Principal

  Working independently and with BrightDot, I have consulted for such nonprofit organizations as Guilford College, Wake Tech Foundation, North Carolina Community Colleges, the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Poland and many more.

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  North carolina state university

  Nov 2019 - Jan 2025

  • Director of Philanthropy, NC State College of Engineering

    Feb 2022 - Jan 2025

  • Director of Development, NC Textile Foundation, NC State University

    Nov 2019 - Feb 2022
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  Self-employed

  Feb 2025 - now

  Writer/consultant