Anna Garwood

Anna Garwood

Women's Leadership Development Coordinator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Program Director

  • Education

    • Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - Online through Coursera

      2019 - 2020
      An Introduction to the US Food System: A Public Health Perspective
    • Ven-Usa

      2000 - 2000
      Study Abroad - Merida, Venezuela
    • University of Virginia

      1997 - 2001
      Anthropology. Spanish.
    • Portland State University

      2006 - 2012
      Graduate Certificate in Sustainability
    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

      2020 - 2020

      Social Determinants of Health (graduate course)

  • Experience

    • Central American Solar Energy Project

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      Women's Leadership Development Coordinator
    • Green Empowerment

      Nov 2001 - Jan 2006
      • Program Coordinator

        Sept 2003 - Jan 2006
      • Program and Administrative Assistant

        Nov 2001 - Aug 2003
    • Green Empowerment

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Latin America Program Manager
    • Practical Action

      Apr 2008 - Dec 2009
      Latin America Program Manager of Green Empowerment

      Developed and managed energy and water projects with Green Empowerment's partner organization in Peru, Practical Action.

    • Green Empowerment

      Jan 2010 - Oct 2014
      Executive Director
    • Growing Gardens Oregon

      Jan 2016 - Feb 2023

      Growing Gardens’ mission is to reduce hunger and transform lives through the experience of gardening and growing your own food. We work with thousands of volunteers to build organic vegetable gardens at homes, schools, and correctional facilities.Youth Grow programs improve nutrition and decrease the risk of food insecurity by teaching low income children lessons in where food comes from, the importance of eating fruits and vegetables and how to grow food through fun hands-on activities.

      • Youth Grow Program Director

        Aug 2015 - Feb 2023
      • Interim Executive Director

        Jan 2016 - May 2016
    • FACES (Foundation for the Advancement of Cleft Education and Services)

      Jun 2016 - now
      Board Member

      FACES Foundation model comprehensive, high quality care for medically isolated patients with cleft lip and palate deformities – beyond surgery alone – in a locally sustainable manner. FACES (Foundation for the Advancement of Cleft Education and Services), founded in 2001, has performed hundreds of cleft lip and palate surgeries on patients in Peru, through partnerships between Peruvian and American doctors.

    • Oregon Health & Science University

      Jan 2023 - now
      Research Project Coordinator, Nourish
  • Licenses & Certifications