Deidra Somerville, CFRE

Greater Chicago Area United States

Director, Research and Sponsored Programs

Education

I have spent many years as a successful fundraiser, organizer, and manager within the non-profit, private and public sectors. I am currently working in sponsored research administration while pursuing my PhD. My interests and passion are centered around support of community building, organizing/mobilizing and research that will support the "New Economy Movement", which emphasizes a "return to the Commons" through cooperative economics, localized development of businesses, community ownership and mutual aid practices. I am very interested to build strong and meaningful connections within this sphere through idea networks forming within social media and the movement coalitions now developi...