Allie Fernandez

Allie Fernandez supports the development team and helps to plan and implement all fundraising activities.  In addition, she is a member of the Steering Committee of the NCRW Emerging Leaders Network, a professional development group engaging mid-level women working in both the non-profit and corporate arenas.  Previously, Allie has worked as the Volunteer and Docent Coordinator at the Claremont Museum of Art in Southern California and as Assistant Supervisor of the Annual Fund Giving program at the University of La Verne. She has held Development and Outreach internships at Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles, CA and Women Thrive Worldwide in Washington, DC and is also a certified volunteer with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), having completed a 40-hour intensive training.  Allie holds a Master of Arts degree in Applied Women’s Studies from Claremont Graduate University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Philosophy from the University of La Verne.  Her thesis explored the performative work of French artist, Orlan, and how her piece, the “Reincarnation of Saint Orlan” (which uses cosmetic surgery as a means to manipulate the physical form), can be seen as a corporeal embodiment of a ‘Disidentified’ Feminist Utopia.