Bette builds partnerships with government agencies, foundations, and corporations to secure funding for NEA HIN’s work. She also leads the new effort to develop support from individual donors, through their participation in the Combined Federal Campaign, planned giving, and other activities that will help NEA HIN strengthen its funding base. Bette’s favorite part about her job is finding ways to help advance NEA HIN’s work while providing funders with an opportunity to fulfill their own mission and interests, creating a win-win situation.
She began her career as a junior high school teacher, but left teaching to go into college administration. She pursued that field in colleges and universities up and down the East Coast and in Texas before coming to NEA HIN in 2005.
Bette has a bachelor’s and master’s in English from the University of Rhode Island and has completed many professional development activities throughout her career, including a management training program for women college administrators at Wellesley College.
Bette stays healthy through regular exercise. She’s the “senior” member of an exercise class that meets three times a week and combines aerobic exercise and strength training. She is called the “bull dog” because she sometimes leaves her younger colleagues in the dust!
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