McKensey Smith
Program Design Coordinator
McKensey works with the Programs team to conceptualize strategies and best communicate IPPF/WHR's work to a broad range of audiences. She is also a consultant for Women’s Link Worldwide and supports the organization's fundraising efforts.
Prior to joining IPPF/WHR, McKensey oversaw fundraising and communications strategies for the Third Wave Foundation as its External Relations Director. She also served as Director of Operations at the Global Justice Center.
McKensey holds Bachelors degrees in International Relations and Spanish from New York University.
Q&A
Where were you born?
Salem, Oregon, USA
What languages do you speak?
English, Spanish
What's the most amazing thing you've seen while traveling?
I spent a summer working on an archaeology dig in Cyprus. It was thrilling to uncover artifacts from the Stone Age and ancient Greece, and entirely worth the countless hours spent digging in the dirt.
