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Senior Program Manager Youth Mental Health
Deanna joined Interact for Health in 2021 after spending four years with the National MS Society, most recently serving as Senior Manager, Volunteer Engagement. In this role, she led a team of five coordinating over 100 events annually and engaging 7,000 volunteers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she spearheaded efforts to pivot to virtual volunteer engagement and played a vital role in advancing the department's DEI strategy.
Before joining the National MS Society, Deanna worked in community outreach with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and as an AmeriCorps Fellow through Public Allies Cincinnati. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Northern Kentucky University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
Deanna serves as Board President of the Urban League Young Professionals of Greater Southwestern Ohio, sits on the board of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, and is a member of the Cincinnati Opera Young Professionals Board. She is also a proud member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Her dedication to leadership and community impact has been recognized with several honors, including being named a YWCA Rising Star, C-Change Class 18, and graduating from Action Tank's City Council Bootcamp. In 2023, Deanna was honored as a member of Cincinnati Business Courier's Forty Under 40 class. Most recently, in 2024, she was selected for the Urban League’s African American Leadership Development Program.
Deanna is a lifelong Cincinnatian and as such appreciates when the Cincinnati Bengals have a winning season. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, being an auntie to her two nephews and considers herself a huge foodie.
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