Exploring Community Engagement and the Third Sector with Mary Beth Collins

In this episode we have the pleasure of chatting with Mary Beth Collins, the Executive Director at the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology. Her work involves utilizing university assets alongside community partners to promote and prepare change agents to create a better Wisconsin, and a better world.

Mary Beth’s primary responsibilities focus on developing coursework educational experiences including Community and Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Operations and Infrastructure and service learning opportunities.

With previous experience in the civic engagement sector, education and further community-based work surrounding non-profit leadership, Mary Beth brings a lens of community, understanding, and improvement to her work everyday.