Olivia Trabysh has worked as a program design and strategic communications consultant for progressive national funders and previously led development and communications at the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights and coordinated Special Projects at the Amarillo Area Foundation. Most recently a fellow of The Coaching Fellowship, an international program that nurtures and brings together the world’s high potential young women leaders of impact, Olivia graduated from West Texas A&M University where she studied English with an emphasis in post-colonial studies, political science, and art history. She served West Texas communities for several years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children and LGBTQ youth in the foster care system and sexual assault emergency responder before advocating for place-based grantmaking nationally. She also studied genocidal rhetoric, conflict resolution, and reconciliation with the School for International Training.