Professional Background

Christine Sculati has over fifteen years of professional experience in the social and environmental sectors. She has a background in project management, nonprofit fundraising, publication writing, Web site building, environmental auditing, and green business development. As a social entrepreneur, her business mission is to support the growth and capacity of community-based nonprofits and progressive businesses.

Since 2001 when she launched her consultancy, she has supported the following organizations:

	Community Health Partnership - Santa Clara County-based organization that advocates for health services access for the medically underserved and encourages prevention and health promotion through service and education.
	International Wildlife Resource Center - Providers of technical assistance and training to wildlife rehabilitators around the world.
	Rebuilding Together Peninsula - Builds volunteer partnerships to rehabilitate homes and community facilities for low-income, disabled, and elderly community members (formerly called Christmas in April).
	City Fields Foundation - With the City of San Francisco established a historic public-private park renovation and stewardship project to revitalize deteriorating playfields in underserved neighborhoods through 2010.
	The Foundation Center - Philanthropy News Digest - weekly news service of philanthropy-related and nonprofit development articles and features.
	Outward Bound - Nonprofit educational organization that pioneered youth wilderness experiential learning in the United States.
	Peoples Community Partnership Federal Credit Union - Economic empowerment advocates in Oakland’s low-income neighborhoods.
	Zuna Institute - National organization that advocates for the health promotion, civil rights, education and economic empowerment of Black lesbians.
	Bay Nature Institute – Publishers of Bay Nature magazine based in Berkeley, California.
	GOALS for Women - Agency that promotes mental health and economic empowerment and advocacy for underserved African American women in Alameda County.
	A Safe Place - Domestic violence services, community counseling, and teen violence prevention.
	Afghan Coalition – Community-based umbrella organization whose mission is to empower underserved Afghan families, women, and youth living in Southern Alameda County by providing health and social services, advocacy, building community, developing youth leadership, and promoting cross-cultural unity.
	Saint Vincent de Paul of Alameda County – Provider of free meals, direct social services, and job training and placement programs for homeless and at-risk men, women, and children.
	Marin Abused Women's Services - Domestic violence services and prevention.
	National Park Labs, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) - Interpretive materials and education for youth.
	Turtle Island Films - Producers of the documentary called Quest for Turtle Island.
	DJT Consulting - Consulting group that prepares proposals for government agencies.
	Alliance for West Oakland Development - Social and economic justice organization working to develop a thriving mixed-use affordable housing and small business complex in the Mandela Transit Village of West Oakland.
	Headlands Center for the Arts - Artists-in-residency program in Marin County.
	CHALK (Communities in Harmony Advocating for Learning and Kids).

Before establishing her consultancy, for over nine years Christine Sculati developed outreach publications, proposals, and green business solutions for San Francisco Bay Area organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency, Alameda County Recycling Board, City & County of San Francisco, University of California at Berkeley, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland Zoo, Claremont Resort and Spa, Compaq Computers and Peet’s Coffee & Tea. She holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Environmental Science.

Publications

Philanthropy News Digest - For this publication of The Foundation Center, wrote an article titled The ABCs of Podcasting for The Sustainable Nonprofit column. The article features nonprofits using and experimenting with new web-based technologies, primarily podcasts, to tell stories and broadcast their messages to wider audiences. The article highlights projects of San Francisco Bay Area organizations including KQED, Cal Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture.

Bay Nature Magazine - Wrote a quarterly column called Ear to the Ground, featuring news from the conservation community and the natural world; published a feature article on the natural history of the native oyster of San Francisco Bay; and wrote book reviews.

Terrain Magazine: For this environmental quarterly, performed extensive research and wrote an investigative report that addressed occupational, health and safety issues and the hazards of refineries.

Faultline Magazine: Wrote a news feature story for this online environmental magazine covering a resurgent movement to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park

Girls on the Run Bay Area: Coach third to fifth grade girls using an experiential learning-based curriculum designed to promote self-respect, confidence and healthy choices in young girls through non-competitive, running programs.

Randall Museum, San Francisco: As a volunteer docent, give interactive interpretive talks on native California wildlife to diverse school groups.

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition: Assisted with sponsorship development for the annual Winterfest fundraiser and membership celebration.

Bay Nature magazine: Assisted with initial Web site planning for the promotion of this new natural history magazine focused on the San Francisco Bay Area (www.baynature.com).

San Francisco AIDS Foundation: Wrote feature articles for the volunteer newsletter.

La Casa de Las Madres, San Francisco: Answered crisis line calls for victims of domestic violence and conducted intake interviews for the emergency shelter. Completed 40 hour peer counselor training.

CONFENIAE, Ecuador: For this indigenous rights organization, taught Spanish reading and writing to children and English language classes to adults in a village in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

Greenbelt Alliance, San Francisco: Led hikes for the promotion of green space preservation.

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