Team
- Elizabeth Berry Gips
- Ananya Bhattacharya
- Jim Bildner
- Ashley Bloomer
- Shelyna Brown
- Gwyneth Brown
- Shariff Carlos
- Tim Cho
- Silmara Connors
- Abby Crocker
- Mobola da-Silva
- Michelle De La Isla
- Matthew Denn
- Danielle Dhillon
- Robin Richards Donohoe
- Margo Drakos
- William H. Draper
- Emily Edwards
- Sue Gordon
- Reneè Hall
- Jeremy Heimans
- Nancy Huang
- Kristina Hudelson
- Pam Ingebrigtson
- Lisa Jordan
- Sylvie Kahl
- Robert Steven Kaplan
- Cheyenne Kooijman
- Kim Koontz
- Holly Kuzmich
- Mary Lachnit
- Sarah Lau
- Rachel Macauley
- Lara Metcalf
- Kanini Mutooni
- Lydia Ouma
- Roshni Patel
- Ashley Plaga
- Kristin Richmond
- Oliver Rothschild
- Meg Rudy
- Zeryn Sarpangal
- Kathleen Sebelius
- Kathryn Shehade
- Ruth J. Simmons
- Shan Soe-Lin
- Rob Tashima
- Daniel Torres Balauro
- Sarah Verschoor
- Jolene Warren
- Anika Warren Wood
Ashley Plaga
Director, Digital Media and Communications
Ashley Plaga manages the DRK website, social media, online application, event planning, and portfolio support projects.
Ashley brings experience in the nonprofit and academic research worlds and adds her 20 years of nonprofit experience to support DRK’s mission to drive positive social change. Before joining DRK in 2015, Ashley was the Communications Manager at Seattle Foundation where she increased educational and economic opportunities for low-skilled and low-income adults in Washington State via their SkillUp WA program. Before that, she supported the Dialysis Center of Lincoln, comprised of five nonprofit healthcare organizations, serving as the Events Planner.
Ashley earned her Master of Public Administration from Seattle University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.