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Summer Cook
Summer Cook
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Summer
Cook
Planner + Engagement Specialist
Summer is a Planner and Engagement Specialist at Zan. She previously worked at the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District as a Planner, where she specialized in community engagement and managing partnerships with community organizations. She has experience facilitating complex stakeholder negotiations, building relationships, and thinking creatively about events that work best for communities. Summer has also worked as a manager for zero-waste programs in Oregon. She values creative engagement strategies that work best for the communities where she works. Summer is a LEED Green Associate and holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of Washington.
stuff to know
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Loves to bake sourdough rye bread (has revived her starter from the grave on more than one occasion)
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Dreams of a high-speed rail system between all the major Pacific Northwest cities so she can easily jump back and forth between Portland and her hometown of Bellingham, WA
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Values incorporating play, lightness, and laughter into everyday activities and engagement work
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Has a passion for language, storytelling, and reading physical books (no e-readers here!)
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