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About Our Volunteers


Empowerment Today would like to thank all of the volunteers who help to make our mission, our vision for the future, a reality.


Vania Benavides, Empowerment Today's community manager.
Her most recent work as an event planner for the graduate student success program at the University of South Florida developed her interest in social media. She currently blogs about the green movement, social media, and social entrepreneurship at
Vabulus, her personal blog: http://vabulus.com
Community Manager
David Eagle, Web Designer, Web Developer, Webmaster
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/webknowledge
David has 50 years experience in the computer world and has been publishing and designing websites fulltime for the last 12 years. He is an expert in User Interface and Usability. He is experienced with small local organizations and with global enterprise projects.
Sara Smith, Web Designer and Developer
Website: http://www.slorien.com
Sara has worked as an IT Professional doing user support and systems administration since 1997. She recently made a career change to User Experience Design and Research, where she can proactively focus on making technology more user friendly. Sara holds an MS in Human Computer Interaction from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Information Technology from Franklin University. She lives in Felton with her husband and 11 month old son, and is available for part-time/freelance design and user research opportunities.
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Maggie Barr, Marketing Consultant
Link to: http://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretbarr
Maggie Barr is a marketing consultant who specializes in developing marketing plans and campaigns for small businesses. Maggie has over 20 years experience in consumer and business-to-business marketing. Maggie loves working with local small business owners and helping them out with both their short-term and long-term marketingstrategies. Maggie assisted with defining the marketing plan for Empowerment Today.
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Mohammad Ali, Logo Designer
Website: http://www.potentialofzero.com/
Mo is an amazing graphic designer and is passionate about inventing and writing. His new book, The Potential of Zero is coming soon. He loves to travel the world and is a cool technology geek. Mo created the logo for Empowerment Today and continues to provide creative support.
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