Allison is a poet and non-profit professional.  Since 1996, she has worked with cultural organizations, artists, philanthropists, and social change agents in the Bay Area. She has worked in development for SFMOMA, SF Ballet, ForestEthics, fuseproject, Chicken &Egg Pictures, KOMAZA, and The Wilderness Society. Her clients have included an international performance art troupe, a mom and pop post-production house, and a poverty-eradication conference. Her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals, online, and in numerous emails to friends and family. Her most recent performance collaboration All I Wanted to Say premiered at The Garage and the Fury Factory Festival in 2011. She  has received residencies from the Vermont Studio Center and The Caldera Center for the Arts. She earned a BA from the University of Redlands and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She grew up in Sequoia National Park and Los Angeles. She lives in Oakland, California. From research to coaching, she has interviewed thought leaders on global issues and philanthropic fund development. She has coached small arts organizations as they’ve developed their revenue streams; written grants and messaging copy; and has provided strategic counsel on the structure of burgeoning social enterprises – including how to identify key stakeholders and potential funders.