unNiched 2012 Fellowship Program

The unNiched 2012 Fellowship program is designed to ensure exceptional students and individuals from non-profit organizations (in the health arena) are recognized and have the opportunity to participate in unNiched activities.

unNiched Fellows receive:

Support for registration, housing and transportation costs associated with attending certain unNiched events
Recognition at unNiched events and online

The responsibilities of unNiched 2012 Fellows include:

Attendance and participation at certain unNiched events
Active participation in the Path of the Blue Eye Project’s online knowledge community, Living the Path
Develop blog posts to be published on Project’s blog, Walking the Path

Apply to become an unNiched 2013 Fellow by clicking here.

Meet the unNiched 2012 Fellow

Krisleigh Hoermann – 2012 unNiched Fellow

Krisleigh Hoermann serves as Community Manager at the American Heart Association (AHA). As the voice of AHA online, Hoermann is responsible for connecting the brand with online audiences, creating communities and building the nonprofit online. She also focuses on emerging digital communications strategy for the organization. Prior to joining AHA, Hoermann provided public relations and social media strategy to organizations in a variety of industries, including nonprofit, healthcare, event, retail, energy and finance.

Previous unNiched Fellow

Amelia Burke – unNiched 2011 Fellow

Amelia Burke (@socialibriumm) is the Senior Director of Digital Media for Westat where she provides strategic communication and marketing services in the area of digital media. More specifically, she leverages digital and social media for both direct-to-consumer communication as well as a research and data analysis tool for a variety of government and private sector clients. Ms. Burke brings with her almost 10 years of experience in digital and social media and strives to continuously bring fresh ideas to life for how to reach and engage diverse target audiences with public health messages. She builds and leverages partnerships with online publishers through test and learn opportunities, develops and manages online metrics and reporting systems, and leads new digital business efforts.