NACEDA Staff
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 Dawne Troupe, People & Places Collaborative Advocacy Director
Dawne Troupe is a dedicated advocate committed to driving innovation and fostering positive change within community development, financial education, sustainability, and technologies that empower communities while addressing wealth disparities.
With a diverse career spanning the federal government, nonprofits, higher education, and the private sector, Dawne has successfully led and implemented large-scale initiatives that have made a significant impact on the public sector and the realm of social impact. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her work.
Previously, she provided consulting services on political campaigns, political action committees, nonprofits and oversaw promoting the accounting profession and financial literacy education efforts for high school and college students throughout the State of New York for the New York State Society of CPAs.
As the Advocacy Director of the People and Places Collaborative, Dawne channels her passion and expertise into creating prosperous and equitable environments for people residing in underserved communities. Dawne is a graduate of George Washington University.
Contact Dawne
[email protected]
(202) 518-2660
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 Kadasha Hershey, System Change Americorps VISTA
Kadasha joined NACEDA in July 2023. In her role as the System Change VISTA, she will support the development of communication systems and practices. Her focus is to help build meaningful relationships with local community developers and connect them with capacity-building opportunities and resources. Kadasha graduated with a master's degree in social work from Howard University in 2023, with a concentration in community, administration, and policy practice. She is enthusiastic about engaging in macro social work practice and is looking forward to applying the field's core principles, like social justice and the importance of human relationships, to systems-level work.
Kadasha previously worked with the Northwest Xcelerator, a start-up climate tech business accelerator for Black and underserved entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest, where she focused on organizational and grant management. She is passionate about cultivating the shared prosperity of people and places and is thrilled about gaining experience and expanding her knowledge of this mission within the community economic development field while working with NACEDA.
Contact Kadasha
[email protected]
(202) 518-2660, ext. 103
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Chanse Sonsalla, Research Associate
 Chanse joined NACEDA in June 2022, becoming a research associate in 2023. Her primary responsibilities include supporting the Grounding Values Study of Community Based Development Organizations and coordinating NACEDA's research initiatives. Chanse is passionate about data equity, applied research, and continuing education. She is excited to bring new perspectives on information and data accessibility, as well as a passion for service and community growth, to NACEDA.
Chanse has a diversity of experience in many different education and development settings. As a certified English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, she volunteered with her university’s ESL mission, and has continued to help develop academic community events to support accessible learning for all ages and educational environments. She previously served as a Peace Corps Education Volunteer, teaching English and Economics to secondary students in Bunumbu, Sierra Leone. More recently, she helped to revise and implement digital literacy curricula with Baker Ripley in Houston, Texas. She is currently working on completing her thesis and final academic year in the Masters of Sociology program at Illinois State University.
Contact Chanse
(202) 518-2660 x107
[email protected]
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 Ha Nguyen, Program Manager
Ha Nguyen joined NACEDA in July 2021. As the Program Manager, Ha is responsible for coordinating program services that serve NACEDA’s voting members such as leading the upkeep of NACEDA’s database, supporting NACEDA's regional caucuses to meet in person, and managing the regular NACEDA's newsletter process. Prior to NACEDA, Ha worked as the Field & Membership Coordinator at Hamkae Center, formerly known as NAKASEC Virginia. Having worked closely with community members to understand and advocate for their needs, concerns, and issues, Ha is excited to continue these efforts on a national level with NACEDA and take a deeper dive into public policies and resources aimed at improving the lives of those living in low and moderate-income places.
Ha previously worked as the Development Associate with Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) focusing on grant management and donor stewardship projects. Ha held a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global Affairs with a concentration in Global Governance from George Mason University in Northern Virginia.
Contact Ha
[email protected]
(202) 518-2660, ext. 4 |
 Frank Woodruff, Executive Director
Frank Woodruff is a strategic leader dedicated to igniting extraordinary communities and improving lives. In January 2012, Frank became the executive director of the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA), confidently confronting challenges faced by low- and moderate-income communities. Having grown substantially since then, NACEDA is undergoing a transformative shift to becoming a field-building organization for community economic development. This move aims to create a stronger environment for local strategies promoting equity and advancing prosperity.
Recognizing the need to bolster the system supporting community economic development organizations and networks, Frank leads NACEDA as a catalyst for change. The organization shapes policies, fosters collaboration, builds organizational capacity, and produces cutting-edge research to advance the field.
He has spoken at many affordable housing and community economic development conferences. He has been published in Shelterforce, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Innovation Review, the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, Next City, the Professionalizing Field of Financial Counseling and Coaching Journal, Policy Perspectives at George Washington University, and numerous other journals and periodicals.
He holds an Executive Education Certificate from Harvard Kennedy School, a Masters of Public Policy degree from George Washington University, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Natalie, and sons.
Contact Frank
[email protected]
(202) 518-2660, ext. 2 |
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