Action team members volunteer their time to contribute to the Collaborative.

Along with our steering committee members they move our work forward on behalf of the network through these teams:

  • Advancing Community Benefit Assessment Models (ACBAM, research working group)

  • Asia Pacific Hub of the Collaborative (APH)

  • Fair Trade Learning and Toolkit design and dissemination (FTL-Toolkit)

  • Knowledge Mobilization (KM)

  • Membership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (M-DEI)

For details including how to join or nominate visit this webpage.

In addition to these action teams, the Collaborative organizes communities of practice and Hubs of the Collaborative, two formations that mobilize knowledge rather than contribute to the Collaborative.

  • Raphael Abayateye, MPH (FTL CoP and FTL-Toolkit, 2025-26)

    Assistant Director of Global Engagement, Center for Global Engagement Baylor University

  • Emily C. Arauz (FTL-Toolkit, 2025)

    Community Engagement Practitioner and Scholar
    More about Emily here

  • Mac Benavides (KM, 2025)

    Assistant professor, Kansas State University
    More about Mac here

  • Becca Berkey (KM, 2025)

    Lecturer of Human Services, Director of CETR, and Interim Director of University Honors, Northeastern University
    More about Becca here

  • Barrett Brenton (KM, 2026)

    Faculty Engagement Associate, Binghamton University State University of New York
    More about Barrett here

  • María Alejandra Gonzáles Espinoza (FTL CoP, 2026)

    Community Work Coordinator, International Center for Development Studies
    More about Alejandra here

  • Caitlin Osorio Ferrairni (KM, ACBAM, 2025-26)

    Assistant Teaching Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

    More about Caitlin here

  • Rebecca Flavin (FTL-Toolkit, 2026)

    Director of Engaged Learning Curriculum, Office of Engaged Learning at Baylor University

    More about Rebecca here

  • Rebecca Hambilton (APH, 2025-26)

    Communications Officer (Work-integrated learning), Charles Sturt University
    More about Rebecca here

  • Dave Harker (KM, 2026)

    Executive Director, Partners for Campus-Community Engagement

    More about Dave here

  • Michel Harris (KM, 2026)

    Black Star Project and Assistant Professor of Nutrition Sciences at Dominican University

    More about Michel here

  • Millie Hepburn (M-DEI, 2025)

    Associate Professor, Sacred Heart University
    More about Millie here

  • Jennifer Heung (KM, 2025-26)

    Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, St. Mary's College of California

    More about Jennifer here

  • Eli Konwest (ACBAM, 2026)

    Director, Center for the Study of Global Change at Indiana University, Bloomington

    More about Eli here

  • Mary Lorson (KM, 2026)

    Academic Content Editor, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

  • Dennis McCunney (KM, 2025)

    Director of Intercultural Affairs, East Carolina University
    More about Dennis here

  • Felicia Johnson O’Brien (FTL-Toolkit, 2026)

    Program Director, Institute for Social Concerns at Notre Dame
    More about Felicia here

  • Dr. Nicholas Ruddell (APH, 2025-26)

    Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Education, Charles Sturt University
    More about Nicholas here

  • Dr. Faith Valencia-Forrester (APH, 2025-26)

    Academic Lead (Work-integrated Learning), Charles Sturt University.
    More about Faith here

  • Professor Janelle Wheat (APH, 2025-26)

    Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning & Teaching, Charles Sturt University
    More about Janelle here

  • Amanda Wittman (KM, ACBAM, 2025)

    Director of the John J. Binienda Center for Civic Engagement, Worcester State University
    More about Amanda here

  • Hiba Zakai (M-DEI, 2026)

    Community Service Scholar Graduate Assistant & PhD Student, College of Education, DePaul University
    More about Hiba here

  • Robin Zappin (FTL-Toolkit, 2026)

    Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy at Alvernia University
    More about Robin here