Over the last six months we have conducted an in-depth hiring process to fill the large shoes of Amadee Braxton our former Development Director who had been with us from the very beginning. It was not a small task.

Our hiring committee made up of board and staff members in IVAW along with long-time allies narrowed down a big pool of candidates to just seven and we made our decision recently. We offered the position to someone that was able to fit seamlessly into our shared leadership model, in addition to having both development experience and visionary ways of seeing our future fundraising work.

Please welcome our new Development Director Joyce Wagner! Joyce has provided a lot of leadership in IVAW in different capacities as a chapter leader and Co-Chair of the Board.  Joyce's rigorous analysis and commitment to address systems of oppression has been a huge asset to our organization in the past and will continue to be in the future. 

Joyce speaking at the Operation Recovery launch in 2010

Joyce brings their experience in the Marine Corps with two deployments to Iraq alongside development skills from the art world, additionally they have carried out extensive fundraising work with IVAW. We wanted to let you know of this big change and tell you how excited we are to have Joyce on staff.

If you have any questions about fundraising please email Joyce at fundraising [at] ivaw [dot] org. Also feel free to welcome Joyce to staff at the same email address!

Peace,

Iraq Veterans Against the War Staff

Joyce Wagner, Development Director

Maggie Martin, Organizing Director

Matt Howard, Communications Director

Julia Currie, Administrative Assistant