Kathleen Clancey

Kathleen (Hurley) Clancey serves as the SummerWorks Program Manager at Poverty Solutions. SummerWorks is Washtenaw County’s summer youth employment program, which is a university and community partnership that provides opportunities for local youth to obtain summer employment, mentorship, and professional development. As a Poverty Solutions Economic Mobility Fellow, she also focuses on further developing the partnership between the University of Michigan, MichiganWorks! Southeast, and the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development. In this role, Clancey supports county-wide programming and builds relationships with county employers, local school districts, and other youth-centered organizations.

Previously, she was a graduate academic liaison at U-M’s Ginsberg Center, where she focused on preparing students for responsible community engagement as well as building sustainable and equitable partnerships between the university and community organizations. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked in K-12 education supporting students in the classroom, as well as through afterschool programs at community-based organizations.

Master of Arts in Higher Education, Univerrsity of Michigan; bachelor’s degree in psychology, with minors in urban studies as well as community action and social change, U-M.