About

Originally from the Washington, DC, metro area, Kelly N. Patterson has spent over a decade living and working in developing countries in East and Southern Africa, NE Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, and under-resourced regions of North America.   Playing a diverse range of roles in communications to organizational development and management, Kelly has exclusively served non-profit organizations, international development agencies, academic institutions, the media, the arts, and small women/minority-owned and operated businesses.

 

Kelly’s titles have included the following:

 

• Executive Director
• Development Director
• International Development Consultant
• HIV/AIDS/TB/STI Management Consultant
• Communications and Public Relations Director
• E-Content Manager and Editor
• Public Information Writer and Editor
• Journalist
• Curriculum Developer
• Teacher Trainer
• Technical Writer and Editor
• Media Liaison
• Corporate Communications Writer
• Copywriter
• Speech Writer
• Grant Writer
• Researcher
• Creative Writer
• Script Writer
• Playwright
• Teacher

 

 

Some of her past and current clients include the following:

 

The Bajan Dream Project www.bajandream.org

CouchSurfing International www.couchsurfing.com

The Well Project www.thewellproject.org

World Bank/Caribbean Regional Network+  http://www.crnplus.org/

Camino Seguro www.safepassage.org

Art Basel http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/ca/cc/ss/

University of South Carolina, School of Public Health  http://www.sph.sc.edu/

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS http://www.icw.org/

The Gere Foundation http://www.gerefoundation.org/

Zanempilo Trust http://www.zanempilo.org.za/

Medicins Sans Frontiers http://www.msf.org/

Reuters http://www.reuters.com/home

Department of Health Kwa Zulu Natal  http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/vision.htm

Voluntary Service Overseas http://www.vso.org.uk/

BBC  http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/orphansofnkandla/synopsis.html

No Lie Productions http://www.nolieproductions.com/credits.html

EBS TV and EBS English (Educational Broadcasting System) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Broadcasting_System

Seoul National University  http://www.snu.ac.kr/engsnu/

The Center for Positive Connections http://www.positiveconnections.org/index.html

Sisters of the Presentation  http://www.presentationsisterssf.org/

Habitat for Humanity International http://www.habitat.org/