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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

September 8, 2005 - Thursday Thesis: People of Purpose

ERD appoints Abagail Nelson as vice president for programs

[Episcopal News Service] Abagail Nelson was recently appointed vice
president for program at Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD).

Since 1999, Nelson has been ERD's director of Latin American programs.
She
is currently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, working with Bishop Charles
Jenkins
III of the diocese of Louisiana and his staff in the aftermath of
Hurricane
Katrina.

As director of Latin American programs, Nelson helped the Episcopal
Church
throughout Latin America to design and implement programs that respond
to
natural and manmade disasters and reduce communities' exposure to future
risk.  She has overseen ERD programs for vulnerable populations that
include
new housing and infrastructure construction, small business development
and
training, disaster mitigation and reforestation, and small agriculture
and
fisheries investment.

"In her new position she will have responsibility for overseeing all of
the
programs that ERD does on food security, HIV/AIDS along with our
emergency
relief programs," said Robert Radtke, president of ERD.

Before coming to ERD, Nelson, the daughter of an Episcopal priest,
worked
with the government of Ecuador on its coastal resource management
program
and as a financial analyst of Latin American telecommunications
companies
for several investment banks.  She earned her B.A. in Government from
Harvard College and her M.Sc. in Economic Development from the London
School
of Economics.

"I feel very, very, good about Abagail," said Radtke. "She's a
tremendous
asset to Episcopal Relief and Development and indeed to the entire
Episcopal
Church."

For more details about ERD and the Episcopal Church's response to
Hurricane
Katrina, please check the Hurricane Katrina Crisis Center online at
http://www.er-d.org/. The center will be continually updated with new
information, personal accounts, and other resources.

To make a contribution to help people affected by Hurricane Katrina,
please
donate to the Hurricane Katrina Response Fund by credit card at
http://www.er-d.org/ or by calling 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can
be
mailed to: Episcopal Relief and Development, c/o Hurricane Katrina
Response
Fund, PO Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101.

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