Kieryn Darkwater is an artist, writer, podcaster, award-winning professional cat herder, and WordPress bender.

They specialize in coordinating events, organizing volunteers for activities, creating flyers and resource materials, and keeping up with the behind-the-scenes details of day-to-day operations including administrative assistance, internal and external communications, social media management, graphic design, and website administration.

Highlights: Conference Organizer for KDE’s annual Akademy (2024-present). Founding Board Member, Interim Executive Director, and Director of Operations of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education (2013-2022) and East Bay For Everyone (2016-2019). Assistant to the Exec. Director of the Press Herald Toy Fund (2011-2014).