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

With over 15 years of experience managing communications, building websites, and facilitating events for nonprofits, community organizations, mutual aid collectives, artists, therapists, and civil servants.

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).