AyeNay Abye
AyeNay Abye, MPA
AyeNay Abye, MPA is the Chief Executive Officer and founding staff member of the Tubman Center for Health and Freedom. AyeNay has led community organizing efforts for over two decades. In their previous role as Deputy Director for Seattle University’s Center for Community Engagement, AyeNay led external partnerships and strategy. This includes the Seattle University Youth Initiative (SUYI), a place-based community engagement model in partnership with the surrounding neighborhoods. Prior to that, AyeNay was the National Field Director for The Praxis Project, a movement building intermediary that supports organizing and change work by people of color at local, regional, and national levels. In this role, AyeNay worked to advance Communities Creating Healthy Environments (CCHE), a national capacity building initiative to support diverse, community-based organizations and Indigenous groups in developing effective, cutting-edge, and culturally competent policy initiatives in over 22 cities in the United States.