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The Story Behind CW Grace

The name CW Grace is a collective tribute to the profound influence, empowerment, and mentorship of our family in everything we set out to accomplish. C is for our matriarch, Carolyn Green, who we lost at the beginning of 2014. W is for William Wesley Nelson, our beloved cousin who also passed away that same year. Both remain personal heroes and guides in our paths forward. Grace is both a phonetic combination of our last names (Green, Allen, Reese) and the foundation of our approach: grace for others, ourselves, and the human collective.

Top row Carolyn Green; Bottom row William and our founder, Jackie, c. 1972

Top row Carolyn Green; Bottom row William and our founder, Jackie, c. 1972

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi J. Hendrix

The CW Grace mascot, taskmaster, and walking companion.

Jordan Allen

Jordan Allen

Jordan Allen is a marketing, communications, and development professional with a passion for thoughtful storytelling, meaningful connections, and bringing creative ideas to life. At CW Grace, Jordan focuses on marketing and communications, helping shape the organization’s brand, voice, and digital presence while finding thoughtful and engaging ways to share its work and connect with the communities it serves. With experience across nonprofit development, marketing, communications, event coordination, and community engagement, Jordan brings both creativity and strategy to her work. She enjoys finding the story behind an idea and determining how best to share it, whether through visual design, digital content, an event, a campaign, or the overall experience of a brand. Jordan holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and a Master of Business Administration with a focus in Marketing. Her background allows her to approach her work from both the creative and business sides, balancing big-picture thinking with an appreciation for the details that bring a vision together. She loves creating in just about any form, from painting and photography to crocheting and building Legos. But most importantly, she is the proud dog mom of Jimi.

Jackie Reese

Jackie Reese

Jackie Reese is a trained facilitator, mediator, leadership coach, and team builder, working diligently to promote inclusive, person-first workplace communities that allow for healthy dialogue, conflict navigation and collective care. With over three decades of experience in a broad variety of industries, Jackie draws on lived experience to supplement her extensive education and training. She holds undergraduate degrees in Communication and Interdisciplinary studies (sociology/creative writing/instructional technology), a Master of Science in Peace Studies and Conflict Management, along with a graduate certificate from Brown University in leadership and performance coaching. Jackie’s workshops are designed to be interactive, lively and insightful, using humor and personal anecdotes to promote authentic engagement with participants. Born and raised in NYC, she spent 20 years in Atlanta before relocating in 2023 to Brunswick, Maine, where she currently serves as the inaugural Ombuds at Bowdoin College. She loves a big laugh, a full table, her three amazing adult children, and her little granddog, Jimi. Currently Reading: "Kin" by Tayari Jones Currently Playing: "Synonym" by Meshell Ndegeocello

Meet Our Team

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