Delene Porter

Delene W. Porter, Public Service Representative.  B.S.W. Social Work and M.S.W. Social Work, University of Georgia.  Ms. Porter has experience in community-based economic development; strategies to increase affordable housing, indigent healthcare, and public transportation; nonprofit management; community engagement; facilitation; and mediation. She is the President/CEO of the OneAthens Community Foundation and helps design and implement interventions for Fanning’s community, economic, and leadership initiatives including Partners for a Prosperous Athens, a community-wide effort to address the underlying causes of poverty in Athens-Clarke County.

Before joining Fanning’s faculty, Ms. Porter was Executive Director of the Georgia Community Loan Fund, Inc., providing technical assistance and capital to communities working on affordable housing and other environmentally and economically sustainable community development projects. Ms. Porter uses her skills to design and implement interventions which help communities fully examine barriers to success, empower them to take responsibility in finding ways to overcome those barriers, and develop the skills required to confront sensitive issues and advance sustainable change.