Dee Anne Everson

Dee Anne Everson

trusteeeverson@sou.edu

Dee Anne Everson is the CEO/Executive Director of United Way of Jackson County. Under her leadership, United Way launched the Day of Caring, WILL (Women Living Leadership), the Meth Task Force, CAN (Child Abuse Network), and Tomorrow Needs You, a southern Oregon suicide prevention and mental wellness campaign.

She is a graduate of Stanford University’s Nonprofit Leaders Program. Dee Anne serves on the boards of the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, NewSpirit Village and the United Ways of the Pacific Northwest. In addition, she serves on numerous committees in the community including Jackson County Threat Assessment Committee, Wellness Court Advisory Committee and BHEACON Leadership Team. Dee Anne serves as Convener for the Governor’s Regional Solutions Committee for Southern Oregon.

Dee Anne spent 13 years in the corporate financial sector. Making the switch to nonprofits, she was the economist at the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce in the early 1990s. Since joining United Way, she has been recognized by Oregon Business Magazine as one of Oregon’s 50 great leaders, given the Social Empowerment Award from BASE, and was named the Nonprofit Outstanding Corporate Citizen Award from the Medford/Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce. She regularly lectures on leadership and the nonprofit sector. Dee Anne is a member of the International Women’s Forum. She has won two EMMY Awards for public service programming.

A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dee Anne grew up in Arizona and relocated to the northwest in 1990. She began volunteering in the 7 th grade and it’s been a passion since. She lives in Ashland, Oregon.