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SETH COHEN
National Director of Programs and Operations
scohen@CommonCents.org
Seth has worked extensively in the youth development field directing and designing a variety of summer camping programs, year-round leadership opportunities and international trips. Before joining Common Cents in the summer of 2002, Seth co-founded a small independent film company called The Gravity Collaborative, and helped to produce its first feature length film.  As the National Director of Programs and Operations, Seth is working to spread the Penny Harvest, originally a successful NYC based program, to school systems nation-wide.  Seth is a graduate of the University Wisconsin-Madison and earned his master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Social Work.

KYLIE GURSKY
Senior National Fellow
kgursky@CommonCents.org
Kylie, new to New York, joined Common Cents after working with Penny Harvest Seattle/King County as an AmeriCorps VISTA member.  Through that, and a year as an AmeriCorps literacy tutor in Mt. Vernon, Washington, she developed her passion for service-learning and youth empowerment.  She received her BA at Western Washington University in 2005 where she studied philosophy, political science and economics.  
 
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