Shawn Crawford (he/him)

Shawn Crawford is the Executive Director of Tri-City Collective. A native of Kansas, and yes his mother’s name is really Dorothy, Crawford lived in Oklahoma sporadically until settling down for good in 2013. 

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Crawford has worked in academics, the nonprofit world, and publishing. As a writer, he has published creative nonfiction in Helix, Blue Mountain Review, and as a monthly columnist for 3 Quarks Daily. He served as the Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation of Salina, Kansas and the Bartlesville Community Foundation.

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Crawford earned a Ph.D. in literature from Oklahoma State University and received nonprofit leadership certification from Notre Dame.