As Communications Manager, Carrie Bassett leads organizational storytelling and communications strategy for the Simpson Center. She produces visuals, written pieces, and other forms of multi-media content to promote the center’s programs, projects, and events to both academic and public audiences. She works with colleagues at the College of Arts and Sciences and across the University to build awareness and create engagement with Simpson Center activities.

Carrie comes to the Simpson Center with 15 years of experience in non-profit fundraising and communications. She spent her early career in Washington, DC, where she led annual giving campaigns for the Girl Scouts and event planning and communications for the ALS Association. More recently, she has served as the Director of Development and Communications for a Seattle-based foster care agency, where she regularly translated complex and nuanced work into accessible and engaging messaging.

Carrie holds a Master of Communication from the University of Washington and B.A. in Religion and Nature from the University of Florida. She recently completed the UW Communications Leadership graduate program. She has led consulting projects on web writing, content marketing, video production, and organizational branding in academic settings and for local non-profits.

Carrie’s curiosity and love of nature leads her to spend much time exploring the outdoors in and around Seattle.