Colleen Lafollette
Public Information Officer
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColleen Lafollette is a seasoned public information and community engagement professional with nine years of experience blending communications, event coordination, and nonprofit program management in Indianapolis. Currently serving as Public Information Officer at Indianapolis Animal Care and Office Manager at Indy Pride, she has a strong track record of boosting outreach—tripling event outreach for IndyHumane’s PAW Vehicle—and organizing tech community meetups like IndyPy and IndyAWS. Skilled in social media, volunteer recruitment, and donor stewardship, she has supported fundraising efforts that generate six-figure event revenue and handled CRM and gift entry with precision. Her background in telecommunications and hands-on roles from animal care to production give her a pragmatic, media-savvy approach to storytelling and crisis communication. Notably, she bridges tech and community worlds, routinely convening developer meetups while advancing social services and animal welfare causes.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Argos High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Telecommunications, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Telecommunications at Ball State UniversityGithub contributions (5)
indypy/Pythology-Sept22
Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
indypy/PythologyFeb2018
Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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