Joyce Lewis-Andrews has been an avid storyteller and communicator for philanthropic organizations from 1993-2021 in roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer for three Girl Scout Councils in western Pennsylvania; and as Executive Director for two private charitable foundations — McGuire Memorial Foundation and Vincentian Charitable Foundation. Those testimonials, first-hand accounts, and motivating stories increased membership, recruited and retained volunteers, raised awareness, generated more than ten million dollars in philanthropic support, and sold a ton of cookies. During that time, her teams earned several MarCom and PR awards for campaigns and publications in the nonprofit sector.
Professionally and personally, she motivated and mentored hundreds of other storytellers too. While at Vincentian, Lewis-Andrews also developed “The Book of Life” program in 2014, inspired by the storytelling of her Grandaunt Clara — connecting nursing home residents and volunteers through the art of reminiscent therapy. What story-keepers and storytellers gained from the experience was, of course, life changing. During that time — from 2009-2022, she also served as an Executive Service Corps volunteer consultant with the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management — creating content and assisting dozens of grassroots and nationally-affiliated organizations with strategic planning, marketing, and governance challenges. In 2011, she authored and published “Dancing with a Pink Slip” — a guide to re-branding your professional image and ambitions after fifty.
Prior to her work in the nonprofit sector, she was a freelance writer and producer of industrial films and videos for corporations across the region such as Westinghouse, American Trucking Association, and United States Steel. That was after a brief theater and cabaret career.
The prologue of her debut work of narrative nonfiction, The Secret-Keepers’ Stories, has been accepted for publication as The Storyteller’s Prologue with The Northern Appalachia Review, Volume Six — to be published March 2025.
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