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Swati Godse Agterberg — Project Manager

Why do you want to be on the Outpost Natural Foods Board of Directors?

I want to contribute my talents to a cooperative. I believe in the idea of cooperatives and Outpost (in particular) stands for many things I believe in such as access to organic food, community outreach and GMO awareness. I would like to help in steering the direction of something I believe in.

What professional skills do you bring to a Board position of a 50 million dollar business?

My career has been in Information technology. I am currently working as a Project Manager at a software company. I lead small to medium projects which involve working with small groups of customers and co-workers, each at varying levels of technical knowledge. I plan each project from beginning to end and manage its scope, time line, cost and resources. My positions have honed my skills of meeting facilitation, delivering slide shows, training and documentation.

Describe areas in which you are culturally fluent with a diverse community.

My parents are from India, but I was born in the United States. I have direct experience for growing up as a member of a minority group. I have sympathy for new immigrants and I understand their culture shock, trying to navigate things like how to use a bank teller or take the bus. Each immigrant community looks inward for support, but wants to understand and be part of the rest of the society in which they have arrived.

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