Geraldine Neville

Geraldine Neville is Director of Operations for WAKE International, an organization working to harness the power of technology, volunteerism, and collaboration to help move the needle for equality, equity, and social justice.  Her professional journey began as a bilingual Community Liaison with Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey in 2005. She moved to New Orleans in 2007 filling a similar role with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast developing, and delivering culturally competent, reproductive health education in largely undocumented, Spanish speaking communities.

An adjunct lecturer with Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation & Design Thinking at Tulane University she led a change making, undergraduate career development lab. She is also an alumna of Tulane University Leadership Institute’s first Anti-Racism Leadership Program.  She has served on the board of Lift Louisiana, the only reproductive rights policy organization educating, advocating, and litigating for statewide reproductive rights, since its 2016 inception. A first-generation college graduate, Neville earned a bachelor's degree in public relations with a double minor in Marketing and Small Business Development, and an MPS in Health & Wellness Management, with a concentration in Corporate Wellness & Health Leadership both from Tulane School of Professional Advancement.