Dee Anne Everson is the CEO/Executive Director of United Way of Jackson County, having been appointed in 1997. Under her leadership, United Way launched the Day of Caring, WiLL (Women Living Leadership), the Meth Task Force, CAN (Child Abuse Network), the BIG IDEA (100% high school completion for the Class of 2020), and In This Together, a southern Oregon suicide prevention and mental wellness campaign.

She is past president of the Association of United Ways of Oregon and is a graduate of Stanford University’s Nonprofit Leaders Program. Dee Anne serves on the boards of the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and New Spirit Village and the United Ways of the Pacific Northwest Board of Directors. In addition she serves on numerous committees in the community including Jackson County Threat Assessment Committee and Wellness Court Advisory Committee.

Dee Anne spent 13 years in the corporate financial sector. Making the switch to nonprofits, she was the economist at the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce in the early 1990s. Since joining United Way, she has been recognized by Oregon Business Magazine as one of Oregon’s 50 great leaders, was named the Nonprofit Outstanding Corporate Citizen Award from the Medford/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and received the Peacemaker Award from Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution. She regularly lectures on leadership and the nonprofit sector. Dee Anne is a member of the International Women’s Forum.

A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dee Anne grew up in Arizona and relocated to the northwest in 1990. She began volunteering in the 7th grade and it’s been a passion since. She lives in Ashland, Oregon.