Bitch Media Board of Directors and National Advisory Board

Board of Directors

Cynthia Casas, Board Chair

Cynthia Casas is a social enterprise consultant with combined 15 years experience in international economic development and strategic marketing for non-profit and for profit businesses. Part of the year she works with the Alaska Federation of Natives on initiatives that build rural economies from the bottom-up, and the rest of the time she advises World Pulse Media, a local social enterprise start-up, on business strategy and partnership cultivation. She received her MBA from the University of Michigan and her BSBA in marketing from American University in Washington, DC.

Maria Jett, Vice Chair

Maria is a freelance editor and online marketing strategist with seven years experience in independent publishing and new media. Her lifelong passion for issues concerning women has led her to work with the United Nations, NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, World Pulse Media, and most recently, the Telecommunications Development Fund. She holds an MA in Russian literature and also enjoys teaching and leading art tours to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Rachel Schoening, Treasurer

Bio coming soon!

Caitlin Baggott

Caitlin Baggott is one of the Directors of the Bus Project, a "democracy non-profit" that engages new and young people as volunteers in politics. One of the co-founders of the Bus in 2002, Caitlin's work has focused on leadership development and civic volunteerism. She helped launch and now runs the Bus Project's national leadership training program, PolitiCorps, which teaches college students about organizing skills and habits of leadership. Caitlin's background includes several years working with homeless and incarcerated youth, teaching creative writing and arts in low income schools, managing a study abroad program. Somewhere in the mix, Caitlin has also worked as a freelance writer, an editor with Portland Monthly Magazine, a political consultant, and a graphic designer. Caitlin serves on the board of Oregon Voice, a new organization creating innovative collaborations between civic engagement organizations in Oregon.

Evy Cowan

Evy Cowan is the co-owner of She Bop, a female friendly sex toy boutique specializing in body safe products and education, located in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Evy also manages Nature Cures Clinic, a naturopathic and acupuncture clinic located in downtown Portland. As a graduate student and graduate teaching assistant at Oregon State University, Evy studied Women Studies and Philosophy, focusing primarily on sexuality.

Jodi Heintz

Jodi has been building communication and public education initiatives in the social purpose sector for close to 15 years. She currently serves as the Director of Public Relations at Lewis & Clark College. Before moving to Portland, Jodi worked in New York City on domestic and international gender equity and poverty issues. She also worked at a nonpartisan think tank at Rutgers University on public education strategies to encourage women to run for political office. In her spare time she enjoys volunteer work, hiking and snowshoeing in the Cascades, and sampling the amazing plethora of beers and wines the Pacific NW has to offer.