Dieudonné Mundy

Administrative Coordinator

Dieudonné Mundy is the Administrative Coordinator at Williams & Russell CDC, where she supports executive leadership and organizational operations for a landmark reparative development project in Portland’s historic Albina neighborhood. A lifelong Oregonian with deeply rooted ties to Portland’s civic, cultural, and political landscape, she brings a decade of multidisciplinary experience across public service, nonprofit programming, community engagement, and operations, with a sustained commitment to equity and community-centered work.Her professional background spans executive support, program coordination, legislative affairs, and civic engagement.

She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Spelman College, where she was selected as a Gordon-Zeto International Scholar and studied Mandarin Chinese and global governance at Heilongjiang University in Harbin, China. At Spelman College, she co-founded and served as Vice President of Beyond the Body, Inc., a Black woman-led nonprofit focused on youth wellness and community leadership. Her collegiate civic engagement included a class discussion with former First Lady Michelle Obama about her book, aligned with their academic curriculum; she was later briefly featured in Obama’s Netflix documentary Becoming. She has also participated in a private, one-on-one author discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Her public service, civic and campaign work across Oregon and Georgia has included congressional experience in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and volunteering, grassroots organizing, advocacy, and fundraising in support of elected officials and candidates, including but not limited to gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Representative Janelle Bynum, former Multnomah County Commissioner Shannon Singleton, Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos, and former Portland City Commissioner Loretta Smith. Most recently, she served as Program Coordinator at KairosPDX, coordinating nutrition programming, budgets, vendor relationships, and grant documentation to support student and family well-being. Previously, she led planning, communications, volunteer coordination, and event logistics for RACE TALKS PDX’s 5th Annual History of Black Drag in Portland, an intersectional celebration of Juneteenth and Portland’s LGBTQIA+ history.

At WRCDC, Dieudonné draws on her experience across executive support, organizational coordination, and community engagement to contribute to an organization working to honor Albina’s legacy and expand housing and economic opportunities for Portland’s historically displaced Black community. With a career rooted in public service, leadership, and movement building, she looks forward to contributing to WRCDC’s continued growth and to realizing a future shaped by the vision, leadership, and aspirations of the Albina community.