Hillary Hooke is a Senior Associate on the Democracy Team at Third Plateau. Hillary supports individuals, nonprofits, and other organizations within the democracy field through research and project management

She began her non-profit career as an advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence in her home state of Maine – accompanying survivors to court dates, coordinating community responses to high risk DV cases, and working with local schools to provide advocacy and education to children ages 4-18yrs. More recently, Hillary managed the foster and volunteer programs at the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County.

Hillary earned a B.A. in English Literature from Bowdoin College, which is where she developed her love of all things Arctic as a student worker at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. Like her father and grandparents, Hillary is Mi’kmaq from the Sipekne’katik (Shubenacadie) Band of Mi’kmaq. She spends most of her free time crocheting and exploring her new city of Reno, NV.