Staff

Brad Shugoll serves as the Director of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement at Wake Forest University, where he provides strategic leadership for the office’s vision, programs, and community partnerships. He also serves as Program Director for the Wake Forest Public Health AmeriCorps Program and oversees the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.

Brad is passionate about developing students as engaged leaders and creating opportunities for meaningful civic and community engagement. Through leadership development, community partnerships, and service initiatives, he equips students to make a positive impact on campus and beyond.

Before joining the Office of Civic & Community Engagement, Brad served as the Wake Forest Fellow for Campus Life, worked as a Graduate Assistant with the Initiative for Information Impact at the University of Michigan, and was a Case Manager at Elon University.

Allison Walker serves as the Director of Community Partnerships and Experiential Learning at Wake Forest University. She develops and sustains strategic community partnerships that support community-based experiential learning, connecting faculty, staff, students, and community partners to meaningful, place-based learning opportunities. Allison also directs the Academic and Community Engagement (ACE) Fellows Program, consults with faculty on the design of community-engaged courses and research, and teaches ACE-designated courses in the College.

In addition to her work at Wake Forest, Allison is an accomplished scholar and artist whose research focuses on narrative medicine, empathy studies, and community-engaged learning. Her poetry, photography, and scholarship have been published in numerous literary journals and academic publications.

Deb Marke serves as the Associate Director of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement at Wake Forest University. In this role, she provides strategic leadership across the office while leading Wake Forest’s democratic engagement initiatives, including Deacs Decide, the university’s nonpartisan voter engagement program, and Deacon Dialogues, a campus-wide initiative that fosters meaningful conversation, civic learning, and democratic engagement. She also provides strategic direction and support for the Office’s food and education equity initiatives.

Before returning to Wake Forest, Deb served as the Program Coordinator for Leadership and Activism in the Women’s Center at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Health and Exercise Science from Wake Forest University and a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Cazandra Rebollar oversees several of Wake Forest’s signature service and philanthropy initiatives, including Project Pumpkin and DESK. She also leads the Civic Scholars Program, develops volunteer opportunities for students throughout the Winston-Salem community, and manages the Office’s outreach efforts and GivePulse, the university’s volunteer management platform.

Before returning to Winston-Salem, Cazandra served as a Graduate Coordinator in the Office of Student Conduct at the University of Maryland, College Park, and as Associate Dean of Students at St. Timothy’s School in Stevenson, Maryland.

Anna Donze leads the Campus Kitchen and Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program at Wake Forest University. Through these programs, she helps students build meaningful connections with the community while addressing issues related to food insecurity, public health, and nonprofit engagement.

Before returning to Wake Forest, Anna served as an AmeriCorps VISTA member and worked with local nonprofit organizations focused on homelessness, food insecurity, and disability advocacy.

Madi oversees the Wake Forest University AmeriCorps Program and supports the Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program (SNIP). She recruits and manages AmeriCorps volunteers to help build capacity at local nonprofit organizations and address public health priorities in Forsyth County. Prior to working at Wake Forest University, Madi served as a graduate assistant in the Carolina Center for Public Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.