Annalee Schafranek

Marketing & Media Relations
Annalee Schafranek is the Marketing & Editorial Director at YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish. Originally from California, she has happily called all three states on the West Coast home.

Annalee is responsible for building visibility for YWCA in the community. She oversees the agency's editorial strategy, content marketing, and reputation management. Her passion is changing hearts and minds through media and pop culture, as well as sharing the stories of women and girls.

Annalee graduated from Reed College with a degree in Sociology. Her undergraduate thesis studied the coverage of feminist activism in American newspapers. She enjoys collaborating with team members to help communities understand the ways in which all are impacted by systemic inequities.

When not at work, Annalee enjoys dissecting pop culture, taking advantage of Seattle’s many nearby hiking trails, and catching up on her podcast backlog.

Annalee Schafranek

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Join us on June 10 for our inaugural Bertha Pitts Campbell Equity awards, celebrating community leaders fighting for racial and gender equity today. more
Presented by YWCA's People of Color Executive Council, our 10th Annual Stand Against Racism event went virtual with hundreds of guests joining more
COVID-19 accelerated inequities for our low-income communities—specifically for BIPOC women, immigrants, and refugees. To address these needs and more
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March is Women’s History month, but women are making history year-round through education, policy, art, and bearing witness to society. Here is the more
Since the start of the pandemic, YWCA has been meeting the critical needs of women and families in the community. COVID-19 forced us to respond and more