Elisha Hardekopf is the Director and Facilitator for the WSU Vancouver Building a Community of Equity (BaCE) Program. In this role, she leads and coordinates enrichment sessions to impact WSU Vancouver’s strategic priority in Goal 4: to promote an ethical and socially just society. For the 12 years prior, Hardekopf served as director of admissions for various career and technical schools around the country. Before that, she performed and taught the arts, especially in underserved Phoenix school districts, for more than a decade.
Hardekopf’s mission, whether through instruction or leadership, has been to empower individuals to increase community success. She has extended her impact in the past by volunteering at community agencies that teach a variety of uplifting topics, from cultural responsiveness and urban gardening, to mentoring youth and disability advocacy. New to Vancouver, she and her family are eager to make the Pacific Northwest the place they call home, and she looks forward to supporting community success through Leadership Clark County.