Meet Cile Plumstead
Meet
Cile
Plumstead
Development Associate
cile.plumstead@groundworkcenter.org | (231) 941-6584 x702
Living with her family first in Empire, Michigan, and now in Traverse City, Cile is surrounded by vivid reminders of the mission her work supports as Groundwork’s development associate. Both towns have tight community connections and are embraced by forested hills and rimmed by the Lake Michigan shore—resources that are beautiful and that provide economic resilience for locales.
“In our family’s daily life, we see the value of Groundwork's efforts every day. Our kids eat school lunches that include foods from local farmers, we swim in beautiful, clean Lake Michigan, we've utilized BATA buses to get into and around town,” Cile says.
As Development Associate, Cile’s job is all about attention to details, such as managing the database, entering donations, sending thank-you notes, helping with bulk mailings, and pitching in at events.
Prior to working with Groundwork, Cile and her husband joined the organization because the couple’s values so aligned with the Groundwork mission. They even donated 1 percent of the sales of their small business to Groundwork.