Helen Townsend, PMP

Project Manager

Helen Townsend manages research and policy projects for Ecotope, overseeing coordination, communication, and project controls. She monitors delivery of all work products and maintains responsiveness to client requests throughout the project lifecycle. Helen forged her career in reference book publishing at Dorling Kindersley (London), as managing editor to multiple teams (in-house and remote) for a large travel guides publishing program. Upon returning to the Pacific Northwest, she ran her own writing & editing business prior to joining Nordstrom, where she managed print and online campaigns and catalogs. At Ecotope since 2018, she also manages the company’s continuing education program, Ecotope U.

EDUCATION:
B.A., English Literature, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA, 1989

AFFILIATIONS:
Project Management Professional
(PMP), 2017

HOBBIES:
Classical piano
Gardening
Travel