{"id":2013,"date":"2024-05-21T18:42:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evolutionreentry.com\/?page_id=2013"},"modified":"2025-08-02T07:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:51:32","slug":"mekhi-washington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/es\/our-team\/mekhi-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekhi Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2013\" class=\"elementor elementor-2013\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d307f8c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d307f8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583fbf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"583fbf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-1024x854.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5191\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-1536x1281.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mekhi.jpg 1611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4c77e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a4c77e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d7f98 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84d7f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evolutionreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Untitled-design-11-qz7llh53zctzpzhjv3gm9b5rhcudl3qaum5njaghyg.png\" title=\"Untitled design (11)\" alt=\"Untitled design (11)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3550022 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3550022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mekhi Washington,  MS\u200b<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9011afb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9011afb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Development Officer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82445d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82445d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f3d33 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f3d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mekhi (Khi) Washington\u00a0brings a robust background in project management, policy analysis, and program development to Evolution Reentry Services. Mekhi\u2019s professional journey began at the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and continued as a Workforce Programs Specialist with the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL), where she oversaw the implementation and management of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I youth programming services and funding. 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