Dee Christensen

Director of Rural Bridges Programs
email: christensend [at] wsu.edu
phone: +01 (360) 584-3025

Dee Christensen is Director of Rural Bridges Programs at the Washington State University Center to Bridge the Digital Divide. Since 2000, she has implemented e-work programs designed to strengthen and diversify the economy of rural communities through the creation of information-based jobs, and to assist employers meet business challenges. Dee is currently conducting a two-year Rural e-Work Program in five rural communities in Washington (Okanogan and Ferry Counties and the Cities of Forks, Ritzville and Dayton).

Ms. Christensen is also nationally recognized as an expert in telework research and program development. She managed all WSU telework activities from 1989 to 2000 including the Puget Sound Telecommuting Demonstration, The Washington State Telework Center, the Telework Technical Assistance Program, Long Term Telework Impacts Study, Washington State Telework Coalition and all Rural Telework projects. She was a founding member of the Telework Collaborative, a group of five-states that has developed award-wining resources and on-line training courses for employers interested in implementing telework. Dee is a board member of the Inland Northwest Partners and serves on Senator Patty Murray's Rural Telecommunications Working Group.