Stanlyn Brevé started working at NPN in May 2002 as an administrative assistant. On her first day, she wore her cute new platform shoes and arrived at a windowless office on the 17th floor of a building in the Central Business District of New Orleans. The entire staff was at a Mid-Year Meeting except the Operations Manager. The Operations Manager didn’t know what to do with Stanlyn, so she handed her a stack of old NPN directories and told Stanlyn to review them. Stanlyn spent the rest of the week reading them all cover-to-cover.
At the end of her long, sunless first day, she walked to catch the trolly home, tripped twice, and busted both her knees. She got home two hours late, with two bloody knees and her cute new platform shoes in her hands. But she came back, despite that first day, and has been here for 20 years!
Stanlyn has worked at NPN as an administrative assistant, program assistant, program coordinator, and now is Director of National Programs. During all her time at NPN, she has committed herself to supporting Partners, artists, and community. In Stanlyn’s own words,
“I've grown up at NPN. I’ve hit many life milestones in my tenure at this organization. I’ve seen the organization grow, expand, and shift, as it should. We’ve been through some difficult, challenging times, and joyous, proud moments. New people have come in, ancestors have passed on. It’s uncommon to stay at one place so long. It’s never been easy and has constantly challenged me in new ways. This is my community. I deeply care about this community—the people, the values, the work.”
Please join NPN in honoring Stanlyn’s long tenure at NPN. As Stanlyn says, it is rare for someone to stay this long with one organization. NPN is a better network because of Stanlyn. We are so glad she stayed.
Here are some tributes from colleagues and coworkers: