BETTY ALLEN

Program Manager, Ride United
United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Betty Allen is the Program Manager for Ride United at The United Way for Southeastern Michigan and loves helping people in underserved communities remove barriers to expand opportunities and achieve economic equity. She has spent most of her career in the social service industry, gaining experiences in areas such as strategic planning, direct service support, developing and facilitating training, policy, and advocacy.

Betty has a master’s in educational leadership and previously worked as an adjunct professor for many years. She considers education her first love and a great equalizer to shifting one's economic and social trajectory. While program management is her primary job function by day, Betty also enjoys leading DEI programs, event planning, volunteering with her sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., and teaching others how to overcome the same financial barriers she once faced.