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Newsmakers for November 2010
Nonprofits It’s lean times for many national youth work organizations, but the Denver-based American Humane Association is beefing up its child-focused staff....
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Newsmakers for October 2010
Nonprofits After six years, Mary Mentaberry resigned last month as executive director of the Reno, Nev.-based National Council of Juvenile and Family...
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Newsmakers for September 2010
Foundations An-Me Chung, who handled much of the Charles Mott Foundation’s after-school portfolio for 10 years, has joined another behemoth in the...
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Newsmakers for July-August 2010
Steven Wing Foundations Deborah Leff, president of the Public Welfare Foundation since 2006, left the foundation on June 30 to become...
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Newsmakers for June 2010
Nonprofits Alex Busansky started this month as president of the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD). When the...
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Newsmakers for May 2010
Vicki Wagner Nonprofits The executive director of the National Network for Youth, which advocates increased resources to aid homeless and runaway...
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Newsmakers for April 2010
Sandy Bowen Nonprofits Sandy Bowen, who grew a local outreach effort into a national model to help youth in crisis, will retire...
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Newsmakers for March 2010
Nonprofits Last year around this time, two drug abuse prevention groups were heralding their looming merger as a perfect union. The National...
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Newsmakers for February 2010
Nonprofits After a long national search, the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency has chosen from within its ranks...
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Newsmakers for December 2009-January 2010
Marian Wright Edelman Nonprofits What’s been going on the past two years at the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)? More than a...
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Newsmakers for November 2009
Patrick Corvington Government President Barack Obama has announced nominees for some major youth-related positions within his administration. Patrick Corvington is the...
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Newsmakers for October 2009
Doug Nelson Foundations When he walked into Annie E. Casey Foundation’s old headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., in 1990, Doug Nelson thought...
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Newsmakers for September 2009
Rachel Willis Nonprofits It’s been a summer of transition at Kids Voting USA, which provides youth with education about civic issues...
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Newsmakers for August 2009
Nonprofits The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) imposed its second round of layoffs in as many years last month. The cutback...
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Newsmakers for June 2009
Laura Robinson Government The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...
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Newsmakers for May 2009
Pamela Wilcox NONPROFITS Camp Fire USA has a temporary new leader in Pamela Wilcox, who was appointed interim CEO to fill...
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Newsmakers for April 2009
Nonprofits Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales may be having a hard time finding a job (according to The New York Times), but...
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Newsmakers for March 2009
Nonprofits Tracy Velázquez Tracy Velázquez is the new executive director of the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI). Formerly the senior program...
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Newsmakers for February 2009
Nonprofits Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North...
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Newsmakers for December 2008-January 2009
Nonprofits The Atlantic Philanthropies (assets: $3.3 billion) has hired Donna Lawrence to oversee its disadvantaged children and youth program, which last...
