April Edition 2010 - New York Nonprofit Press

16 New York Nonprofit Press www.nynp.biz April 2010
PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE
Garza to Succeed Middleton-Jeter
as ED at Henry Street Settlement
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David Garza will
be the new Executive
Director of Henry
Street Settlement, effective
July 1, 2010.
Garza, currently Chief
Administrator of Henry
Street’s Workforce Development
Center (WDC), is
succeeding Verona Middleton-Jeter
who is retiring
after 38 years at the
Settlement, seven of them
as Executive Director.
David Garza
Garza began at the
WDC in July 2001 and
became its Chief Administrator in 2005.
Prior to joining Henry Street, he worked as
a retail management executive and an independent
producer for film, television and
corporate marketing projects.
“David’s
success in building
the WDC into
one of the city’s
preeminent centers
and his deep
understanding of
the Henry Street
NYUSilver
Silver School of Social Work
advancing professionals,
advancing the profession
community will serve
the agency well going
forward,” said Robert
Harrison, Chairman of
Henry Street’s Board of
Directors, which elected
Garza at its February
22, 2010, meeting
following a six-month
national search. Dale
Burch, Henry Street
Board President, lauded
David’s passion for the
agency and his ability to
motivate and inspire.
“Today, the services
Henry Street provides are more vital than
ever,” said Garza. “I am honored and quite
thrilled with the opportunity to build on
the Settlement’s remarkable legacy as we
move into the future.”
“I know that I’m leaving Henry Street
in good hands,” said Middleton-Jeter. “I’m
confident that David will excel at leading
the Settlement in the years ahead.”
Garza graduated from Harvard College
in 1986 and later from the Institute
for Not-for-Profit Management at Columbia
Business School.
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Gunn Named President/CEO at Seedco
Barbara Dwyer Gunn
has been named President
and Chief Executive Officer
of the Structured Employment
and Economic
Development Corporation
(Seedco), the New York
City-based national nonprofit
organization.
Gunn will join Seedco
on April 1, 2010, succeeding
Diane Baillargeon,
who announced last year
that she would step down
as Seedco’s President and
Barbara Dwyer Gunn
Seedco is a national
nonprofit organization
that develops and oversees
programs to create
new economic opportunities
for low-income
people and communities,
as well as those
recovering from disasters.
The organization
is involved in workforce
development and assetbuilding
programs in six
states, as well as important
anti-poverty initiatives
CEO after 12 years at the organization.
Gunn comes to Seedco from the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York. There she served nearly 15
years as the Senior Vice President for Operations
and Government Relations. Gunn
began her tenure at the Museum as the
Vice President of Finance where she managed
financial operations and the issuance
of the Museum’s first bond financing.
Gunn also brings to Seedco extensive
public service experience, working in numerous
capacities in the administration of
New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, including
Director of the Mayor’s Office of
Operations from 1986 to 1989.
“Barbara is an acknowledged nonprofit
leader who has shown strong and
effective management skills in complex
organizations. Both her work at the worldfamous
American Museum of Natural
History and her public service career have
demonstrated a deep commitment to the
people and communities Seedco serves,”
said Dr. George A. Pruitt, Chairman of the
Seedco Board.
such as the innovative Opportunity
NYC conditional cash transfer program in
New York City.
“It is a privilege to be asked to serve
as chief executive of Seedco, which has
become an important leader in asset building
and economic development in the nonprofit
world,” Gunn said.
Gunn received a B.A. in English
literature at the College of St. Rose in
Albany and a Masters of Public Administration
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. A Manhattan
resident, currently she is a member of
the Board of Visitors for the University
of North Carolina.
Diane Baillargeon has been with
Seedco since 1998 and served as chief
executive since 2005. She will remain
actively involved with Seedco as a senior
policy fellow, continuing to play an important
role in shaping and developing
the organization’s respected policy work.
She will also continue to serve in President
Obama’s Council on Faith-Based and
Neighborhood Partnerships.
Corriero to Step Down
at Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC
The Honorable Michael
A. Corriero has announced
that he will step
down from his post as Executive
Director of Big
Brothers Big Sisters of New
York City at the conclusion
of the fiscal year to focus
his efforts as an advocate
for children and juvenile
justice reform locally and
nationally.
Judge Corriero recently
served on the New York
State Task Force on Transforming
Juvenile Justice;
Judge Michael A. Corriero
he will continue to work for reforms that
improve the opportunities of children living
in the poorest communities.
“My work with Big Brothers Big
Sisters of New York City, first as a board
member and then more recently as its
executive director, has been a phenomenal
experience,” said Judge Corriero. “I
am extremely grateful
for the opportunity to
serve such a noble organization
and for the
trust placed in me by
the Board of Trustees. I
will always consider it
an honor to have served
as executive director of
the agency.”
“Judge Corriero
brought a unique perspective
to the agency,”
said Jon May, President
of the BigsNYC Board
of Trustees. “The Board
of Trustees looks forward to his work in
finding national and international solutions
to better guide juveniles in trouble.”
BigsNYC will launch a national
search for a new executive director.
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