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New Insider Newsletter Chronicles the Latest at YLI
New Insider Newsletter Chronicles the Latest at YLI
General | André Morand
This week YLI released the first issue of the new YLI Insider Newsletter. This quarterly newsletter will feature the latest news from YLI's community programs and national training center.
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-- posted at Friday February 10, 2012 3:12 pm PST --
Youth Leadership Institute Announces New CEO
General | Andre Morand
Following an extensive national search, the Board of Directors of the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) announced today that it has tapped philanthropy strategist and youth advocacy pioneer CJ Callen as the new CEO of the organization.
“CJ stood out from a very impressive group of applicants with her remarkable passion for youth, relevant experience, and vision for YLI’s future,” said YLI Board of Director’s Co-Chair, Mary Topliff.
Callen joins YLI with deep philanthropic and social change leadership. She has provided program strategy and design support to foundations and individual donors through her consulting firm, and authored a report on the state of social justice philanthropy. She also designed curriculum and taught nonprofit governance and administration for Golden Gate University’s nonprofit leadership program, and led education and professional development programs at Northern California Grantmakers. Callen is a trustee of the Whitman Institute, a private foundation, a board member of Bay Area Blacks in Philanthropy, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation Center—San Francisco.
“I’m grateful to be the next leader of YLI with its rich history of bringing youth voices to social justice causes” said Callen. “This fulfills a longstanding personal passion to help develop youth leaders both locally and nationally.” Her youth leadership tenure includes helping author Every Kid Counts: 31 Ways to Save our Children; co-producing I Wish I Were A Princess, an award-winning video; and founding Youth Making A Change, a pioneering program focused on engaging young people in community organizing and advocacy.
Callen earned her JD from the Stanford University School of Law, and her BA in Political Science from New York University.
YLI started the search in late summer after the planned transition of Founder and 20-year CEO, Maureen Sedonaen.
CJ Callen will begin her leadership role at YLI on November 28, 2011.
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Click here to download the press release in PDF and Word Doc and a photo of Ms. Callen.