[Jgfamembers] Job Announcement

Fri Aug 8 14:07:50 PDT 2008

JGFA Members:

Below is forwarded email about a great job opportunity in Washington DC -- CEO of Experience Corps.  As you probably know, John Gardner started Experience Corps.

Warm regards,

Megan Swezey Fogarty

P.S.  It is not too late to sign up for the JGFA Retreat - we booked a couple extra rooms. Please go to www.jgfa.net to register today!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Gomperts <jgomperts at civicventures.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Subject: Experience Corps CEO Search
To: Ilana Golin <ilanagolin at gmail.com>

Hey Ilana,
You know we are doing the big transition at Experience Corps, and that
finding a great new CEO is a key part of the success of that transition.  As
you also know, we are entering a time of extraordinary opportunity for
Experience Corps, and we are looking for an exceptional leader who can
capitalize on these opportunities.  Your help in spreading the word and
helping to identify great candidates would be terrific.
Here is a very quick overview of some of the developments that make this
such an exciting time for Experience Corps:

*       This fall we will be releasing the results of Washington
University's highly rigorous, control group study of the impact of
Experience0020Corps on students and on Experience Corps members themselves.
This study will be one of the most comprehensive ever to document the impact
of a volunteer school intervention.

*       Experience Corps is expanding to several new cities this fall with
more to come in 2009.

*       In September, TIME Magazine will host a high-profile summit on
national service that will showcase the power of programs like Experience
Corps and will kick-off a year-long campaign to dramatically expand national
service.

*       And this fall Senators Kennedy and Hatch will introduce bold new
national service legislation, with the hope and expectation that it will be
acted on in the first year of the new administration.  For the first time in
a long time, both presidential candidates are strong supporters of national
service.

Based on this tremendous momentum, Civic Ventures' board and staff have
decided that now is the time to launch Experience Corps as a separate,
nonprofit organization.  (For those who don't know, Experience Corps is
currently a program within Civic Ventures.)  This launch will give
Experience Corps room to grow, strengthen its brand, create new partnerships
and achieve greater sustainability.

As part of this reorganization, we are looking for a truly exceptional
individual to lead Experience Corps.  Experience Corps's Program Director
Michelle Hynes will manage the transition over the next year.  I will become
President of Civic Ventures full-time, but will also be available to support
the new CEO during the transition time.

All of us at Civic Ventures are deeply committed to the long-term success of
Experience Corps.  We really need your help in identifying great candidates
for this position, so I hope you'll take a look at the attached job
description and send it or forward the link to friends and colleagues far
and wide.

(The job description can also be found at
http://www.nonprofitprofessionals.com/searches/ec-ceo.htm .)

Thanks! And warm wishes, as always.

J

John S. Gomperts
President, Civic Ventures / CEO, Experience Corps
2120 L Street NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC  20037
202-478-6143 (office)
202-491-7176 (cell)
jgomperts at civicventures.org
www.encore.org
www.experiencecorps.org

-- 
Megan Swezey Fogarty
Postgraduate and Alumni Programs Director
Haas Center for Public Service 
Stanford University
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