Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
PAT LAWLER
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick W. Lawler is CEO of Youth Villages, one of the largest private providers of services to troubled children and their families in the country. Under his leadership, Youth Villages has established a continuum of specialized treatment programs operated by an effective team of more than 3,000 employees in 74 locations in 58 cities. Youth Villages’ mission is to help children and families live successfully.
Board of Directors
Local Boards
Community leaders serve on Youth Villages’ Local Boards to actively promote and support our mission to help children and families live successfully and advocate proven solutions for the foster care/child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Board members play a significant role at the local level establishing Youth Villages as the leading provider of effective programs for troubled children and their families.
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Lee McWaters
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Richard Miller
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Laura Rosas
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Joel Smith
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Christopher Vescovo
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Bill Hamburg
Co-Chair
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Co-Chair
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Lisa Small
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Shannon Lapsley
Assistant Director of Community Development
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Sarah Looney
Director
UBS
Paul Dent
Managing Consultant
Cumberland Consulting Group
Ann Gilbert
Community Volunteer
Nate Kenney
Vice President of Operations
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Meghan Markie
Instructional Designer, Global Sales Operations
Dell
Heather Neisen
Director of Account Services
Enliven LLC
Helen Roudi
Senior Specialist, Corporate Events and Social Responsibility
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Tony Sharpe
Financial Center Manager/Assistant Vice President
Bank of America
Kellye Stuart
Co-Chair
Community Volunteer
Betsy Walkup
Chair Emeritus
Pat Wallace
Community Volunteer
Jeremy Werthan
Community Volunteer
Marquis Arterberry
President & CEO
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Tracy Diez
Vice President of Marketing & Sales
Magnolia Federal Credit Union
Deidra Johnson
Psychiatric Nurse
VA Medical Center
Ravi Raju
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Exceleron Software Inc.
Stephanie Rippee
Attorney
Watkins and Eager PLLC
Susan Smith
Pediatric Nurse
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Francis Springer
Attorney
Springer Law Firm
Frankie Springer
Legal Assistant
Springer Law Firm
Amanda Tollison
Attorney
Butler Snow
Julie Seitz
Chair
Director, Workplace 2020
The Coca-Cola Company
Edwin Cook
Vice-Chair
Attorney and Founder
Edwin Cook Law
Dara D. Mann
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Adrienne Mittons
Paralegal
Kimberly-Clark
Cynthia Parks
Founding Partner
Parks Wood LLC
Robert Rearden
Attorney
Sheley and Hall, P.C.
Matt Tarkenton
Executive Vice President
The Tarkenton Companies
Paul Zachos
Keller Williams Realty
Natalie Frazier Allen
Founder & CEO
The Arts Empowerment Project
Justin Arnall
Mortgage Loan Originator; Vice President Mortgage Bankers Association of WNC
Crew Lending – A Division of Goldwater Bank, N.A.
Tia Bethea
Community Impact Manager
Google Fiber
Laura Crago
HR Training & Development Director
Givens Estates
Josephe Featherstone
American Tobacco Campus YMCA Director
YMCA of the Triangle
Nancy “Nan” Gray
Regional Marketing Manager
Sprint
William “Bill” Roberts
President
Market Commercial Real Estate
Wendy Shanahan-Harbin
President
Asterisk Creative
Joanna Jacobson
Chair
Managing Director
Strategic Grant Partners
Peter Campanella
Yvonne Hao
COO & CFO
Pillpack
Ryan Hayden
Partner of Advanced Risk & Compliance Analytics
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Kim Syman
Managing Partner
New Profit Inc.
Paul S. Grogan
President & CEO
The Boston Foundatio
Pamela (Giasson) Lynch
Product Development Leader
TPI Composites, Inc.
Mark O’Donnell
Senior Vice President & CDO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
Francine Rosenzweig
Sharon Liszanckie
Executive Director
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School
Yvette Lowenthal-Mulderry
Helen Chin Schlichte
Sandra Edgerley
Beth Klarman
President
The Klarman Family Foundation
Kevin Tabb
CEO
President and CEO, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Sister Guadalupe Guajardo
Interim Chair
Province Leadership Team
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Bethany Bounds
Community Advocate
Adam Crowell
Broker
MetLife Auto & Life
Nicholas Ehlen*
Commercial Real Estate Broker
Melvin Mark Brokerage Company
Ian Galloway
Senior Research Associate & Oregon State Community Development Field Mgr
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco
Robin Henderson
Chief Executive, Behavioral Health
Providence Medical Group
Joanne Horstkotte
Emeritus Member
Linda Jackson-Shaw
Community Advocate
H. Patterson Ritz
CEO
Footwear Specialties Intl.
D. Colby Schlicker
Executive Vice President of Marketing
Watson Creative
Charles Swindells
Attorney
Charles Swindells Law
Senior Leadership
Patrick Lawler
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Goldsmith
Chief Clinical Officer
Greg Gregory
Chief Financial Officer
Caroline Hannah
Chief Operations Officer – Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon.
Jennifer Jones
Chief Marketing Officer
Cliff Reyle
Chief Human Resource Officer
Tanya Anderson
Executive Director of Georgia
Anne Cannon
Program Director – Educational Services
Stephanie Cole-Farris
Executive Director – Bill’s Place
Lisa Copeland
Managing Director – Placement Services
Paul Enderson
Executive Director of North Carolina
Brittany Farrar
Middle Tennessee – Regional Director
Jessica Foster
Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships
Amanda Futral
Executive Director – Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma
Rebecca Hancock
Executive Director of Residential Services
Adeyinka Hansen
Campus Director – Bartlett
Sarah Hurley
Managing Director – Data Science
Hughes Johnson
Managing Director – Compliance and Performance Improvement
Colby Jonas
Campus Director – Dogwood
Paula Jordan
Managing Director – Support Services
Charmaine Kromer
Executive Director of Tennessee
Ann Meeks
Senior Director – Grants and Development Research
John Norris
Managing Director – General Counsel
Stephanie Pugh
Program Director – West Tennessee
Katja Russell
Managing Director of Partner Operations
Senior Director – Grants and Development Research
Annie Smith
State Director of Community Based Programs – North Carolina
Rhonda Stempkovski
State Director of Community Based Programs – Mississippi
Matt Stone
Executive Director of Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Lori Sustek
State Director of Community Based Programs – Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Jill Terry
Managing Director – Information Technology
Amanda Tillman
Regional Program Director – East Tennessee
Advisory Committees
Social News
This story is sure to uplift your Friday! Congrats to Michael and the Eaton family.
Michigan boy brings kindergarten classmates to adoption ceremony
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Thursday was adoption day for a Michigan boy, but it was not just him and his new family celebrating. The child had his entire class cheering them on.Family is important. Throughout his time in our Intercept program, Chris worked hard to overcome his circumstances and become a great parent to Kash.
Today, Chris and Kash have a strong relationship and enjoy spending time together. Kash is an honor roll student, and Chris continues to work full time to provide a happy and healthy home.
Thanks to the amazing support of @konicaminolta and an anonymous donor, your gift today for #GivingTuesday will be tripled, helping families like Chris and Kash live together successfully!
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What’s better than one gift? Three, of course! And today is a perfect day to #giveback. We are dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of children, their families and young people. Thanks to the amazing support of @konicaminolta and an anonymous donor, your gift today for #GivingTuesday will be tripled! Click the link below to donate!
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You can invite your friends and followers to give back for #GivingTuesday tomorrow! Creating a Facebook Fundraiser is a perfect way to do just that! Be sure to check out our Facebook stories for a quick tutorial on how!
We are hosting our next hiring event for Bill’s Place! If you have a passion for helping children, youth and families, join us on December 10. We are looking to fill 200 positions at this amazing establishment.
Be sure to register if you are interested in learning more!
www.youthvillages.org/billsplacecareers/
So proud of how youth village stays up with life changes and does all they can to bring that to their youth.
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