Koj yuav muaj kev ruaj ntseg nuj rau cov me nyuam thiab tsev neeg nyob rau hauv peb lub zej zog.

Washburn Center npe Mary Bennett li Chief development officer

Lub koom haum coj teem kom lawv muaj thiab sustain saib rau cov me nyuam thiab tsev neeg thaum transforming cov me nyuam txoj kev puas siab puas ntsws.

MINNEAPOLIS, lub yim hli ntuj 11, 2023 — ntxaib lub zos kev puas siab puas ntsws nonprofit Washburn Center rau cov me nyuam muaj npe hu ua Mary Bennett, MS, raws li nws cov tshiab Chief Development Officer (CDO). Nrog o o thov thiab siab rau li cas kev puas siab puas ntsws yog tauj, tus Washburn Center yog strengthening nws daws thiab coj kom sustainability hauv nws lub xyoo 140th ntawm lub zej zog kuas kev pab.

"Mary yog ib tug proven zej zog-centered coj uas kim philanthropic kev nyob rau hauv cov kev kho mob thiab kev kawm ntawv," hais Craig Warren, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) rau Washburn Center rau cov me nyuam. "Mary joins peb ntawm ib lub sij hawm tseem ceeb heev rau Minnesota cov hluas uas fim unimaginable kev puas siab puas ntsws; Thiab peb pab neeg teb cov xov tooj ntawm tsev neeg hu."

Bennett yuav ua Washburn philanthropy pab neeg mus cuag lub koom haum ib xyoos ib zaug thiab mus sij hawm ntev kev loj hlob. Lub koom haum philanthropic qauv yog generously txaus siab los ntawm ib tug neeg, neeg thiab foundation hloov thiab raws li cov nyiaj pab, tag nrho cov contributed nyiaj rau lub koom haum nyiaj sustainability.

"Qhov tseeb yog, peb tsis tau ua qhov chaw ua hauj lwm peb tsis muaj peev ntawm peb hloov; Raws li ib lub koom haum peb yog stymied npog tus nqi zov los ntawm stagnant reimbursement nqi uas tsuas npog 60%, inflation thiab ua hauj lwm zov. Nws yog ib tug stark kev muaj tiag ntawm ib long-standing sib underinvestment rau cov me nyuam txoj kev puas siab puas ntsws,"Warren txuas ntxiv mus. "Kuv pog rau Mary inspiring coj los pab tsim peb peev xwm pab ntau tsev neeg."

Feem ntau tsis ntev los no, Bennett txais kev pab raws li tus Chief Development Officer rau lub McCullough-Hyde tsev kho mob Foundation uas nws zoo raug rau cov neeg mob kev loj hlob uas muaj kev loj hlob mus txhim khu cov kev pab cuam thiab kev pab, cov neeg mob, thiab khoom thiab cov chaw.

"Washburn Center lub hom phiaj yog tub ntxhais rau kuv philosophy ntawm cov neeg-centered thiab zej zog kuas solutions ntawm txoj kev loj hlob forefront ntawm txoj kev loj hlob," hais Bennett. "Kuv yog delighted yuav stepping rau hauv no coj, nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam xov uas yog notable rau nws yog generosity, thiab nyob rau hauv ib lub koom haum uas yog uniquely positioned los strengthen lub zej zog los ntawm cov me nyuam thiab tsev neeg."

Ua ntej McCullough-Hyde, nws txais kev pab raws li tus thawj coj ntawm loj Gifts rau lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm professional Psychology thiab cov kawm ntawv qib siab uas kawm ntawv thiab human Services nyob Wright University. Bennett tau txais kev pab rau ob peb boards uas kub siab rau kev kawm ntawv, cov kawm, nyiaj txiag empowerment, thiab cov me nyuam zoo ntawm cov me nyuam thiab tsev neeg. Nws khwv tau ib bachelor degree hauv cov poj niam txoj kev tshawb fawb ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Michigan, thiab ib tug tswv hauv College Kawm ntawv qib siab cov neeg ua hauj lwm los ntawm Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Warren yog lub npe tis rau 2022 raws li lub koom haum thawj BIPOC CEO; Bennett yog tus thawj coj BIPOC koom cov coj ranks. Amber Buck, MBA, thiab Mohamed Omar, MS, tau yav tas los koomhaum Director ntawm Nqis, Diversity thiab Inclusion thiab Chief Administrative Officer, feem. Txoj kev loj hlob ntawm BIPOC coj no notable li lub koom haum tseem muaj kev responsive zov me nyuam rau cov me nyuam thiab tsev neeg; Nco ntsoov, tshaj 55% ntawm cov neeg tau txais kev pab los ntawm Washburn Center paub li BIPOC.