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Achieve is pleased to announce Lee Ann Jourdan, Executive Director of Girls Inc. of Monroe County and Nelda Brown, Executive Director of the National Service-Learning Partnership as the recipients of the Achieve scholarships to the BootCamp for New Nonprofit CEO’s hosted by the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management at North Park University in Chicago. The BootCamp is an unparalleled experience in nonprofit leadership for 30 new CEO’s and Executive Directors from across the country.

The BootCamp is an unparalleled experience in nonprofit leadership for 30 new CEO’s and Executive Directors from across the country.

 

Lee Ann Jourdan, Executive Director
Girls Inc. of Monroe County

“I can’t say it any more concise than this – Lee Ann is Girls Inc! She embodies our mission and exemplifies our ideals,” shared Girls Inc. of Monroe County Board President, Steve Jascewsky. We at Achieve agree! And, that’s why Lee Ann Jourdan has been selected as a recipient of the Achieve Scholarship to the Axelson Center BootCamp.

 

Lee Ann’s story is one of a young, ambitious employee, who returned to the organization a few years later to serve as the executive director. Dedicated to the mission of Girls Inc.—Lee Ann worked for the organization from 2002 to 2006, overseeing the agency's after-school program and day camps.

 

Lee Ann most recently served as the associate development director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana and now fills a void left by a highly respected and long-time executive director. Lee Ann recently shared her enthusiasm for her position, energetically stating, "I love the Girls Inc. mission of raising the self-esteem and confidence of girls, fighting against gender inequities, and celebrating girls and womanhood."

 

 

Nelda Brown leads a grassroots network of more than 12,000 members from all 50 states and several U.S. territories that connects youth, teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, education leaders, community partners, businesspeople, and researchers dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s life and education.

Nelda is active in numerous volunteer roles in the communities in which she lives and works. Currently, Nelda is a member of the Voices for National Service and ServiceNation steering committees, serves on the advisory board of The George Washington University’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration, the steering committee for the Civic Mission of Schools Coalition Campaign, and as a troop leader for a Junior Girl Scout Troop in Alexandria, VA.

 

Before joining the Partnership, Nelda was the founding executive director of the State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) and worked for the California Department of Education. In these roles, Nelda contributed to the formation and implementation of policy and practice to promote service-learning in California.