Executive Director, Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida
Mission
To educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
Serving Jacksonville
Founded in 1996 in Charlotte, N.C.; opened in 2004 in Jacksonville.
Those served
Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida annually serves about 1,600 girls ages 8-13 throughout Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau and St. Johns counties as well as in the Waycross, Ga., area. It offers two seasons per year and uses more than 150 volunteer coaches each season to run the 10-week curriculum-based running program.
Biggest challenge
Getting everything done with only three staff members — one full-time and two part-time employees.
Biggest satisfaction
The positive energy that all the volunteers and girls generate each season; no matter how long the day is, that energy carries you.
Hometown
Carroll, Ohio (south of Columbus)
First experience with community service
Definitely not my first, but one of the most memorable — “Seniors for Seniors Day” during high school. We were matched with senior citizens from a local nursing home and spent the day at the county fair. We can learn so much from our elders.
Your job before Girls on the Run of Northeast Florida
CEO of Girls Inc. of Jacksonville
Upcoming events
“Lace It Up,” our annual fund drive, will kick off this fall to provide funding so that girls who cannot afford to participate in Girls on the Run have the opportunity.
Dec. 1: Fall 5K at the University of North Florida.
Contact information
www.GOTRNEFLorida.org
619-6763