wills & wills mentoring
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BOSTON – MENTOR, the unifying champion of the mentoring movement, announces the
expansion of its leadership team with the addition of Tim Wills who joins as the
organization’s first Chief Impact Officer on March 7. Tim will drive strategy,
coordination, integration, and effectiveness of MENTOR’s teams focused in the
areas of training and technical assistance; product design, development and
ongoing usage; field research and evaluation; strategic partnerships and systems
innovation; and Affiliate partnership, support, effectiveness, sustainability,
and expansion. MENTOR CEO David Shapiro says, “We are so fortunate Tim is
bringing his decades of experience as an advocate for youth, an innovator, a
communicator, and local leader in one of the nation’s oldest and most expansive
youth development organizations to our team and the mentoring movement. His
personal and professional journey, commitment to supporting others’ development,
community building talent, and deep commitment to young people will be such key
drivers in our expanded and dynamic efforts to ensure all young people have the
relationships they need to strive and thrive.” A native of Ferguson, Mo., Tim
holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Southern Illinois
University Carbondale. As a college student, he developed his passion for youth
by covering human interest stories as on-air talent for his college television
and radio stations which led to a 17-year career in youth development, including
at the Boys & Girls Clubs in Chicago, the District of Columbia, and Harford
County, Md. In 2016, because of his extensive experience in organizational
transformation and increasing club membership, quality improvement, innovative
programming and funding, Tim was named the CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of South
Alabama. In this role over the last six years, Tim led twelve year-round sites,
three summer only programs, a 150-acre campground, and POINTE Academy, a school
for detained and adjudicated youth. He’s received several honors and awards,
including Boys & Girls Clubs Professional of the Year for his leadership, Mobile
Bay 40 Under 40, and Benjamin Mays Excellence in Mentoring Award. Tim is an
active member of the Lion’s Club and a member of the board of directors for
Voices for Alabama’s Children and Linking All So Others Succeed (LASOS) in
Maryland. He’s completed executive-level training in leadership, non-profit
management, and advanced philanthropy from Harvard Business School, Stanford
University, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. For 12 years, Tim has been a
single foster parent and has fostered 20 children. He also has spent significant
time teaching in VolunTourism trips to Haiti. “I’m thrilled to join the MENTOR
community to continue the work of elevating the voices of young people across
our country,” said Tim. “This new role will further deepen our ability to impact
systematic change in order to open doors of opportunity and to close the
mentoring gap. I am excited to get started working with our team, board, and
stakeholders to continue strengthening and expanding the mentoring movement.”
The role of Chief Impact Officer provides a critical new link and integration
between so many of MENTOR’s core functions, key stakeholders, valued partners,
and Affiliate network which provides local delivery, leadership, and innovations
in service to the youth mentoring field nationwide. It will drive expanded
impact, efficiency, and responsive servant leadership. Currently, MENTOR
operates in collaboration with 24 local Affiliates across the country that
galvanize their regional or statewide mentoring movements and provide leadership
and structure to support quality mentoring through training, advocacy, and
public awareness. Operating under the framework of One MENTOR, MENTOR Affiliates
share resources and strategies to strengthen the national mentoring movement.
Sadiq Ali, Executive Director of MENTOR Maryland | DC and a member of the CIO
interview committee added, “I am greatly excited about Tim joining our One
MENTOR family in such a critical role and at such a critical time. His
perspective, having been on the frontlines of both local and national youth
serving work, will be invaluable as he helps lead us into our next chapter as an
Affiliate network, champions for young people, systems change advocates, and a
sustainable, impactful organization.” ABOUT MENTOR MENTOR is the unifying
champion for expanding the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships
across the United States. 30 years ago, MENTOR was created to expand
opportunities for young people by building a youth mentoring field and movement.
The result: a more than 10-fold increase in young people in structured mentoring
relationships. Today, MENTOR is the expert voice representing a movement that
meets young people everywhere they are – from schools, to workplaces, and
beyond. MENTOR operates in collaboration with 24 local Affiliates across the
country. For more information, visit mentoring.org.
