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Today has been joyous. I am thrilled and humbled to have been selected as the Durfee Foundation’s next CEO. I am grateful to the Durfee board of trustees for the inclusive and transparent selection process they pursued. Theo Avery, our board chair, has been wonderful to work with and I look forward to our future partnership. Claire Peeps and Carrie Avery changed my life when they came to Boyle Heights to meet with me back in 2002. Serving as an Executive Director can be a very lonely experience. You feel as though you are carrying the weight of the world and despite all your effort, progress is slow, and sometimes you are vilified by the forces that live by the zero sum game. You lack peers within the organization and you may not have a network of support. At least, that was my experience as an ED for nearly 16 years. The Durfee Foindation gave me the opportunity for renewal through a sabbatical and then they gave me a beautiful gift that’s never lost it’s shine—an entire community of Executive Directors from across Los Angeles County who understood what I was feeling as a leader. The Durfee community of fellows is a place I can tap into for joy, for kinship, for love. For that, I will be forever grateful to Carrie Avery, Claire Peeps, and Stan and Dorothy Avery. ❤️ Thank you to all the folks that reached out to say congratulations. I am not on social media very often and I rarely post, but today is special. I start my new role on January 1st. Abrazos all around 🤗🤗🤗
The Durfee Foundation Board of Trustees is excited to announce the appointment of Maria Cabildo as the Foundation’s new C.E.O. Maria’s appointment marks the end of an inclusive search process that spanned many months and involved the consideration of over 350 remarkable applicants. To learn more, you can read our complete announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gMZmc7sp