{"id":71301,"date":"2019-09-05T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-united-way-of-king-county-names-new-president-and-ceo-after-rigorous-national-search\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:12:01","slug":"united-way-of-king-county-designa-nuevo-presidente-y-ceo-tras-rigurosa-busqueda-nacional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/united-way-of-king-county-designa-nuevo-presidente-y-ceo-tras-rigurosa-busqueda-nacional\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Of King County Names New President And CEO After Rigorous National Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; After a national search, United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> has named its next President and CEO: <span class=\"xn-person\">Gordon McHenry, Jr.<\/span> A powerful advocate for social and economic equity, he currently heads Solid Ground, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>-area nonprofit that works to dismantle poverty. At United Way he will succeed <span class=\"xn-person\">Jon Fine<\/span>, the organization&#8217;s leader for nineteen years and an architect of bold initiatives to address the region&#8217;s most acute social issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7d67left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg7d67left\" title=\" \" style=\"HEIGHT: 224px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/510987\/United_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I have pure respect for <span class=\"xn-person\">Jon Fine<\/span> and all that he&#8217;s accomplished during a remarkable two decades at the helm,&#8221; states Mr. McHenry. &#8220;His vision and powers of persuasion have transformed not only the organization, but so much about the community. I feel lucky to inherit the phenomenal staff, supporters and partners that make up United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span>, and to try to raise our aspirations still higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Poverty is at the root of so many ills in our community,&#8221; continues Mr. McHenry. &#8220;It steals opportunity and smothers hope. But, as United Way and its partners show every day, it&#8217;s something we can beat. It starts with truly centering social and racial equity and then relentlessly innovating until you have strategies that genuinely work. There&#8217;s considerable cynicism in the world today, but when you marshal both integrity of intention, and proof of impact, it&#8217;s pretty easily dissolved. Already that&#8217;s the essence of United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span>, and I hope to make it even more so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his nonprofit career, Mr. McHenry led the nonprofit Rainier Scholars, which champions educational opportunity for young people of color. Before that, he spent twenty-one years in philanthropy at The Boeing Company, including a position as Director of Global Corporate Citizenship for the Northwest. <\/p>\n<p>A lawyer educated at <span class=\"xn-org\">Georgetown University<\/span>, Mr. McHenry is a native Seattleite. He attended <span class=\"xn-org\">Seattle University<\/span> \u2014 which in 2013 named him Alumnus of the Year \u2014 and, before that, <span class=\"xn-person\">Cleveland High School<\/span>. He grew up on Beacon Hill, a neighborhood whose character was defined, in part, by redlining. His father was the first African-American engineer promoted into management at Boeing, as well as the first person in his family to graduate from college. <\/p>\n<p>Mr. McHenry will start work in mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2571753-1&amp;h=3189055041&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F510987%2FUnited_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F510987%2FUnited_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/510987\/United_Way_of_King_County_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SEATTLE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 5, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; After a national search, United Way of <span class=\"xn-location\">King County<\/span> has named its next President and CEO: <span class=\"xn-person\">Gordon McHenry, Jr.<\/span> A powerful advocate for social and economic equity, he currently heads Solid Ground, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Seattle<\/span>-area nonprofit that works to dismantle poverty. 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