The United Bank Foundation Connecticut awarded a $5,000 grant to The Network Against Domestic Abuse in support of its youth education program that raises awareness of domestic abuse issues facing children, families and the communities in north central Connecticut. Pictured (from left) are: Adam Jeamel, United Bank; Annalisa Deal, The Network; Kathy Barron, The Network; […]
The United Bank Foundation Connecticut awarded a $5,000 grant to The Network Against Domestic Abuse in support of its youth education program that raises awareness of domestic abuse issues facing children, families and the communities in north central Connecticut. Pictured (from left) are: Adam Jeamel, United Bank; Annalisa Deal, The Network; Kathy Barron, The Network; and Joann Smith, United Bank.
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Hartford youth service nonprofit Our Piece of the Pie (OPP) has named Hartford public schools leader Enid Mercedes Rey as CEO, following a national search.
Rey, who replaces Bob Rath, started her new position Aug. 15. Rath is retiring after 23 years in the job.
Rey is known both locally and nationally for her work in the fields of youth development, education and civic leadership.
Most recently, since 2011, Rey led Hartford's public schools School Choice Office. Prior to that, she served as director of Hartford's Office for Youth Services. She also was vice president at the Village for Families and Children, and program officer at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, where she helped found the first Latino Endowment Fund.
Board Chairman Jordan Coe said Rey is the right person to lead the nonprofit.
“Enid has a wealth of youth development, education and nonprofit experience and a passionate commitment to our community and our youth,” she said.
The nonprofit helps 14 to 24 year-old urban youth become economically independent adults in central and eastern Connecticut.
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The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford is launching a national search to replace Executive Director Katherine Kane, who will retire next May after more than 19 years in the post.
Kane, who has held the position since 1998, helped transform the center from a private foundation to a publicly oriented museum with a diverse audience, many programs, and expanded regional and national partnerships.
The tourist attraction honors writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote the ground-breaking 1852 anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom's Cabin.”
Programs developed during Kane's tenure include award-winning Salons at Stowe that bring the public into the parlor for conversations on contemporary issues. Kane also oversaw the recently completed Stowe House interior preservation — the first major renovation since the National Historic Landmark opened in 1968.
