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Camille got her start in nonprofit work when she joined the team at the Boston Living Center, a community center for people living with HIV/AIDS. Prior to LifeMoves, she served as Senior Director of Advancement Strategy at the Ms. Foundation for Women, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Avenidas, and Executive Director of Random Acts of Flowers, Silicon Valley. Previously, Camille was an urban planner in New York and California. She holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is an appointed member of the Menlo Park Planning Commission.

Melanie joins from FIRST 5 Santa Clara County where she has worked for the past two decades. She is known for her unequivocal commitment to the health and well-being of those in need, her skill in building partnerships and collaborations among agencies and across systems, and her enthusiasm for supporting, coaching and developing staff. She will be a key contributor in moving Community Solutions forward while maintaining the vision to be the provider, employer, and nonprofit of choice.

Ferrer has three decades of leadership in mobilizing stakeholders and staff toward change through groundbreaking nonprofit and public policy initiatives, programs and systems reforms. Most recently, he worked as President and Principal Consultant at Manzanita Solutions. Prior to this, he served as CEO of the Health Trust for nine years. Ferrer is Vice Chair of the Santa Clara University College of Arts and Science Leadership Advisory Board. Additionally, he serves as a Dean’s Executive Professor of Public Health at Santa Clara University and adjunct instructor in Child Development and Education at De Anza College.

A fundraising professional with over 25 years in the nonprofit sector, Joanne most recently was Chief Development Officer at Family House where she was instrumental in significantly increasing contributed revenue. Previously she was with Common Sense, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and City of Hope. Joanne joins SRF with the skills and sensibilities to build out a robust development function in order for the organization to grant more toward research.

Dr. Dale McCreedy steps into the role of President and CEO for Hands On! Discovery Center with an extensive background in science centers and community-based partnerships. Dale has spent the last seven years at Discovery Center at Murfree Spring as the Vice President of Audience & Community Engagement where she has led several Federal grants, spearheaded the Tennessee Girls Collaborative, and disseminated resources and professional development for several national replication efforts. Prior to moving to Tennessee, she spent twenty-eight years at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA where she led curriculum and program development, promoted community engagement and professional learning, and conducted research with a particular focus on under-resourced families and women in STEM.

Eric Bridges brings to AFB over 20 years of national leadership on issues impacting people with vision loss, having most recently served for 16 years as American Council of the Blind’s Executive Director, Director of External Relations and Policy, and Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs.  Bridges previously served as a Congressional Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and as Legislative Affairs Manager at the National Industries for the Blind.