Corporation for National and Community Service
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20525
Phone, 202-606-5000. Internet, www.nationalservice.gov.
Board of Directors:
Chair Stephen Goldsmith
Members Cynthia J. Burleson, Mark Gearan, Dorothy A. Johnson, Carol Kinsley, Jacob J. Lew, Henry L. Lozano, Mimi Mager, William Schambra, Leona White Hat, Donna Williams, (4 vacancies)
Staff:
Chief Executive Officer David Eisner
Chief Financial Officer Andrew Kleine, Acting
Chief Operating Officer (vacancy)
Chief of Staff Amy Mack
Director, AmeriCorps Rosie Mauk
Director, AmeriCorps*VISTA Kathy Ferguson, Acting
Director, AmeriCorps*NCCC Merlene Mazyck
Director, Government Relations Kathy Ott
Director, Research and Policy Development Robert Grimm
Chief Human Capital Officer Ray Limon
Director, Learn and Serve America Amy Cohen
Director, Senior Corps Tess Scannell
Director, Public Affairs Sandy Scott, Acting
Director, Field Liaison Michael Berning
Director, Leadership Development and Training Gretchen Van der Veer
General Counsel Frank Trinity
Inspector General Carol Bates, Acting
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The Corporation for National and Community Service engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service that addresses the Nation's educational, public safety, environmental, and other human needs to achieve direct and demonstrable results. In so doing, the Corporation fosters civic responsibility, strengthens the ties that bind us together as a people, and provides educational opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service.
The Corporation was established on October 1, 1993, by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.). In addition to creating several new service programs, the Act consolidated the functions and activities of the former Commission on National and Community Service and the Federal agency ACTION.
For more than a decade, the Corporation for National Community Service, through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, has mobilized a new generation of engaged citizens. This year, more than 1.6 million individuals of all ages and backgrounds will serve through those programs to help thousands of national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies meet local needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical...
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