Corporation for National and Community Service
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
1201 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20525
Phone, 202-606-5000. Internet, http://www.nationalservice.org/.
Board of Directors: Chair Bob Rogers
Members Victor Ashe, Thomas Ehrlich, Christopher Gallagher, Carol Kinsley, Leslie Lenkowsky, Arthur Naparstek, Eli Segal, (7 vacancies)
Members (ex officio)
(Secretary of Agriculture) Dan Glickman
(Secretary of Defense) William S. Cohen
(Secretary of Education) Richard W. Riley
(Secretary of Health and Human Donna E. Shalala
Services)
(Secretary of Housing and Urban Andrew M. Cuomo
Development)
(Secretary of the Interior) Bruce Babbitt
(Secretary of Labor) Alexis M. Herman
(Attorney General) Janet Reno
(Director, Peace Corps) Mark Gearan
(Administrator, Environmental Carol M. Browner
Protection Agency)
(Chief Executive Officer, Harris Wofford
Corporation for National and Community Service)
Staff: Chief Executive Officer Harris Wofford
Chief Operating Officer Louis Caldera
Chief of Staff to the CEO John S. Gomperts
Director, AmeriCorps Deborah Jospin
Director, National Senior Service Corps Thomas Endres
Director, Learn and Serve America Marilyn W. Smith
Chief Financial Officer Donna H. Cunninghame
Director, Planning and Program Integration Gary Kowalczyk
Director, Evaluation and Effective Practices Bill Bentley
Inspector General Luise S. Jordan
General Counsel Kenneth Klothen
Director, Congressional and Intergovernmental Eugene Sofer
Affairs
Director, Public Affairs Tara Murphy
Director, Public Liaison Melinda Hudson
Director, Human Resources Phyllis Beaulieu
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The Corporation for National and Community Service engages Americans of all 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 service contribution.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation) was established by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.). The Corporation assumed the programs and authorities of the Commission on National and Community Service and effective April 1, 1994, incorporated programs previously administered by ACTION under authority of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4950).
The Corporation is a Federal corporation governed by a 15-member bipartisan Board of Directors, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretaries of Agriculture, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Labor; the Attorney General, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, the Peace Corps Director, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation serve as ex officio members of the Board. The Board has responsibility for overall policy direction of the Corporation's activities and has the power to make all final grant decisions, approve the strategic plan and annual budget, and advise and make recommendations to the President and the Congress regarding changes in...
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