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Merle McGee, Vice President of Programs Ms. McGee joined HEAF after an extensive career in youth development and mentoring. She previously worked as a Program Manager at The After-School Corporation and, most recently, as Director of The Door at Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School. Since joining the organization, she has made tremendous strides in expanding HEAF's youth development and leadership programs to reflect best practices in the field. She has brought adventure-based leadership programs to HEAF students. She has also used her skills as a trainer to create internal opportunities for professional development for staff members through the creation of modules for staff improvement and reflection in the areas of leadership, teamwork, and program planning and implementation. Ms. McGee has also been leading HEAF’s efforts as a YMCA/Search Institute Developmental Asset Lab and presented on her work at Search’s 2005 National Conference. In 2003, she received a certificate from Harvard School of Education for successful completion of the Project Zero Summer Institute. She received her B.F.A. from the Tisch School at New York University and holds an M.S. in Non-Profit Management from the New School University. Ms. McGee was named a Bowne Research Fellow in August 2004 and completed the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management's Leadership Development Program at Columbia Business School in 2005. She has been an instructor for the NYU Wagner Capstone program for the last two years and she is a 2007-2008 Coro New York Leadership Fellow. |
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