Genevieve Piturro the Connection Speaker

About Genevieve Piturro the Connection Speaker

Who I support: Leaders and teams who feel disconnected and disengaged from each other and…

Experience

1. Founder

   Beyond Bedtime (formerly Pajama Program)

   Oct 1999 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Pajama Program was born from one simple question, posed by a child:“What are pajamas?”This was not a question from a child on a field trip to a museum, but from Maria, a young girl living in a shelter who was holding a pair of pajamas for the first time. When she finally understood that the pajamas were a gift, and that before bed she could change into them from the clothes she had worn all day, she asked happily, “You mean I can keep these for the rest of my life?”That was back in 2001, when Genevieve Piturro, Pajama Program’s founder, discovered that the children she read to at a local shelter did not have a caring adult to tuck them into bed each night, let alone a pair of warm, comforting pajamas to change into or a storybook to enjoy before the night descended. Instead, the children she saw there were often relegated to sleeping on a cot or futon, two or three together, still wearing their clothes of the day.With bags full with new pajamas and storybooks, Genevieve returned to the shelter to ensure that all of the children there would enjoy a good night. And realizing that this ritual was missing from the lives of many children all across the country, she started Pajama Program to bring love and hope to them all in the form of a loving bedtime.At Pajama Program, we understand deeply how many children in this country don’t have a stable home life, or a home at all. To these children — often abandoned, neglected, living in shelters or temporary housing — we pledge our unwavering commitment to the inherent right of every one of them to have a loving bedtime and restful good night as the start of a positive, empowering good day.WHERE YOU HAVE SEEN ME: Oprah Winfrey Show TODAY The Early Show Good Morning America CNN FOX News Sunday Forbes Self Magazine Forbes Parenting Magazine Redbook GlamourGenevieve PiturroPajama Program Founder

Education

• Fordham University

  Bachelor's degree, Communications/WFUV Radio Broadcasting and Producing

• Harvard Business School

  Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Skills

• Community Outreach
• Public Speaking
• Social Media Marketing
• Social Media
• Non-Profits
• Fundraising
• Grant Writing
• Event Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Nonprofits
• Philanthropy
• Event Management
• Planned Giving
• Salesforce.com
• Volunteer Management
• Customer Service
• Strategic Partnerships
• Microsoft Excel
• Public Relations
• Board Development
• Photoshop
• Non-Profit Board Development
• Microsoft Office
• Annual Giving
• Program Development
• Facebook
• Grants
• Project Management
• Community Development
• Social Enterprise
• Non-Profit Administration
• Organizational Development
• Stewardship