Jennifer L. Pinder

Executive Director at You Gotta Believe!

Role: Executive Director at You Gotta Believe
Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Jennifer L. Pinder

Jennifer Pinder assumed the Executive Director role at You Gotta Believe (YGB) in July…

Experience

Executive Director
You Gotta Believe
Jul 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US
You Gotta Believe (YGB) is a leading child-welfare, non-profit organization with expertise in adoption and permanency planning for at risk foster youth. YGB is the only organization in the NYC area with the exclusive mission of finding adoptive parents for foster youth before they age out and run the extremely high risk of homelessness, incarceration and life-long poverty due to a lack of stable, long- lasting connections.As Executive Director, I am responsible for overseeing and successfully executing all aspects of the organization, including management and ongoing development of YGB’s strategic plan. I work closely with the Board of directors and manage relationships with government officials, strategic partners, foundations and major funders.

Education

Columbia Business School
Senior Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals
Hampton University
Bachelor of Arts
University of Maryland College Park
Master of Community Planning
NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Executive Master of Public Administration

Skills

Microsoft Office
Program Management
Organizational Development
Research
Logistics Management
Social Media Marketing
Community Outreach
Microsoft Excel
Strategic Planning
Content Development
Public Speaking
Editing
Event Planning
Program Evaluation
Government
Nonprofits
Analysis
Microsoft Word
Nonprofit Organizations
Social Media
Microsoft Outlook
Leadership
Project Management
Event Management
Marketing
Proposal Writing
Policy
Management
Qualitative Research
Microsoft Powerpoint
Budget Management

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Current company

You Gotta Believe

Non-Profit Organizations · 34 employees · Founded 1995 · New York, New York, United States

You Gotta Believe!(YGB) is is one of a few organizations in the United States and the only organization in New York City that limits its practice to finding permanent parents and families for young adults, teens, and pre-teens in the foster care system. YGB seeks to put forth permanency solutions as the primary strategies used to meet the needs and secure the futures of foster youth facing the terrifying and deeply lonely prospect of \"aging out\" of care. YGB’s core services include: a) Recruiting, training, and certifying foster/adoptive parents; b) Connecting and placing foster youth with permanent parents/families; c) Providing ongoing support services pre- and post-placement; d) Training for partner organizations to improve recruitment and permanency outcomes; e) Regional/national advocacy to position teen permanency as a proven solution for foster youth facing the prospect of aging out; and f) Public education efforts through media and videos. ‘Aging Out’ is now in the national lexicon. Yet almost universally, the discussion around aging out is focused on providing young people housing, education, and jobs – i.e, services for youth we are admitting we have failed. The conversation is almost never about how to prevent aging out in the first place. Research indicates that youth who age out of foster care alone are more likely to experience homelessness, unemployment, unplanned pregnancy, legal system involvement, substance abuse, and lack even the basic health care services. They are also less likely to have a high school diploma, earn enough to support themselves, or participate in post-secondary education or training. Nearly youth age out of care in the US each year, with more than $7 billion in costs to society beginning to accrue each year. We have a moral and fiscal imperative to ensure that every child leaves care with a permanent family.

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About Jennifer L. Pinder

Experience

Executive Director

Education

Columbia Business School

Hampton University

University of Maryland College Park

NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Skills

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