President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

POSITION TYPE: Onsite

PAY RANGE: $325,000.00 - $375,000.00 annually

How to Apply:

For potential consideration or to suggest a prospect, please email relevant materials to CCI@BoardWalkConsulting.com or call Cynthia Moreland or Diane Westmore at 404-BoardWalk (404-262-7392). Applications sent directly to Community Connections will not be accepted.

The Opportunity
The next CEO must bring a strong vision and commitment to maintaining Community Connections’ strengths and its compassionate service to a wide range of individuals. Succeeding a long-serving co-founder & CEO will require exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate a major leadership change.

The President and CEO will bring a passion for service and will ensure that Community Connections remains a leader in providing best-in-class recovery-based mental health services and support. The new leader will manage the organization with a consistent focus on balancing mission and margin, maintain and build key relationships, find ways to increase financial support, and calibrate the organizational strategy necessary for Community Connections to achieve its goals.

For more than forty years, Community Connections has been a pioneer in comprehensive behavioral and psychiatric recovery-based mental health services for people in Washington, D.C. At Community Connections, clinical care, expertise, compassion, and respect are at the core of the organizational ethos. Assisting individuals on their personal mental health recovery journey with dignity is critical. The next leader will bring the business acumen, personal passion, and vision to lead Community Connections into the future.

“Together, Community Connections is changing lives; we invite you to join us.”

As a national thought leader with the proven capability to serve the hardest-to-reach clients with innovative supportive services that are strategically designed to direct the recovery-based mental health services and support necessary for people to lead a meaningful and self-directed life.

To reach its aspirations, Community Connections seeks an exceptional future-forward leader who brings well-established expertise in organizational management, mental health, or an aligned field who is visionary and capable of designing the infrastructure required to facilitate growth and meaningful expansion.

Mandates for the new CEO include:

• Succeeding a well-respected clinical expert and co-founder CEO while balancing legacy with a vision for the future.
• Building on Community Connections' innovation, expertise, credibility, and unique role in the mental health space in D.C., embracing the role as the “Advocate in Chief.”
• Finding ways to recruit and retain talented staff and marshaling the resources necessary for Community Connections to continue to operate in a manner that aligns with its aspirations and mission.
• The CEO will provide thought leadership and understand how to drive systems change in partnership with the Board of Directors. Internally, the CEO will work with staff to enhance organizational strengths, leveraging their substantial skill and commitment to serving people with the most complex and pressing needs.
• The CEO will develop processes to evaluate the services provided by Community Connections and assess the sustained outcomes to ensure the lives served are more integrated into the community in a sustainable manner.

The opportunity for the CEO is compelling: to lead Community Connections into the next chapter of stability, innovation, growth, and impact. The CEO must have the intention and ability to connect disenfranchised people in need of services with the community. Through empathy, compassion, care, and credibility, the CEO will ensure that Community Connections continues to realize its mission, expand its reach, and transform lives through its programs and services.

To learn more about the opportunity and Community Connections, please review the Leadership Profile for the President & CEO.

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