Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps has recently announced several leadership changes. In February 2020, the organization’s Board of Directors appointed Jim Geraghty as its Chairman. Mr. Geraghty has served on the Board in various roles since 2013 and previously chaired or co-chaired several of its subcommittees.
In March 2020, after 35 years at the helm of RFK Children’s Action Corps, CEO Edward Kelley announced his retirement. It was Ed’s passion and interest that drew the attention of our dual status youth and probation system reform work at the outset of the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change initiative to RFK Children’s Action Corps. This eventually led to the launch of the RFK National Resource Center in January 2014. We congratulate Ed on a lifetime of achievement on behalf of children, youth and families.
Our new CEO, Robert (Bob) Watson, assumed his role immediately following Ed Kelley’s retirement announcement and has subsequently made several changes to the leadership team, including naming Leigh Mahoney as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer. Both will serve a key role in shaping the successful future of RFK Children’s Action Corps – and our RFK National Resource Center.
We enthusiastically look forward to new and dynamic growth opportunities to serve our continuing commitment to the children, youth and families across the country under this extraordinary new leadership.