Commongood Careers

Letter from the CEO: Why I Support a Nonprofit Champion to Head CNCS

Today, President Obama announced his nomination of Patrick Corvington to serve as the next CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a selection that both I and my colleagues whole-heartedly support and celebrate.

CNCS is a vital organization positioned centrally at the heart of the nonprofit sector and the social service movement in America.

Patrick Covington is a wise and intuitive leader who has loyally served the sector for decades, most recently from his senior position at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  He has the experience, credibility, perspective, networks and influence to take on the enormous task of implienting the Kennedy Serve America Act and answering the President’s call to national service.

Among the many important causes that Patrick has championed, but perhaps of greatest interest to the Commongood Careers community, he has been a staunch supporter of next-generation talent, inter-generational dialogues, enlightened organizational management, and the value of true diversity within the nonprofit sector and its leadership.

The nonprofit sector has one of the fastest rates of job growth in the country.  It can be—and it must be—a central pillar within our nation’s economic recovery plan.  That is why it is so significant to have one of the sector’s greatest institutions led by a visionary who truly understands what it takes to build and develop effective, people-centered organizations.

CNCS needs a CEO immediately, and the nation needs that CEO to be Patrick Corvington.  I hope that you will join me in urging Congress to put his confirmation on a fast track, and in supporting him in this new and challenging role.

—James Weinberg, Founder and CEO, Commongood Careers