Everybody Wins! Atlanta Names Jill Daly Executive Director

Midtown resident Jill M. Daly has been named Executive Director of Everybody Wins! Atlanta (www.everybodywinsatlanta.org), the local chapter of a national literacy and mentoring non-profit, according to Patrick O’Neill, president of the Board of Directors of Everybody Wins! Atlanta.  Daly has been serving as Deputy Director of the organization for the past two years.  In her new position, Daly will oversee two literacy programs at elementary schools throughout metro Atlanta, as well as manage all fundraising, marketing and volunteer recruitment and training programs for the organization.

 “As Deputy Director, Jill helped us increase the number of underserved students we work with by 15 percent,” said O’Neill.  “She has solidified and expanded our relationships with school principals, business leaders, volunteers and funding sources and also expanded our use of technology to optimize volunteer training and education to enhance the students’ experiences.  As the Board discussed possible candidates for the Executive Director position, we realized we had the perfect person right here within the organization,” he said.

 A former teacher, Daly brings a variety of non-profit experience to her new position.  Prior to joining Everybody Wins! Atlanta, she was Regional Operations Manager for Jobs for Illinois Graduates, Inc., where she led a team of education professionals as they implemented the Jobs for America’s Graduates model in 13 Chicago-area high schools.  She was also nominated and chosen to participate in the inaugural class of the American Express Non-Profit Leadership Academy.  Daly’s experience also includes marketing and coordinating promotional and publicity programs for several major film studios.  She earned a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, and currently lives in Midtown.

 The primary program of Everybody Wins! Atlanta is “Power Lunch”, which pairs metro Atlanta elementary school children at risk for academic failure with adult volunteer mentors for weekly one-on-one reading sessions.  Since its inception, Power Lunch has served thousands of elementary school students in the Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Atlanta public school systems.  There is no cost to volunteer and no cost to the schools and children who participate in the program.

 About Everybody Wins! Atlanta

Founded in 1997, Everybody Wins! Atlanta is a local affiliate of a national non-profit organization that pairs underserved elementary school students with caring mentors who spend one-on-one time reading with them for one hour each week for an entire school year.  The program currently serves low-income public elementary school students in the Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Atlanta public school systems, and is funded through grants and corporate and private donations.  The organization also offers StoryTime, utilizing professional performers, authors and storytellers for entertaining and interactive storytelling events.  Power Lunch is in 10 local schools and an additional three schools host StoryTime.  www.EverybodyWinsAtlanta.org