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Grassroots Elects Nicholas Langhauser President of Board
Dottie Paxton, John Cheek and Libby Boswell also elected officers of crisis intervention center-
The Board of Directors of Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center has elected Nicholas Langhauser President. Langhauser is the Chief Financial Officer and Business & Communication Services Department Head of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Columbia resident Dottie C. Paxton, Vice President/Branch Manager/River Hill Financial Center for The Columbia Bank, was elected Vice President. John W. Cheek, Jr., was elected Secretary. He is Senior Pastor at Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church in Silver Spring and lives in Columbia. Woodstock resident Libby Boswell, retired business manager for Northrop Grumman, was elected treasurer.
New board members include Columbia resident Larry Froman, an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Towson University, and Chitra Raghu, Director of Operations and Chief Innovations Officer, Government Health and Safety Solutions, for Leidos.
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About Grassroots
Grassroots provides the county’s only emergency shelter and 24-hour crisis intervention services. Professional crisis counselors staff Grassroots’ 24-hour hotline; see walk-in clients in need of immediate counseling; and operate the Mobile Crisis Team, which responds with the police to community emergencies. Grassroots also manages the county's emergency shelter for men, women and families who are homeless and serves as the single point of entry for the Coordinated System of Homeless Services. In addition, Grassroots operates the Day Resource Center in the Leola Dorsey Community Resource Center and manages the Cold Weather Shelter during the winter months. For information, visit www.grassrootscrisis.org
