Somerville Community Corporation CEO To Step Down After 20 Years

SOMERVILLE, MA — Somerville Community Corporation CEO Danny LeBlanc will step down after 20 years, the Board of Directors announced Tuesday. LeBlanc will formally leave his post June 30, 2020.

The Board formed a search committee in August and has enlisted the services of Third Sector New England to help find a new CEO.

"Danny has been a visionary leader for SCC for two decades," Board President Kathy McGilvray, said in a statement. "Under his stewardship the organization has grown from owning 32 affordable housing units to nearly 300 and now provides critical local job training, advocacy, financial education, and leadership training for Somerville's diverse community. While marking our 50th anniversary this year, the SCC Board has planned carefully for a smooth transition to new leadership as we look forward to our next 50 years."

The Somerville Community Corporation is a grassroots membership organization founded in 1969 that provides leadership for sustaining the city as a "vibrant, diverse and tolerant community." The organization helps build and preserve affordable housing, provide economic opportunity programming and lead community organizing that supports low- and moderate-income residents to achieve economic sustainability and increase civic participation.

"It has been the highlight of my career and an absolute pleasure to have been able to serve as CEO the past 20 years," LeBlanc said in a press release. "When I look back on what SCC has been able to accomplish, I feel a great sense of pride in having been part of that good work. And, more than anything else, it’s a real comfort to know that SCC has a strong board of directors and staff that will help carry the organization forward into the next period of its work in Somerville."

The Somerville Community Corporation plans to announce a new CEO in early spring.