EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUHEGAN VALLEY SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN INAUGURAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

MILFORD NH, MAY 9, 2016– Susan Taylor, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley, is one of just 50 senior leaders from the Boys & Girls Club Movement who have been selected to participate in a new year-long leadership development program called the Leadership Summit. The program will begin in June 2016 with a collaborative educational experience designed by Harvard Business School Executive Education and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA).

To drive transformational impact nationally and on a local level, BGCA teamed up with the preeminent leadership development institution in the world, Harvard Business School. Together, the organizations established a leadership development experience designed to supercharge the capabilities of local CEOs, raise the organization’s collective leadership abilities and solve the most pressing challenges facing Clubs.

“I am honored to have been chosen as an inaugural participant in the BGCA Leadership Summit Program, and to have an opportunity to join my colleagues at Harvard Business School,” said Taylor. “This is a rare opportunity to learn from an establishment with such a legacy of prestige and success, alongside other leaders with a shared mission, and to use what I have learned to deepen my impact locally and nationally.”

The invitation-only program is designed for high performing Boys & Girls Club organizations, whose CEOs completed a rigorous application process. Participants will undergo an intense experience designed to solve organization-wide challenges and to help each local organization reach its unique goals. After the session, the group will work together to implement strategies discussed. The Harvard Business School component will take place on its campus in late June 2016.

The Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley is raising $3 million to expand its facility to include a new gym and teen center, as well as renovations to increase program impact and security. “The timing of this training is perfect,” stated Taylor, “just as our organization undergoes transformation change as it works to expand its facility and programs this fall.” For more information about the planned expansion and capital campaign, visit www.svbgc.org/buildingforthefuture.

About the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley

For over 20 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley (the Club) has been in the forefront of youth development in our community with a particular focus on providing opportunities for young people from disadvantaged economic, social, and family circumstances. Its mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to be great today and reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens tomorrow.

About Harvard Business School:

Harvard Business School Executive Education, a division of Harvard Business School, is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston, Massachusetts. In fiscal year 2015, HBS faculty developed and delivered 73 open-enrollment Executive Education programs and 50 custom programs for leading organizations worldwide. More than 10,000 business executives attended programs held on campus in Boston as well as classrooms in Mumbai, and Shanghai. With global research centers in eight key regions, HBS faculty continue to develop groundbreaking research, forge powerful alliances with global organizations, and fulfill the mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation. Learn more at www.exed.hbs.edu.