Groundwork Associate Executive Director Erica Ahdoot will end a seven year tenure with the organization on Friday, September 3, 2010 to become the new executive director of GO Project.

Erica joined Groundwork in June 2003 and has served in a number of leadership capacities including developing the organization’s Family Resource Center and community services programs, the model for Groundwork for Success, and the six-fold expansion Groundwork for Youth. Most recently, Erica served as Interim Executive Director from October 2009 through July 2010. 

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The Board of Directors of Groundwork Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Derrick E. Griffith as the organization’s new Executive Director. He succeeds founding executive director Richard R. Buery, Jr., now President and CEO of The Children’s Aid Society, and Erica Ahdoot, Groundwork’s Associate Executive Director who has served as Interim Executive Director since October. Griffith will join Groundwork on Monday, July 19, 2010.

"Derrick is a great fit for Groundwork,” said Matthew Klein, Chair of the Board of Directors of Groundwork.  “He has a deep leadership background in youth development and education, high expectations for all young people, a respect for the communities we serve rooted in his own experience growing up in a similar neighborhood, and a management approach committed to high performance and outcomes.  We’ve been fortunate to have remarkable leaders at Groundwork in Rich Buery, then Erica Ahdoot, and now Derrick Griffith.”