New Executive Director for Sprout Family Services
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Homer-based infant and early learning nonprofit Sprout Family Services selected Jonathan McGhee as its Executive Director. McGhee has been serving at South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services since 2017, most recently managing the adult rehab program and training for individual placement and support.
“The board is so excited to welcome Jon as our new Executive Director,” says Board Chair Morgan Dwyer. “He has been helping families and leading human service programs in the United States and abroad for many years, and we believe he will be a confident and knowledgeable leader. Jon will continue the good work Sprout does and strengthen our organization’s infrastructure to allow for future growth.”
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McGhee joins Sprout with more than twenty-eight years of experience in the human services field in the United States and abroad. He led another nonprofit in the Philippines and, prior to joining South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services, he was executive director of Resources for the Blind International, where he developed an early intervention preschool for visually impaired children.
“What I’m most excited about is leading a dynamic organization that has been both influential and life changing in our community,” McGhee states. “My goal is to be able to continue those services and possibly more for the years still yet to come.”
Established in 1987, Sprout uses a lens of trauma- and healing-informed care to meet families as they are, partnering to ensure that all children are valued and nurtured.
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