MEDIA ADVISORY: For Immediate Release
DATE: July 24,
2013
CONTACTS:
Maggie
Castor
Chair, Board of Directors
Ambitious Kids Inc.
305-781-8917
Chair, Board of Directors
Ambitious Kids Inc.
305-781-8917
Keon Lewis
Executive Director
Ambitious Kids Inc.
305-479-7952
Ambitious Kids Inc. Announces New
Executive Director
Ambitious Kids
Inc. is a growing non-profit agency that provides develop-by-demand
assistance, after school tutoring, outreach lectures, and recreational
activities for low-income and at-risk students, the spirit and mission behind
our organization is to imbue each student with a strong sense of self-empowerment,
a lot of hope, and increased confidence. Our students soon embrace that they
are naturally equipped with the same potential as their suburban peers despite
their surroundings.
“We are very pleased to announce this
appointment,” reported Maggie Castor “Keon will bring leadership and creativity
to the Ambitious Kids programs and a deep sense of commitment to our region’s
nonprofit sector. He has served nonprofits at all program, fundraising,
executive and leadership levels, and has a breadth of perspective and
experience.”
Keon’s resume
includes over 10 years of executive planning, administration, communications
and marketing experience in the nonprofit sector. He is master’s prepared in
education administration and is in the process of completing his doctoral
coursework in the area of organizational leadership. Keon has served as Regional
Director of A to Z In-home Tutoring, as well as teacher and department head for
the Miami Dade County School district. He also served as chair of the American
Cancer Society, and has served as a board member of several local nonprofit
organizations. Prior to this appointment Mr. Lewis was an Outreach Specialist
for South Florida Workforce, developing jobs and implementing educational and
leadership programs and supporting capacity building grant projects.
“I look forward
to continuing to serve and partner with the area’s nonprofit organizations in
this new capacity,” remarks Keon. “I am dedicated to this sector because it
provides vital human services and cultural enrichment to our community.
Ambitious Kids Inc. plays a key role in supporting and developing nonprofits’
contribution to this region’s quality of life.”
Ambitious Kids is
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing centralized and innovative
information, education, and consulting support for the nonprofit sector in Miami’s
low socio economic areas..
