Bresee Staff:
Leadership and Social Development

Leadership & Social Development programs offer youth (ages 11-21) safe and healthy after-school opportunities including leadership training, and fun, social activities offered in our on-site recreation center. Summer camps, local field trips, and organized sports leagues give youth opportunity to build healthy relationships with peers who live outside their neighborhood.


Fonda Whitehead
Director of Leadership and Social Development
fwhitehead@bresee.org
ext.164

What I do:
I oversee the Leadership & Social Development and Family Support Services team, which means helping to make sure youth and families are provided with quality programs and services that benefit their future.

Why I am here:
I am here because Bresee helped me 16 years ago and I want to help others. They helped me through tough times as a youth, prepared me for and helped to pay my way through college. I am here because I grew up in this neighborhood and I see kids who were a reflection of me at 16, even younger, and I want to help them like Bresee has helped me!

What I enjoy about what I do:
There is never a dull moment at Bresee—God works miracles around here! I learn about myself everyday though serving youth and families. What I like most is that I get to work with people I consider my family (staff, youth and parents).

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