Member Profile - November

Name: Marianne Haver Hill
Title: President and CEO
Organization: MEND – Meet Each need with Dignity
Organization’s Web site: www.mendpoverty.org
About MEND: MEND - Meet Each Need with Dignity - is the most comprehensive agency serving low income families and individuals in the San Fernando Valley. More than 40,000 individuals receive help monthly from MEND, including emergency food and clothing; healthcare; ESL classes and job training; children’s programs; Christmas baskets; other services. In 2007, 2,600 volunteers gave 112,000 hours to power MEND’s services, fundraising and public relations projects, meaning that less than 5 percent of revenues were spent on overhead.
VICA involvement: Board Member, past Co-chair of Federal issues committee
Birthplace: Oakland, CA
Education: BA in music, Seattle Pacific University; MS in Public Administration, Troy State University, Alabama
Career turning point: Being appointed the first Executive Director of MEND in July, 1987
Most influential people: My husband Randall W. Hill, Jr., PhD; MEND Founders Ed and Carolyn Rose
Favorite book: Good to Great by Jim Collins
TV show you’re embarrassed to like: Extreme Makeover Home Edition – my weekly cry
Hobbies: Singing, attending concerts, traveling, and being with my kids ages 6 and 14
Vision for the Valley: People of all demographic groups working together to make the Valley a safe, healthy, and empowering place to live and work
Community involvement: VICA Board, Economic Alliance Board, Valley Nonprofit Resources Advisory Board, CSUN Center for Management and Organizational Development Advisory Committee
Why VICA membership is important: I appreciate the opportunity that VICA provides to closely examine legislation and public policy issues, and to influence the policy-making process, as well as the chance to directly interact with elected officials and influential community leaders.

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