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Eastern Bank Foundation Announces Promotion Of Foundation Fellow Turahn Dorsey To Chief Impact Officer
Researcher, policymaker and strategist promoted to new role to advance the Foundation’s impact BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eastern Bank Foundation, the
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nResearcher, policymaker and strategist promoted to new role to advance the Foundation’s impact\n\n BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEastern Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Turahn Dorsey to Chief Impact Officer, a newly created role focused on advancing the Foundation’s impact across the communities it serves in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. For over 25 years, Mr. Dorsey has been leading and supporting civic change and building collaborative solutions as an evaluator, grant maker, strategist and public official focused on reform and innovation at the intersections of education, health, housing and economic development in Boston and across the U.S.\n\n“With more than $250 million in assets and annual donations of more than $14 million, the Eastern Bank Foundation is seizing this moment to advance our focus on addressing economic inclusion and mobility while continuing to support more than 1,000 local non-profit organizations on a wide variety of social needs during a time of unprecedented need,” said Nancy Huntington Stager, President and CEO of the Eastern Bank Foundation. “Rahn Dorsey is a transformational leader with comprehensive experience and knowledge across the issues of importance to the Foundation. His track record of effective leadership, recognized community impact, and multi-layered perspectives in philanthropy, corporate volunteerism and public advocacy, combined with his firsthand familiarity of our organization as a Foundation Fellow, will continue to serve us exceptionally well. We are excited to benefit from his leadership and congratulate him on his well-deserved promotion.”\n\nThe Chief Impact Officer will play a key leadership role in advancing the Foundation’s approaches to economic mobility and inclusion, as well as guide efforts in measurement, evaluation and learning.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2018, Mr. Dorsey was the Chief of Education for the City of Boston and prior to that, served as Evaluation Director and Education Program Officer at the Barr Foundation where his responsibilities included developing and leading the evaluation practices for the Foundation’s education and climate change portfolios. He was also deeply involved in programs supporting youth, including co-founding the Opportunity Youth Collaborative and co-desi...