{"id":2150,"date":"2018-11-07T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:44:28","slug":"david-brown-voted-board-emeritus-at-youth-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthservicesinc.org\/website_b0b5e883\/david-brown-voted-board-emeritus-at-youth-services\/","title":{"rendered":"David Brown voted Board Emeritus at Youth Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Brown, Board Emeritus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Brown, an award-winning realtor with Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country, was voted Board Emeritus at Youth Services\u2019 October board meeting on which Brown \u201cserved with distinction\u201d for over two decades.<\/p>\n

Only three other board members have received the board emeritus status in Youth Services\u2019 46-year history: attorney Jesse Corum IV and insurance executive Ben Underhill, both now deceased, and Larry Cassidy, one of its founders who continues to be a key advisor.<\/p>\n

Russell Bradbury-Carlin, Executive Director, said he has relied on Brown\u2019s intimate knowledge of the organization and Windham Country communities since he arrived at the nonprofit in 2015.\u00a0 \u201cDavid has been extraordinarily devoted to the success of Youth Services.\u00a0 He stops by our offices regularly and is always available to lend a supportive ear or to connect us to people who might be helpful with a new project or a particular issue we are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Few have worn as many hats at Youth Services as Brown, according to Bradbury-Carlin.\u00a0 In addition to being a volunteer for 26 years and counting, Brown was a liaison to area businesses for the agency\u2019s Big Brothers Big Sisters program and served as Interim Executive Director from 2011-2012.<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s Youth Services affiliation started as a Court Diversion Board volunteer in 1992 and continues to this day, participating in monthly panels focused on repairing the harm caused by a community member. Diversion holds those who violated the law accountable in a manner that promotes responsibility to individuals, community and relationships and addresses underlying needs or issues that led to the offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid is very much the diplomat on his panel,\u201d attested Patrick Fleming, Youth Services\u2019 Diversion Case Manager who describe Brown\u2019s approach as one that is often able to defuse the individual\u2019s reluctance to address an issue.<\/p>\n

Marion Dowling, who is a Diversion panelist with Brown, said he knows how to share space with his fellow panelists. \u201cDavid is truly the anchor of our panel. I have learned so much from his way of seeing the whole picture of the individual in front of him,\u201d Dowling said. \u00a0\u201cHe has a remarkable way putting the client at ease, using a lovely sense of humor which allows the person freedom to share in an open, trusting manner,\u201d explained Dowling.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In addition to countless volunteer hours, Brown has also shared his creative side with Youth Services, donating his own pastel paintings to the organization\u2019s annual gala and silent auction that he co-chairs, and by asking other local artists to contribute their artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid is amazing to work with,\u201d stated Liz Richards, who co-chaired the Jazz Jubilee and the Denim & Diamond- themed galas with Brown for 15 successful years. \u201cWe had a lot of fun pulling off annual galas & silent auctions at the Grafton Inn that had Youth Services supporters coming back year after year,\u201d Richard recalled.<\/p>\n

Brown was the organization\u2019s board president from 2004-2006. Allyson Villars, executive director at that time, recalls Brown\u2019s kindness of spirit, and his unbiased concern for staff and board members, clients and volunteers and his modeling of all the values Youth Services promulgates with youth living in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always my go-to-guy, my first phone call, my port in any storm, and both my last meeting of the day and my first meeting in early mornings. David was my guide, my mentor, my confidante \u2014 a great boss,\u201d Villars explained. \u00a0\u201cWhen I think of the reasons for Youth Services\u2019 success at that time, his ever-presence, wise counsel, and willingness to go above and beyond is always one of the things that comes to mind,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

Supporting and mentoring new board members was a role Brown also relished, introducing each new board members to the staff and helping them find a way to use their expertise on a committee to benefit Youth Services. Rachel Selsky, the present board chair recalled Brown as her mentor during the Get on Board<\/em> non-profit board management certificate program she was taking through Marlboro Graduate Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid\u2019s enthusiasm for Youth Services was infectious and I was truly impressed by his open heart and commitment to the organization. I am especially appreciate of all the wisdom and laughs we have shared. \u00a0\u201cWe are grateful to be able to honor David\u2019s efforts on behalf of the young people of Windham County, with the title of board emeritus. David\u2019s dedication to Youth Services has set a high bar for the rest of us,” said Selsky.<\/p>\n

Mentors for adolescents and young adults are currently sought. To get involved as a volunteer or to donate to Youth Services, visit youthservicesinc.org or call (802) 257-0361.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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