Local United Way President Will Leave Post

Local United Way leader resigns

February 25, 2011
Times-News

The United Way of Alamance County’s director is resigning her position to work as the Family Justice Center’s coordinator.

The change is effective April 1, according to a news release sent late Thursday by Department of Social Services Director Susan Osborne. The Family Justice Center connects victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse to local resources.

Cindy Brady has been the local United Way director since February 2007. The organization met or exceeded its annual fundraising goals each of those years. Brady helped determine how that money was distributed to local agencies partnered with the United Way. The county’s United Way also received a $1 million federal grant for programs for the homeless under her leadership.

“We will miss Cindy tremendously,” United Way Board Chairman Chris Clemmons said in the release. “She has made some significant improvements … in the last four years and worked with volunteers to develop strategies that will allow United Way to be a positive force in the community for many years to come. Every president adds their own ideas and I am confident we will find someone who can propel United Way toward continued growth and service to Alamance County citizens.”

Brady first volunteered with the Family Justice Center, aiding women and families in dire situations, before considering full-time employment there, she said in the release.

“Please know that the United Way Executive Committee, staff and myself are committed to, and expect, a smooth transition,” she wrote in an e-mail to board members Thursday. “I will remain available to participate as needed for the time it takes to establish new leadership.”

The goal for the United Way’s current campaign, which ends this summer, is $1.65 million. As of mid-February, the organization had raised more than $1.2 million.

In the release, Lynn Rousseau is also named as Family Abuse Services’ new executive director. Rousseau  comes to Alamance County following work with the Easter Seals of North Carolina and Virginia out of Raleigh and an extensive history of domestic violence prevention programs in Georgia, where she was named to that state’s Commission on Family Violence.