Chief
Executive Celebrated for Leading the Fight Against Bay Area Poverty.
San
Francisco, CA, USA (November 14, 2014) -- Anne Wilson, Chief
Executive Officer of United
Way of the Bay Area, was honored as a Most Admired
CEO at the San Francisco Business Times gala awards dinner on
Wednesday. This prestigious event honored the great leadership,
vision and values of eleven San Francisco executives.
"The
Most Admired CEOs Awards program is an opportunity to recognize the
work and contributions of CEOs that make the Bay Area such a special
place to live and work," said Mary Huss, publisher of the San
Francisco Business Times.
Wilson
is recognized for transforming United Way of the Bay Area from a
community fundraiser into a leader in the fight against poverty.
United Way of the Bay Area runs five poverty-fighting programs across
seven Bay Area counties, and touches the lives of hundreds of
thousands each year. In 2010, the organization declared a goal to cut
Bay Area poverty in half by 2020.
"We've
reinvented ourselves, brought in new partners and aligned everything
we do to create pathways out of poverty," said Wilson.
The
Chief Executive first joined United Way of the Bay Area more than
thirty years ago while she was completing her master's degree at the
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare. Wilson became the
organization's first female Chief Executive Officer in 2000, and for
the last nine years she's been named one of San Francisco Business
Times' Most Influential Women.
Also
honored at the 2014 Most Admired CEO Awards were the following
executives:
Regis
Kelly, QB3
Bonnie
Anderson, Veracyte
Larry
Baer, San Francisco Giants
George
John, Rocket Fuel
Alan
Johnson, BevMo
Tom
Lee, M.D., One Medical Group
Alex
Mehran Sr., Sunset Development
Kim
Popovits, Genomic Health
Hemant
Shah, RMS
Julie
Wainwright, The RealReal
About
United Way of the Bay Area
United
Way of the Bay Area is a nonprofit organization, leading a movement
to cut Bay Area poverty in half by 2020. We're harnessing the
collective power of nonprofits, government, corporations, labor and
thousands of individuals to create change through giving, advocating,
and volunteering. Every year, our programs - SparkPoint, Earn It!
Keep It! Save It!, 211, MatchBridge and Community Schools - help more
than 250,000 Bay Area residents. We connect people to food and
shelter, put people back to work, bring tax dollars back to our
community, help youth succeed in school and in the workplace, and
move people toward financial stability. Founded in 1922, United Way
of the Bay Area serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San
Francisco, San Mateo and Solano Counties. For more information, visit
http://www.uwba.org.
Media
Contact:
Erica
Johnson
415-808-4308
