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Joyce Appoints Julie Morita as President & CEO
Julie Morita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation EVP and former Chicago Department of Public Health Chief, will begin her role at the Foundation on October 1, 2024.
The Joyce Foundation seeks a strategic leader to serve as its next President & Chief Executive Officer. The future President & CEO will build upon the legacy that Ellen Alberding has established in her 34-year tenure at the Foundation, including 22 years as CEO. The successor will continue the organization’s longstanding commitment to the future of the Great Lakes region through its long-term strategies to shape policy that advance racial equity and economic mobility.
The Joyce Foundation is a private, nonpartisan philanthropy that invests in public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region. Joyce supports policy research, development, and advocacy in six program areas: Culture, Democracy, Education & Economic Mobility, Environment, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform, and Journalism.
Julie Morita, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation EVP and former Chicago Department of Public Health Chief, will begin her role at the Foundation on October 1, 2024.
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