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Carver Center Welcomes New CEO, Anne Bradner!

Carver Center in Port Chester Announces the Appointment of Anne Bradner as Chief Executive Officer

PORT CHESTER, NY (October 24, 2018) — Claire Diesen Steinberg, President of the Board of Directors for the Carver Center in Port Chester, announced that the Board has appointed An ne Bradner as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Joseph Kwasniewski.

Bradner joins the Carver Center having served most recently as Vice President of Development for the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich. Previously, she held leadership positions at The Rye Arts Center, the Neuberger Museum of Art and The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, SUNY. Steinberg noted that Bradner, a resident of Harrison, NY, “brings a unique combination of strong leadership skills and comprehensive fundraising capabilities. We are confident that she is well-positioned to guide Carver as we seek to build upon our success serving the Port Chester community while diversifying our funding streams.”

The Carver Center has experienced significant growth and innovation under Kwasniewski’s leadership for the past six years. He states, “I think we are poised to hand it off to another visionary, who can take Carver from the middle-size organization it is today through its next growth period. We believe that we have never been in a better place to attract the best talent for new leadership.”

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Bradner remarks that she is “thrilled and humbled” to be joining Carver Center at this point in its 75-year history. “Carver Center is doing sophisticated work to ensure its programs offer exemplary service to community members at all stages of life. The range and depth of programs offered is extraordinary, running the gamut from aquatics to the Carver Market to after school programming to innovative community wellness offerings. I look forward to working with the staff, volunteers, community partners and the Board of Directors to keep Carver growing and meeting the ever-evolving needs of Port Chester residents.”

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Carver Center is the primary community learning center in Port Chester committed to “building brighter futures by serving, educating, and empowering families in our community.” The Center provides people of all ages with the proper resources and support needed to lead healthy, productive and self-sufficient lives. To learn more about the Carver Center and its transformative programming and services, please visit www.carvercenter.org.

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