By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to The AFRO
The Board of Administrators of the Larger Washington City League (GWUL) just lately appointed Dr. Religion Gibson Hubbard as interim president and CEO. Hubbard replaces George Lambert, who retired earlier this yr after 10 years of stellar service to the group.
Below Lambert’s tenure, GWUL expanded schooling and empowerment applications, elevated the influence of its workforce growth initiatives, and broadened its function as a flagship group within the D.C., Maryland and Virginia space.
Hubbard mentioned she’s able to get began and hopes to hold ahead the legacy which Lambert leaves behind.
“He was an outstanding chief for this affiliate which grew underneath his tenure,” she mentioned. “And keep in mind, he had a major function as a part of City League actions with two different associates earlier than taking up right here within the District. My job is to proceed our development, improve our price range so we are able to supply extra companies, and to do extra within the areas of coverage and advocacy.”
In a press release, the Reverend Dr. Kendrick Curry, Board of Administrators chair for GWUL, mentioned Gibson Hubbard represents the sort of management that can transfer the group towards even larger success.
“Dr. Gibson Hubbard is a trusted chief with deep relationships all through the District and a robust dedication to advancing alternative and financial growth,” he mentioned. “Her expertise throughout authorities, coverage, and group management, mixed together with her values-driven method, make her exceptionally nicely positioned to information the group throughout this vital transition.”
Whereas the Board of Administrators conducts a nationwide seek for GWUL’s everlasting president and CEO, Dr. Gibson Hubbard will proceed to construct on the group’s extremely regarded basis whereas advancing its mission to empower communities and alter lives.
And for the file, Dr. Gibson Hubbard, who at present serves as principal and CEO of FGH Methods, a Black woman-owned consulting agency, is greater than certified.
With greater than 20 years of expertise in advancing fairness, strengthening group establishments, and constructing partnerships throughout authorities, schooling, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector, she has additionally secured deep roots in Washington, D.C.
She mentioned she’s been strongly influenced and mentored by two ladies, each well-known inside the area: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and former GWUL president and CEO, the late Maudine Cooper. Cooper led GWUL for greater than 20 years, retiring in November 2013. She died later that yr in December.
“I realized loads throughout my tenure because the director of the Mayor’s Workplace of Neighborhood Affairs,” Dr. Gibson Hubbard mentioned. “However it was Maudine Cooper who was my mentor from afar. Her management was an amazing motivation for me and illustrated how ladies have typically been standouts because the leaders of organizations whereas sustaining their empathy for others.
“I’m a spouse and a mom, and as a lady, we routinely mom our communities. Gender can look like a problem, however I see it as an amazing alternative as a result of we deliver a distinct set of views to the office,” Gibson Hubbard continued. “My household benefited from the companies supplied by GWUL, each once we wanted group help and once we purchased our first residence. Now, I need to pay it ahead to youth and households all through the Larger Washington Space.”
