INSIGHT: Willa Seldon - Chief Executive Officer, Glide Foundation - Pt 1
Channel: m/Oppenheim Executive Search
Date: 2011-12-08

CEO Willa Seldon discusses the management challenges of managing an organization founded on unconditional love that must deliver quality services to people in need. Willa Seldon joined Glide Foundation as its Chief Executive Officer in 2007 having previously served as Executive Director of the Tides Center, which provides infrastructure support to over 250 new and emerging nonprofit initiatives. She previously established one of the first women-focused venture capital funds; served in various executive and leadership posts at AirTouch Communications, Williams Sonoma and Salomon Brothers; and continues to serve on the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College and on the Board of Directors of Northern California Public Broadcasting. Glide has served the poor and disenfranchised for over 40 years and has been at the forefront of anti-poverty, civil rights, HIV/AIDS, recovery, gender equality, tolerance, and other battles. With diverse programs, including meals, health, family services, training and employment, recovery, supportive housing, among others. Glide has been a major force for social justice.