Allen previously worked as vice president of operations for the Boys & Girls Club of Cincinnati, but has served as interim CEO for the Dayton club since April.
“We conducted a very thorough search, and our board was not only impressed with Ms. Allen’s expertise as well as her passion for the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs,” Mica Goosby, board chair of the Dayton club, stated in a release. “With more than 20 years in youth development, she is exactly the kind of leader we were looking for to move the Dayton club forward … We are thrilled to have her in the Club and in the Dayton community.”
Allen also served as club director and vice president of human resources for the Cincinnati club and has won numerous awards, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Tom Burt Pacesetter Award, Woman of the Year, Club Director of the Year from Boys & Girls Clubs of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bengals Community Champion and was a Thurgood Marshall Scholar at Central State University.
The investigation into former CEO Tara Marlow was confirmed in early May. At the time, the club said that Marlow was “no longer associated with the organization” and said it had discovered several policy violations that led to an investigation and ultimately contacting police.
The club did not say what the violations were, but said its board was evaluating management policies and procedures to “strengthen the organization’s finances and operations going forward.”
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