MANCHESTER, NH – Mel Gosselin has been hired as Chief Executive Officer for Girls At Work, the board announced Wednesday.
According to the news release, Gosselin brings 25 years of dynamic leadership in the for-profit and non-profit worlds, including 13 years as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, which, under Gosselin’s tenure, grew to become the state’s largest non-profit food distribution center.
Prior to her work with the food bank, Gosselin spent 10 years opening and managing some of the first Wal-mart stores in New Hampshire, having been personally promoted by Sam Walton.
“Mel has a proven strategic track record, extensive knowledge of the New Hampshire non-profit world, and a wonderful, sincere connection with our mission of empowering girls with confidence and competence. Her experience in fundraising, program development, and capacity building are exactly what Girls At Work needs as we are poised to grow and expand our programs to reach more girls,” said Samantha Luker, chairman of the Girls At Work Board of Directors.
“I’m so excited to see Mel put her considerable experience building relationships with diverse stakeholders to work for our little builders,” said founder and Program Director Elaine Hamel.
“From my professional experience, and as a woodworker myself, I know the exhilarating feeling of completing a project you weren’t sure you could do. Girls At Work puts that power in the hands of girls from our city who are told by music, movies and TV that women and girls are weak. In our classes and camps, they learn how strong they really are,” Gosselin said. “I can’t wait to share this incredible program with more girls in Manchester and beyond.”
Girls At Work is a not-for-profit organization that empowers girls through woodworking. For more than 15 years, Girls at Work has exposed girls to their own inner strength, resilience, and problem-solving skills, in direct contrast to a world that tells them they aren’t strong, smart or powerful. Through woodworking with power tools, we believe girls can show us all – and themselves – what they’re really made of.
Learn more at www.girlswork.org
