Allen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wayfinder Family Services
Wayfinder Family Services is pleased to announce that Jay Allen has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the organization as of July 1, 2023.
Allen has dedicated more than 20 years to Wayfinder, joining in 2000 as vice president of programs and most recently leading the organization as president. With more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit and human services leadership, he has a strong vision for Wayfinder’s future. Allen shared three things he would like to accomplish as CEO:
1. I look forward to the day when each of Wayfinder’s clients has equal access to health and well-being, educational success, economic opportunity, and safety and resilience. These four areas are the building blocks of human potential and well-being. The result will be a healthy and equitable society.
2. We are expanding prevention services in the communities we serve. Rather than play catch-up downstream, upstream interventions can avert the need for crisis services. Also, early implementation of our whole-person approach to care will tackle the social drivers of health—the underlying social and physical conditions that impact the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.
3. I want to continue to mentor great leaders. Wayfinder’s employees are outstanding, and we train some of the best leaders in the social services sector. While we hope that they all stay at Wayfinder, many of our former employees are now in charge of programs and organizations throughout the state, leading change and continuing Wayfinder’s impact.
