Institute of Youth

Mission Economic Development Agency’s Richard Raya Joins StriveTogether Board of Directors

Retrieved on: 
Monday, January 23, 2023

CINCINNATI, OH, Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StriveTogether, a national network of nearly 70 communities spanning 30 states and Washington, D.C., is expanding its board of directors with the addition of Richard Raya, chief strategy officer at Mission Economic Development Agency in San Francisco, California, the anchor entity of Cradle to Career Network member Mission Promise Neighborhood.

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  • CINCINNATI, OH, Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StriveTogether, a national network of nearly 70 communities spanning 30 states and Washington, D.C., is expanding its board of directors with the addition of Richard Raya, chief strategy officer at Mission Economic Development Agency in San Francisco, California, the anchor entity of Cradle to Career Network member Mission Promise Neighborhood.
  • Raya has a long history of scaling equitable change across systems.
  • “Each of our board members share a deep belief that race, ethnicity and poverty should not determine a child’s opportunity or outcome,” says StriveTogether President and CEO Jennifer Blatz.
  • In addition to accepting a three-year term on the StriveTogether board of directors, Raya is also a board member for SPUR, co-chair of the African American Latino Action Alliance and a member of the Executive Committee for End Child Poverty in California.