President and Chief Executive Officer

Child & Family, a leading provider of human services in Rhode Island since 1866, seeks a collaborative, tenacious, and strategic President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The CEO will possess a passion for the vision and values of Child & Family, honor the organization’s long history of service, and be committed to strengthening families, children, and communities across Rhode Island through high-quality, evidence-based, and person-centered programming. 

A multi-service non-profit, Child & Family supports over 2,000 children, youth, families, and seniors annually and routinely sets the standard for high-quality, leading-edge, and personalized services. The agency’s remarkably diverse array of programs includes family preservation, early learning, behavioral health services, substance use recovery, elder care, foster care, and housing support. Child & Family’s FY2025 operating budget is $11.8 million, and it employs about 135 part-time and full-time employees, including a leadership team of nine. A 14-member board of directors governs the organization. 

The CEO of Child & Family will play a critical role in guiding the agency through an important period in its history, ensuring both the preservation of its long-standing reputation and the implementation of forward-thinking initiatives to drive future growth. The CEO will bring leadership experience in an organization similar to Child & Family in its values, programs, and funding model and will be prepared to navigate emerging trends in policy and funding that impact child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, and elder services. The CEO will be a strong communicator and will excel in building relationships with staff, donors, government officials and policymakers, local partners, and individuals served and will ensure the organization remains a cornerstone of support for Rhode Island families for years to come. A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will be essential as the CEO works to ensure the agency’s services are responsive to the needs of Rhode Island’s diverse communities. 

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Salary range: $200,000-$225,000

Location: Residing within daily commutable distance of Middletown, Rhode Island is required.

Commitment: The President and CEO must be able to travel locally, regionally, and nationally as needed to fulfill the position’s responsibilities.

All inquiries, nominations, and applications (including resumes and letters of interest describing relevant experience relating to the opportunities, challenges, and qualifications outlined above) should be directed in strict confidence electronically below. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. 

Phillip Petree is leading this search with Tatiana Oberkoetter and Gigi Mensah.

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.