After more than a decade at the helm, Tammy Mann is stepping down as president and CEO of Campagna Center.
Mann made the announcement in a press release this morning, and said that she will effectively leave the nonprofit on April 30, 2025.
Mann was hired in 2011 to lead the nearly 80-year-old educational and social development nonprofit, and said that she accomplished her goals for its growth.
“I came to this role with an aspiration to focus on outcomes and to expand the organization’s scope and reach,” Mann said. “I believe those aims have been achieved and the organization is ready to embrace its next level of impact with a new leader at the helm.”
Campagna Center worked with 2,495 individuals in 2023, a 66% increase since 2012, according to the organization.
Campagna Center has enjoyed growth and expansion under Mann’s leadership. When she joined, the organization had recently integrated New Neighbors, a program supporting immigrants and refugees to learn English, into its fold. During her tenure, Campagna Center established a network of family child care providers to expand the availability of infant and toddler care for under-resourced families in 2015. In 2017 the agency integrated Wright to Read, a literacy program aimed at helping elementary students become proficient readers, as a program of Campagna Center, and in 2018 the Early Learning Center was opened to expand access to preschool through a partnership with AHC Inc. This past year 2,495 lives were touched, a 66% increase over its reach in 2012. One of her most significant accomplishments involves restoring the place Campagna has called home since 1981 through Forward Together, a $6.7M capital campaign which successfully concluded in 2023.
Mann was named the business leader of the year in 2020 by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.
Board Chair Stephanie Wiggins said that the organization will now embark on a national search for Mann’s replacement.
“As Dr. Mann prepares to transition from her role, the Board is deeply grateful for her leadership and service,” Wiggins said. “The organization is well-positioned financially and otherwise to move our mission forward, given the impact of her work.”
Mann has worked with nonprofits for decades, including as executive director of the Frederick Patterson Research Institute, as well as the deputy executive director of D.C.-based ZERO TO THREE. In Alexandria, she also served as chair of the city’s Children, Youth and Families Collaborative Commission, and currently volunteers as vice president of the Virginia State Board of Education.
A psychologist by training, she has a doctorate in clinical psychology from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Spelman College.
“As I prepare to step into my next chapter, I am beyond grateful for the many wonderful people I have met along the way,” said Mann. “Any measure of success I have realized during my time with Campagna has been possible because of the village–my board, the staff, supporters, and community partners–that embraced my leadership and my heart for service. For that I will always be forever grateful.”
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