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Partnership with Children Names Wesner Pierre as CEO

Dynamic professional to extend nonprofit’s leadership as antiracist organization supporting the mental health of 30,000 NYC children

New York, NY – January 31, 2022 — Partnership with Children (PWC), the 114-year-old nonprofit whose pioneering social work and community school programs support the mental health and wellness of New York City schoolchildren, has named Wesner Pierre as its next Chief Executive Officer.  Formerly Senior Managing Director of Programs at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) and Vice President at CAMBA, Inc., Pierre brings to the role a deep expertise in growing innovative education and community initiatives for children and families, and a commitment to continuing PWC’s leadership as an antiracist organization.

“We are delighted to welcome Wesner Pierre as our new CEO who will continue to build upon our organization’s significant accomplishments, financial strengths, and most importantly our trusted reputation among the communities and children we serve,” said Andrew Bettwy, Board President.

Pierre assumes this role as PWC’s longtime CEO Margaret Crotty becomes President and CEO of John Snow International (JSI) and its affiliate, World Education International (World Ed), a move announced in July 2021. “Margaret prepared us for a successful, forward-looking transition and ensured that PWC would endure on its antiracism journey, and remain a pillar of children’s mental health in the NYC education system,” Bettwy added.

During her 10-year tenure, Crotty professionalized and stabilized the organization, grew the board and staff, and tripled the size of the organization’s budget. Partnership with Children is now one of the City’s foremost providers of community school programming and mental health supports, known for its robust trauma-informed, school-based programming for New York City schoolchildren facing financial, housing, and food insecurity and the effects of systemic racism. PWC Community School Directors and social work staff engage parents, school staff and neighborhood organizations in transformational programs bringing healthcare, afterschool learning, technology, food, and other resources.

“Wesner Pierre is a positive change-maker, having worked in the social purpose sector for more than a dozen years. We are excited to have him now lead our organization with his tremendous expertise, empathy and passion,” said Bettwy.

Throughout his career, Pierre has driven innovation and growth with an unwavering commitment to youth, families, and community development. At HCZ, he oversaw all the organization’s pipeline programs serving 28,000 youth and families including Social Services, Family and Support Services, Parent, Community and Health Programs, After-School and Higher Education, and Career Support work. During his eight years at CAMBA, he expanded the community center program reach from 3,100 youth and families served to over 13,500 annually.

Pierre began his career in education and youth development as a Beacon Community Center director. As a native New Yorker who grew up in the underserved inner-city community of South Jamaica Queens, Pierre found satisfaction by working in and giving back to that very same community.

“I am proud to join PWC during such a critical time in our society as we support the children who were hit hardest by the pandemic. The work of our team that brightens their paths forward is deeply touching to me. While this level of impact cannot properly be quantified, my commitment is that I will champion the voices of our youth and the work of our team every day,” he said.

Pierre is a former adjunct professor at LaGuardia Community College, author of educational texts, and a Board member of the CUNY School of Professional Studies (SPS) Masters in Youth Studies Program. He is active in the ongoing work of leadership development and is an alumnus of the American Express Leadership Academy, 2015; member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, 2017; PASEsetter, 2017; American Express Global Alumni of the Year nominee, 2019; an Aspen Fellow, 2019; published in Forbes twice in January 2020; and creator of the American Express Global Alumni Platform, LeadersCafe 2020. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College and a Master of Arts degree from Queens College of The City University of New York.

With an annual budget that has grown significantly over the last ten years, PWC’s vital services are funded by city, state and federal government agencies and foundation grants, importantly through multi-year contracts ensuring sustainability for programs serving 30,000 students across NYC’s five boroughs. With its acquisition last year of the Center for Arts Education (CAE), PWC broadened its portfolio of services to enhance social-emotional learning and social justice initiatives in New York City schools.

Partnership with Children (PWC) For well over 100 years, Partnership with Children has supported New York City children. Today it reaches over 30,000 students in all five boroughs with school-based programs rooted in a trauma-informed approach, a steadfast commitment to antiracism, and expertise in children’s social-emotional wellbeing.

PWC is one of the largest service providers in New York City’s community school initiative, and a major provider of school-based mental health services. Its full-time, credentialed social workers provide social-emotional learning programs, trauma-informed counseling, and mental health services—so students can learn and thrive. In 19 community schools, PWC’s specialized teams integrate academics, health, social services, youth development, and community engagement.

In 2020, PWC acquired the Center for Arts Education (CAE) in order to increase its portfolio of services to enhance social-emotional learning and racial justice initiatives in New York City schools.

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2025
  • PWC CEO, Wesner Pierre, Honored As One Of Crain’s New York Business Notable Black Leaders of 2024
  • PWC’s Senior Director of Equity Lola Martin Featured As One Of City & State New York’s 2024 Responsible 100
  • PWC CEO, Wesner Pierre, Recognized As A PoliticsNY & amNY Metro Nonprofit Power Player
  • Partnership with Children Students Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness
2024
  • Freedom Schools Students speak out against gun violence in Brownsville
  • CBS NEWS: Annual Inspiration Gala held in support of Partnership With Children
  • Bronx Times: Leaders discuss youth mental health, its causes and ‘real solutions’ during panel at Bronx Borough Hall
  • NYN First Read Opinion: Addressing mental health solutions for Bronx youth
  • North Arrow: Impact Mapping for PWC
  • Mayor Adams Announces New York City’s First-Ever Nonprofit Advisory Council
  • CBS NEWS: Councilwoman wants to expand laundry facilities in high-rate shelter student schools
  • PWC CEO Wesner Pierre Honored Among City Luminaries 2024 Manhattan Power List
  • CityLimits Opinion: Restoring our Children’s Future Through Ecosystems of Support
  • News 12 Brooklyn: PWC & Riverdale Avenue Middle School New Food Pantry & Parents Resource Center
  • PWC & Robin Hood Investment of “Next Generation” Community Schools
2023
  • ABC Here and Now: Supporting Youth Mental Health in Schools
  • Helping kids post-COVID-19: A Q&A with Partnership With Children’s new CEO Wesner Pierre
  • Partnership with Children Names Annie Cleary Chief Development Officer and Promotes Franklyn Pintado to Chief Financial Officer
  • Partnership with Children CEO speaks to News 12 State of Our Schools
  • Rockaway Collegiate Students Collect Food to Help Support the Community
  • School social workers are an essential support for children’s mental health: Read our Op-Ed
  • Our Holiday Wish: Deep, Necessary Investments in Children’s Mental Health
2022
  • FPWA 100th Year Anniversary!
  • Virtual Job Fair October 26, 2022
  • A Message From Our CEO, Wesner Pierre
  • Partnership with Children awarded the UHC Empowering Health grant!
  • Partnership with Children’s Theater Programs Featured in City Limits News!
  • Read PWC’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Newsletter, April/May 2022
  • Partnership with Children’s CEO, Wesner Pierre, was featured on News 12!
  • Partnership with Children featured on PIX11 News
  • Read PWC’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Newsletter, February/March 2022
  • 2022 Inspiration Gala!
  • Partnership with Children Names Wesner Pierre as CEO
  • Join Partnership with Children and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
2021
  • To Meet Children’s Mental Health Crisis, Support Our Social Workers: Read our op-ed
  • Partnership with Children Names Tom Booker, André Branch and Castleigh Johnson to its Board of Directors
  • Partnership with Children Names Angela Jefferson Chief Program Officer
  • Watch our Year In Reflection Town Hall and SEL Discussion: Social Emotional Learning with an Equity Lens
  • CAE’s Senior Program Director published in the New York Daily News
  • Partnership with Children featured on NBC News
  • Partnership with Children’s Inspiration Gala in NYN First Read
  • Meredith Sherman named Senior Program Director at The Center for Arts Education at Partnership with Children
  • Partnership with Children Welcomes Jessica Rawlins as Chief Development Officer
  • Our vision for re-opening schools: Read our op-ed
  • 2021 Inspiration Gala!
  • PWC Offers Crisis Counseling Support for New York City During COVID-19
  • Partnership with Children Welcomes Travis Rodgers as Chief Equity and Strategy Officer
2020
  • Watch our 2nd Virtual Town Hall: Advancing Equity for NYC Children during the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
  • PWC Town Hall: Advancing Equity for NYC Children during the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond
  • Our Commitment
  • Watch our Virtual Town Hall- PWC on the Ground: COVID-19 and Children’s Mental Health
  • Partnership with Children will be a Recipient of the BET Relief Fund
  • PWC on the Ground: COVID-19 and Children’s Mental Health
  • COVID-19 Response: Meeting the New Needs of Students
  • Partnership with Children Joined by The Center for Arts Education to Broaden Social-Emotional Learning and Improve Schools
  • PWC CEO Joins City Officials at Press Conference Celebrating Community Schools
  • PWC CEO’s op-ed on the proven need for social workers in schools
  • PWC Chosen as a Holiday Feature on Bloomberg Businessweek
2019
  • PWC Featured in Enterprising Women
  • P.S. 67 Freedom School Summer Programming Featured on CBS New York
  • PWC Partnering with the Children’s Defense Fund on 3 Freedom Schools this Summer
  • PWC Welcomes Four New Board Members
2018
  • LaToya Williams-Belfort named one of The Network Journal’s “40 Under Forty”
  • Franklyn Pintado Recognized by NYN Media
  • PWC to partner with the Children’s Defense Fund and the Ford Foundation on 3 Freedom Schools this summer
  • Op-ed by PWC Executive Director highlights successful ‘Renewal’ school partnerships
  • Principal Kyesha Jackson shares her school’s successes in “PS 67: A Brooklyn School On The Rise”
2017
  • Maria Astudillo awarded NASW Image Award
  • Partnership with Children on Broadway!
  • PWC Staff Interviewed by Education Week About Community Schools
  • Coalition School for Social Change profiled in Chalkbeat
  • The Atlantic highlights our successful partnership with PS 67
  • Martin Van Buren H.S. Shows Academic Improvements
  • Jan 17: Omino Gardezi’s documentary, Lead the Parade, launches in honor of MLK Day.
2016
  • The Atlantic and Politico feature our work with homeless students
  • Positive school climates shown to narrow achievement gaps
  • National Leader on Restorative Justice Visits Our Program
  • Partnership with Children goes Back to School
  • Education Dive features our partnership with Riverdale Avenue Community School
  • Partnership with Children in The New York Times
  • CityLimits features one of our community schools, PS/IS 284
  • Slate features Partnership with Children and emerging science that informs our work in schools
  • “Ushering in a Process of Change: Introducing Restorative Practices at the Middle School Level”, Brooklyn Community Foundation
  • New talent featured in New York Business Journal
2015
  • New York Knicks star takes our students on a shopping spree for the holidays
  • “Help With School and Life in East Harlem”, The Wall Street Journal
  • “At a school in Brooklyn’s poorest neighborhood, literacy is up and disciplinary problems are down”, The Hechinger Report
  • “Crown Heights Middle School Getting Special Staffer to Lower Suspensions”, DNA Info
  • Press Release: Brooklyn Community Foundation Funds Restorative Justice Programs in 4 Brooklyn Schools to Reduce Suspensions and Arrests
  • “CEO Corner: Margaret Crotty, Partnership with Children”, New York Nonprofit Media
  • “As city acts on their cause, community school advocates carve out a new role”, Chalkbeat
  • “Chocolateship with Children” for Partnership with Children!
  • Partnership with Children’s Summer Quest Featured on NY1
  • Partnership with Children Raises $1.16 Million at Annual Spring Gala
  • Partnership with Children Staff is New Yorker of the Week!
  • TD Five Boro Bike Tour
  • “Partnership with Children Elects Four to Board”
2014
  • Partnership with Children to run 3 programs under Community School Intiative
  • “Rockaway communities still feeling emotional toll of Sandy”, Queens Ledger
  • Partnership with Children Awarded $6.5 Million for the Social Services Block Grant
  • “How to Get Kids to Class”, New York Times
  • “In its third year, an expanded Summer Quest looks to prove its academic effects”, Chalkbeat
  • Partnership with Children Raises $800,000 at Spring Gala!
  • Red Cross Awards Grant to Provide Emotional and Mental Health Supports in Schools
  • Partnership with Children Elects Two New Board Members
2013
  • New York Times article focuses on a Partnership with Children student
  • Our Advice for NYC’s Decision Makers
  • Closing the Achievement Gap During the Summer
  • Partnership with Children Conducting Year 2 of NYC Summer Quest
  • Camp Robin Hood visits Partnership with Children at P.S. 3
  • Park Avenue Garage Sale benefiting Partnership with Children
  • Partnership with Children participates in Skype’s Read Aloud Program
  • Robin Hood Receives the Anne Vanderbilt Award for Achievement
  • Partnership with Children Gala Raises $750,000
  • Partnership with Children 2013 Gala Kick-off
2012
  • Celebrating The Staten Island Foundation
  • Sharing Our Response to FEMA “Project Hope”
  • Students Invited to New York Theatre Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”
  • A Taste of the Good Life 2012
  • Partnership with Children chosen for FEMA “Project Hope”
  • Hurricane Sandy Update
  • October is Bullying Prevention Month
  • Partnership with Children featured on WNET!
  • Associate Executive Director Barbara Cavallo cited in School Board News Today
  • Partnership with Children Selected as Part of NYC Summer Quest
  • Margaret Crotty named new Executive Director
  • Councilman Jackson takes MS 296 Students on Tour of City Hall
  • Spring Gala Success!
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