October 2, 2011 | Read Time: 1 minute
New job: Trish Tchume, 34, has been named the first national director of the nearly 15-year-old Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. She will work in New York for the network, which has more than 30 chapters and 30,000 members.
Previous jobs: Ms. Tchume was the director of civic engagement at the Building Movement Project, which works to strengthen the role of nonprofits in creating social change. Before that, she served as director of training at Idealist.org, a Web site that connects people to jobs and volunteering opportunities at nonprofits.
Education: She holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical marketing from Saint Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia, and a master’s in education from the University of Vermont.
How the job was created: A three-year grant from the American Express Foundation and a one-year grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation are paying her salary.
Her goals: While she plans to continue and better support the organization’s professional-development activities, Ms. Tchume is hoping to broaden the role the group plays in building leaders and influencing how nonprofits adapt to meet emerging needs.
What she’s reading: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, edited by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence.
