About John W. Corwin

Mr. Corwin has worked for his entire 37-year career in the nonprofit and public interest sector. Through Corwin Consulting, LLC, founded in 2002, he offers his personal services as the interim chief executive for nonprofits undergoing leadership transition. He is currently Interim Executive Director at The Harlem School of the Arts.

He has also been Interim CEO at The New York eHealth Collaborative; Interim CEO at Reach Out and Read, a national non-profit that promotes early literacy by giving new books to children in pediatric exam rooms across the nation and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud to their children; Interim CEO at the American Liver Foundation, the nation's leading nonprofit organization promoting liver health and disease prevention, with 25 chapters across the country; Interim CEO at Learning Leaders, Inc., New York City's largest educational not-for-profit; Interim CEO at The Valley, a youth services agency in Harlem; Interim CEO at the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS); Interim President at the US Committee for the United Nations Population Fund (now called Americans for UNFPA); and Interim Executive Director at the US affiliate of the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF USA). Previously, for almost six years he served as the first full-time Executive Director of The Glaucoma Foundation (1995–2000).

His nonprofit management experience also includes his tenure as Director of Development and Public Affairs for the Trust for Public Land’s Mid-Atlantic Region (2001–2002).

For 22 years, Mr. Corwin practiced public interest law, at The Legal Aid Society (1974–1976), the Center for Constitutional Rights (1976–1979), and the office of the New York State Attorney General (1979–1995), where he headed the Love Canal litigation and later served as Chief of the Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau.

Mr. Corwin has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (Greater New York Chapter) and currently serves on the Public Service Network Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Mr. Corwin is also affiliated with the Executive Transition Management Services Program at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management in New York. He is a member of the New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE), BoardSource, The Alliance for Nonprofit Management, and Governance Matters. He is an Associate Member of the New York Technical Assistance Providers Network (NYTAP) and of the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS).

Mr. Corwin holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Law School.

 

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