Joanne Lowe, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, is pleased to welcome its new Associate Executive Director, Larissa Silver:
“Larissa has been the Director of Community Services at YSB since 2015 where she has provided outstanding leadership in several organizational, local, provincial and national initiatives that have and will continue to positively impact the lives of youth who are homeless or at high risk of becoming homeless. Larissa brings her 19 years experience as a senior manager with a proven track record of facilitating partnerships and generating results. She highly values youth engagement and partnerships and in youth self-determination. She is recognized as a strong leader among our funders and politicians and she has been immensely proud of the work that has been undertaken by the staff in Community Services. Larissa will move into the role of Associate Executive Director on January 6, 2020.”