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For Immediate Release Release Date: October 9, 2009 PRINCETON RESIDENT JOINS CHILDREN’S BOARD
Trenton, N.J., Oct. 9, 2009 — Children’s Futures (www.childrensfutures.org), a nationally-recognized nonprofit organization that works city wide in Trenton, N.J., to improve child health and development outcomes, has named Princeton resident Caroline Purnell Tompkins to its Board of Directors. “We are grateful that this outstanding professional has agreed to join our work on behalf of children and families throughout Trenton,” said Children’s Futures’ Board Chair Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D., Acting Chair of Pediatrics and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Ms. Tompkins is an admissions officer at Thomas Edison State College, an adjunct professor of French at Mercer County Community College and a part-time staff member in the Development/Audience Services department at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. A member of Leadership Trenton Alumni Association, Ms. Tompkins also serves on the boards of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Mercer and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Jersey. In addition, she is a community volunteer for Princeton Community Works, UIH Family Partners and past chair of the June Fete annual fundraiser for the University Medical Center at Princeton. She earned a bachelor’s degree in French at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., and a master’s degree in Education from Rider University. As a major catalyst for change, Children’s Futures also advocates for important policy initiatives to improve maternal and child health; convenes local stakeholders to model best practices on early childhood development; provides technical assistance and training for service providers; and serves as a clearinghouse of objective child health information. Children’s Futures directs a collaboration of health, social service and educational institutions that work together to implement innovative approaches for improving child health and development. Children’s Futures began in 2001 with support that continues from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans. Children’s Futures is part of RWJF’s Vulnerable Populations Portfolio, which is dedicated to examining the critical relationships between health, and where and how people live, work, learn and play. For more information about Children’s Futures, please visit www.childrensfutures.org. |