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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNITED WAY ANNOUNCES NEW
CEO
Riverside (July 5, 2006) Larry Rubio, CEO of Riverside
Transit Agency and Chairman of the Board of Directors of United
Way of the Inland Valleys (UWIV) announced that Kevin McCarthy
has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer with UWIV,
replacing retiring CEO, Raymond Humphrey.
A graduate of Michigan State University, McCarthy says he
is absolutely delighted to be joining the team at United Way.
“Ray, his staff and the dedicated volunteers have done
a wonderful job in this community, and my hope is to continue
and to expand upon that tradition. I am looking forward to
working with the board, community volunteers and great companies
and organizations that are involved with United Way.”
A long term veteran of the United Way movement, McCarthy started
with United Way of Greater St. Louis in 1987 and went on to
serve with United Ways in Rockford, IL; Long Island, New York;
Tulsa, OK; and San Angelo, TX raising over $72 million during
the course of his public service career.
The accomplishment of which he is most proud is the creation
of an early childhood provider network that prevented the
transmission of sexually transmitted diseases from 18 teenage
mothers to their infants under a program called Success By
6®. “This program saved the infants from horrible
deformities, illness or death and saved the community over
$1.5 million in excess medical bills. Now those children and
their parents have a chance at becoming productive, tax-paying
members of our society. That is the power of early childhood
programs, that is the power of the community coming together
to meet needs in a United Way’” said McCarthy.
McCarthy and his wife Joy having recently moved from Melbourne,
Australia will be settling in Riverside and look forward to
becoming a part of the western Riverside County community.
For more information about United Way of the Inland Valleys,
call (951) 697-4700.
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