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A collection of national service stories from across the country.
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AnnMaura Connolly is the President of Voices for National Service, a coalition committed to expanding opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve and volunteer, and she also serves as the Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President of City Year, Inc., a national youth service corps dedicated to helping urban schools and students succeed. Since serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps after graduating from Holy Cross, AnnMaura has been a leading voice for the idea that a year of service should be a common expectation and common experience of every young person, and has built a career around growing citizen service as a strategy for solving critical issues and developing the next generation of leaders in the U.S. and abroad. As a co-founder and President of Voices for National Service, she has led the effort to expand and strengthen the federal investment in national service and played a key role in the development and passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which was signed into law in 2009. During her 17 years at City Year, AnnMaura has served as a member of the organization's leadership team, directing the organization's public policy, public affairs and international work and led the creation of the organization's two international affiliates in South Africa and the United Kingdom. In 2015, AnnMaura was named to the inaugural class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a joint initiative of the George H. W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George W. Bush and Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential libraries. AnnMaura also serves on the Advisory Board for the Eli J. & Phyllis N. Segal Citizen Leadership Program at Brandeis University, the Federal Advisory Council of the Presidio Institute, and on the Boards of Directors of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, 9/11 Day of Service, Freedom Now, City Year South Africa and City Year UK. AnnMaura resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland with her husband Bill and son Owen.
