Coro Commends Stephanie Stone for Service to Coro and the Community

Coro Southern California – Center for Civic Leadership

RELEASE

December 5, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
Direct: 818.720.7181
E-mail: EHeadington@Coro.org

Coro Southern California Center for Civic Leadership Commends Stephanie Stone for her Service to Coro and the Community

After almost a decade of service to the esteemed leadership development organization, the Fellows Alumna and Vice President of Programs and Outreach leaves to pursue other opportunities in the public sector

LOS ANGELES, CA. Stephanie Stone began her tenure with Coro after a distinguished twenty-year career in the United States Navy. One of the rising stars out of her Fellows class in the late 1990s, she was recruited to join the Coro team and served in many roles on staff: Fellows trainer, Director of the Fellows Program in Public Affairs, Director of Alumni Relations and Recruitment, and finally Vice President of Programs and Outreach. Ms. Stone left Coro to pursue other opportunities in the public sector.

“Stephanie Stone has been a real asset to the organization and served as our institutional memory over the past few years,” said Don Pierro, President & CEO of the Coro Southern California Center for Civic Leadership. “We commend her for the years of service to Coro and the community, and wish her success in all that she does.”

Ms. Stone was the first woman elected as Chair of the Los Angeles Mayor's Veterans Advisory Committee and was featured in a video about veterans at the recent DNC Convention in Colorado. She currently serves on the Los Angeles County Veterans Affairs Advisory Commission; as its sole female commissioner, she is a strong advocate for women’s veteran health care and focuses on the tragedy of military sexual trauma. Although she has moved off of staff, her connection to Coro continues as she serves as a Board Member for the Coro National Alumni Association.

“The last decade with Coro has been an amazing time for me,” said Stone. “I was recently in Boston for the Coro National Alumni Gathering and it reminded me of all of the great people—past and present—that have contributed to the organization and made an impact. Nevertheless, I feel I have done my part and will continue to stay involved but want to explore additional systems of civic engagement.”

Ms. Stone holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care Management from the University of Southern Illinois and a Master of Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. Civic engagement is embedded in the Stone DNA and has been passed to the next generation. Her son Sean is currently serving in Los Angeles as a City Year Corp member and her daughter Katie is preparing for a trip to Sacramento as a member of Youth in Government. They are all proud natives of San Pedro, California.

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