“We are delighted with the selection of Eileen as the new head of BronxWorks,” said board chair David McLean. “With nearly 20 years of experience at BronxWorks, she has proven enthusiasm for its important mission, and has amply demonstrated her leadership abilities during her tenure as Interim Executive Director. She is thoroughly familiar with our programs, culture, and communities. Eileen will be a fine leader as we work hard to enhance BronxWorks’ pre-eminent position as a provider of social services in the Bronx.”
During Torres’s interim leadership, BronxWorks received a 2013 New York Nonprofit Excellence Award, was selected as a merit finalist in the nationwide Community Partnership Award of Mutual of America, and named a finalist in the Brooke W. Mahoney Award for Outstanding Board Leadership, a greater New York metropolitan area award organized by VCG Governance Matters. BronxWorks was also awarded contracts to provide Affordable Care Act Navigator services and operate the Classic Community Center, a 20,000 square foot space that serves three NYCHA complexes in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
Ms. Torres first joined BronxWorks in 1995 as an Assistant to the Executive Director and was appointed Administrative Counsel shortly thereafter. She was named General Counsel in 2003 and then named Interim Executive Director a decade later in July 2013.
The holder of a bachelor’s degree from Pace University and a juris doctor degree from the Northeastern University School of Law, Ms. Torres is a New York native of Puerto Rican ancestry. She spent her formative years in northern Manhattan and the north central Bronx.
“I am honored to assume the BronxWorks Executive Director position,” said Ms. Torres. “I will continue to create programs, policies, and practices that will enable us to lift lives and build futures for the most vulnerable of our borough’s residents.”
Ms. Torres succeeds Carolyn McLaughlin, who headed BronxWorks from 1979 to 2013.
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