May 16, 2010
Education Effort Helps New Leaders Take Over From Charity Founders
Matthew Sussman
Glennda Testone and John K. Sanful (center), who both followed longtime charity leaders into the executive’s chair, participated in a program headed by Mark Lipton (right).
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Matthew Sussman
Glennda Testone and John K. Sanful (center), who both followed longtime charity leaders into the executive’s chair, participated in a program headed by Mark Lipton (right).
David J. Dumais took over as his organization’s executive director two years ago, in the aftermath of a sudden tragedy: The charity’s founder, Toby Chuah Feinson, was killed in a traffic accident.
Mr. Dumais, of GroupWorks for Education, in Brooklyn, N.Y., which brings mental-health therapists into city schools to work with students and personnel, had to shoulder not only his own grief at the loss of his friend and colleague but also that of the organization for which he
