Meet Aaron Spence
ASAP is thrilled to announce that our Board of Directors has named member Aaron Spence as ASAP’s new Board Chair.
Aaron, a proud School District of Philadelphia alum, has over ten years of management consulting experience specializing in strategic planning and implementation, operations assessments, and project management.
Additionally, Aaron has volunteered with numerous organizations through nonprofit board service and pro bono consulting. At ASAP, he has championed our initiatives as a member of the Programs Committee, supported fundraising efforts during the organization’s 20th Anniversary campaign as part of the Development Committee, and served on critical ad hoc board committees to guide ASAP through strategic planning processes and key leadership transitions.
As chair, Aaron will succeed Jenaye Munford. In her four-year tenure Jenaye played a critical part in the organization navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, including ASAP’s return to in-person programming when restrictions allowed, as well as the leadership transition of ASAP’s longtime Executive Director Justin Ennis (August 2022). Please join us in thanking Jenaye for her service. We are deeply grateful for all of her work in helping to steer ASAP during one of the most challenging times of our 22-year history. Her dedication and leadership have been invaluable to us.
As Philadelphia adjusts to a post-pandemic world, ASAP also enters a new era of leadership. Together, newly-elected Board Chair Aaron and new Executive Director Sara Morningstar will work to meet this moment – to capitalize on increased City interest in quality out-of-school time (OST) programs and to ensure ASAP continues to reach the students who need our programs the most.
On the importance of having safe after school opportunities in his own life, Aaron says:
ASAP looks forward to Aaron’s leadership advancing us even further in our goals – changing the lives of our Philly kids one Chess, Debate, Drama, and Scrabble program at a time!
Get to know Aaron!
