February 19, 2010 – Guest: Steve Davidson

This week’s guest is Steve Davidson, president/CEO for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale in Arizona. Steve’s career with the Boys & Girls Club organization spans more than 28 years. He has run the full gamut of positions throughout his career starting as part-time staff and working his way up to branch director before moving into the administrative side of the organization. Steve has been with the Greater Scottsdale organization since 1992. During his tenure, the organization has experienced tremendous growth. The non-profit organization has gone from an annual operating budget of $600,000 to $8.6 million dollars; from three to nine locations; and from serving 3,000 youth to more than 16,000 youth. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in leisure studies with an emphasis in youth agency administration.

Since 1954, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale has provided quality programs to Northeast Valley youth. In that time, more than 100,000 children and teens have been served. Today, more than 16,000 community youth ages 6 to 18 are served through the organization’s nine branches and 12 outreach sites located in Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and other neighborhoods. The Club offers more than 100 quality after-school and summer programs in a positive, safe, supervised environment. Programs offered at the Club are built around five core areas: the arts, character & leadership development; education & career development; health & life skills; and sports, fitness & recreation. For more info visit www.bgcs.org.