{"id":8300,"date":"2016-09-28T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/?p=8300"},"modified":"2016-09-29T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T17:26:28","slug":"8300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/postings\/8300\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Services Appoints New President\/CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"t-lee-covington-senior-services\"Lee Covington Appointed Next President and CEO
\nof Senior Services, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>The Board of Directors of Senior Services, Inc. announced the appointment of T. Lee Covington as its next President and CEO. He will assume responsibilities on January 31, 2017 and succeeds Richard Gottlieb who is retiring after 35 years as the organization\u2019s director.<\/p>\n

Lee joined Senior Services in August, 2015 as Chief Operating Officer, bringing with him more than 25 years\u2019 experience in nonprofit management and leadership. For six years before joining Senior Services, Covington was the Executive Director of Rockingham County\u2019s Aging, Disability and Transit Services, an agency with very similar programs as Senior Services.<\/p>\n

\u201cLee is a visionary leader whose passion for the mission of Senior Services inspires others to work with him in serving the needs of the frail elderly in our community\u201d, said Sandra Adams, board chair for Senior Services. \u201cHe is recognized throughout the state for his innovative, strategic work on behalf of the aging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before working at Senior Services and the Aging, Disability and Transit Services in Rockingham County, Lee had 15 years of leadership roles at The Arc, a leading advocate for people with intellectual and development disabilities. Recently, he has served as President of the NC Association on Aging (NCAOA) and Meals on Wheels NC.\u00a0 He continues serving on the NCAOA Board of Directors and recently represented NC on an advisory committee for Meals on Wheels America.<\/p>\n

Lee holds a master\u2019s degree in public administration and nonprofit management from UNC Greensboro and more recently, earned an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership from Duke University. Covington is a graduate of the Leadership Winston-Salem Class of 2016.<\/p>\n

He said his three years as drum major at his high school first taught him about \u201clearning and leadership.\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s hoping to be a successful drum major for Senior Services and the seniors of Forsyth County.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m humbled and honored to follow in the footsteps of Richard Gottlieb and excited to begin work to continue the strong tradition that has been established during Richard\u2019s 35-year tenure. Senior Services has the most incredible staff, board and volunteers who make great things happen every day in the lives of seniors across our wonderful county.\u00a0 I am thrilled to be a part of that magic!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee Covington Appointed Next President and CEO of Senior Services, Inc. \u00a0The Board of Directors of Senior Services, Inc. announced the appointment of T. Lee Covington as its next President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seniorservicesinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}