Connie Condon, Senior Vice President

Connie has over seventeen years of experience in executive management of nonprofit organizations including multi-site child-care and before- and after-school programs, Boys & Girls Clubs, the YWCA, and Head Start programs at Community Action Agencies. Connie also has experience in the for-profit arena as the owner and operator of a day care center that served over 120 children.

Connie has participated in numerous community initiatives and developed key government and community collaborations that led to new program development. As Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Columbus, Indiana, Connie assisted in the merger of the Club, Girls Inc. and a community center program.

Connie has extensive experience and expertise in the areas of private, corporate and government grant research and grant writing. This experience includes Federal Head Start funding, School Lunch and Child Care Food Program support and State Bonding.

Immediately prior to joining DNS, Connie served as Coordinator for the Connecticut Area Council of Boys & Girls Clubs where she was responsible for private and government resource development, marketing, developing partnerships with key organizations, coordinating and facilitating Council committees and overseeing the statewide SMART Moves program.

Connie received a Bachelors Degree in child development from California State University and has completed work toward her post-graduate degree.