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Rhoda Barr, Director of Client Services of the Volunteer
Consulting Group, is a graduate of the School of Industrial
and Labor Relations of Cornell University and received her
MBA from the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
at N.Y.U. Primarily responsible for Client Services, Ms. Barr
works directly with the board and staff leadership of nonprofit
organizations, consulting with them on the strengthening of
their governing abilities. Clients assisted encompass the
full spectrum of nonprofit endeavors, including American Music
Center, Future Leaders Institute, Harlem Educational Activities
Fund, Helping Hands, Martha Graham Center For Contemporary
Dance, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, New York City
Center For Charter School Excellence, Oxfam America, Sabin
Vaccine Institute and World Education Services.
Before joining VCG in 1986, Ms. Barr worked for fifteen years
in Westchester County building public/private partnerships
for economic development and job training opportunities. As
Deputy Director of the Private Industry Council, she collaborated
with the leadership of major corporations on identifying needs,
establishing policies, and providing funding for nonprofit
agencies. As Director of the Job Development Center, Ms. Barr
developed and directed the public/private Youth Employment
Service and Summer Jobs for Youth programs.
Ms. Barr is also the founder and a trustee of the Corporate
Community Jobs Project, which won national recognition as
an outstanding model of business and community partnership.
She has taught Labor Economics at Mercy College and Women
in Management at Iona College.
Ms. Barr has for many years made her home in Hastings-on-Hudson
where she is alternate member and former Chair of the Planning
Board and past President of the League of Women Voters. She
is recognized in Who's Who in American Women, was included
in the first edition of Women in Westchester, and has been
honored by Westchester County for "having made an important
contribution to the quality of life."
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