Piper Phillips Caswell, President & CEO, PHILLIPS Programs for Families & Children

Piper Phillips Caswell has dedicated her career over the past 40 years to improving the lives of people with behavioral health and developmental disabilities through her diverse experiences as an educator, school administrator, program director and non-profit CEO. Her passion is motivated by her commitment to social justice and equal access to services. She has served on numerous non-profit boards including PHILLIPS Programs for Children and Families (before her appointment as CEO) for 14 years. As CEO, Piper establishes program goals, provides leadership to the Board of Trustees, represents PHILLIPS in local and regional advocacy activities, oversees the organization's development efforts, mentors, and sets the vision for and executes the strategic plan. Currently, she is advancing the development of social enterprise businesses that will employ adults who encounter barriers to employment with the goal of their operation becoming employee-owned. PHILLIPS’ innovative career and technical education offerings around the emerging industries of hydroponic vertical farming and additive manufacturing have developed under Piper’s leadership. Looking towards the next 50 years of program emphasis, she is committed to advancing career and technical education and workforce development for youth and young adults with behavioral health issues in order to end the cycle of poverty and unemployment for this population. Piper is a native of the Washington, DC region and earned her BA from George Washington University and her MS from Johns Hopkins University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.