Chief Executive Officer

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Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties (CAPRW) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in people experiencing poverty to build generational prosperity. Serving Ramsey and Washington counties, CAPRW provides comprehensive programs and services through Head Start and Early Head Start, Energy Assistance and Energy Conservation, and Financial Opportunities. With approximately 350 employees across 14 sites and an annual operating budget of approximately $45 million, CAPRW works alongside individuals, families, and communities to expand access to opportunities and create lasting impact.

The Chief Executive Officer leads Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties in fulfilling its mission to invest in people experiencing poverty to build generational prosperity. Accountable to the Board of Directors, the CEO leads the agency’s programs, people, finances, partnerships, and public voice. The CEO is responsible for implementing the current board-approved strategic plan, using community input and measurable results to guide decisions.

This leader earns trust through honest communication, visible presence, fair and consistent decisions, effective delegation, and follow-through.

• Own agency-wide implementation of the current board-approved strategic plan. Translate its goals and actions into annual priorities with named executive owners, milestones, measures, resource needs, and decision points.
• Advance the current plan’s intended family, agency, and community results. Connect program and agency measures to outcomes, evaluate progress with participant input, and adjust course when results or community needs call for it.
• Lead cross-agency strategies including staff communication and development, partnerships, recruitment and retention, strategic budgeting, fundraising, and service integration. Remove barriers between departments and hold leaders jointly accountable for shared work.
• Use community strengths and needs assessments, participant feedback, program data, and ongoing community engagement to shape service design, funding choices, and future planning.
• Apply Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) principles and Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) organizational standards with qualified staff.

• Build and maintain a stable, cohesive senior leadership team. Set clear decision authority and performance expectations; delegate operational authority while retaining accountability for agency-wide results.
• Build and maintain trust with staff, leaders, and the Board by naming difficult realities promptly, explaining decisions and constraints, inviting dissent and input, and following through on commitments.
• Lead organizational change with empathy, steadiness, and decisiveness. Address conflict directly and fairly and support a safe route for staff to raise concerns.
• Promote a workplace that respects personal wellbeing, cultural identity, and lived experience. Strengthen supervisory practice, staff development, equitable recruitment and retention, labor-management relationships, and succession planning.
• Model CAPRW’s values: self-determination and inherent power of people; accountability and transparency; humility and compassion; and changing systems to heal communities.

• With the CFO and senior team, develop budgets that support…