From Peace Corps to Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida CEO, longtime social-cause champion Rena Coughlin plans to retire at year's end.
, and built a reputation as a prominent resource in the community, she said.
, but she is not related to former Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin. The family"moved frequently coast to coast, with some wonderful ports of call," including Key West, Carmel Valley, Calif., and Virginia Beach, Va., she said.At some point, her interests shifted from architecture to political science and government, which was her major at the University of Florida. After her two-year Peace Corps stint, she spent eight years as a legislative assistant for then-U.S. Sen.
In 2005 Coughlin succeeded the center's first CEO, Jonathan Lever, who departed after three years. Her work at Girls Inc. made her want to showcase the nonprofit community as a whole. Northeast Florida — Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, and St. Johns counties — now has about 1,300 nonprofits. They have an economic impact of about $8.6 billion and assets of $7.3 billion, including health care institutions, according to the center.
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