Carol Goss to retire at end of 2013;
Tonya Allen named successor

DETROIT - Carol Goss, president & chief executive officer of The Skillman Foundation, today announced she is retiring from her post, effective at the end of 2013. Tonya Allen, chief operating officer and vice president of program for the Foundation, has been named president & CEO by the Skillman Foundation Board of Trustees, effective January 1, 2014.

While accepting the planned resignation, the Board applauded the exemplary accomplishments of Goss during her decade of service as CEO.

"Carol Goss has led the Skillman Board and staff on a remarkable journey during her tenure to redefine the role of the Foundation in improving the lives of Detroit's most vulnerable children," said David Baker Lewis, chairman of the Board of Trustees. "Carol's trailblazing vision of a foundation becoming a strategic funding partner in improving the conditions that effect the lives of children has become a reality in Detroit and the nation, through the force of her vision and her ability to persuade others to take up the cause. There is no clearer example of this vision than her groundbreaking work on education reform in Detroit."

Carol Goss, pictured above left; Tonya Allen above right

Carol Goss to retire at end of 2013; Tonya Allen named successor

Carol Goss to retire at end of 2013;
Tonya Allen named successor