Piper Fellow:
Marcia Mintz

The opportunity to make a difference and be a conduit for change drives her passion. BGCAZ is a large and complex organization tackling multifaceted youth-related issues. These include academic success, learning loss, food insecurity, physical well-being, mental and behavioral health, character and leadership development, and career and college pathways. These broad topics ladder down to numerous programs that are designed through the lens of removing barriers and opening doors to ensure access and equity for all Arizona youth.

Prior to BGCAZ, Mintz served as President of John C. Lincoln Health Foundation and Senior Vice President of Community Benefit for HonorHealth. Earlier in her career, she worked and lived in Latin America, Cuba, Europe, and the Baltic States, developing education, health, and infrastructure programs. Mintz earned an MBA from the University of Arizona’s Eller School of Management and a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of Arts.

Mintz’s Fellowship plans include participating in MIT’s executive program on Innovating in Existing Markets. This course uses the Distributed Leadership Model to provide a framework for leaders who want to be more creative and adaptive in new ways. It will allow her to examine BGCAZ’s current service delivery model and develop innovative and creative ways to deliver on mission and vision.

In addition, she plans to visit and learn from several Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the country that are providing world class programs in three priority areas: academic success, mental and behavioral health, and workforce readiness/career pathways.