For the last 15 years Tim Cross has worked in the field of youth and community development, first as a frontline youth worker in community based organizations, city wide youth development efforts, national and international initiatives. He was the Country Coordinator of the Civil Society Development program helping to organize two national support organizations providing a range of training and technical assistance to the emerging non profit sectors in Poland and Hungary. He directed the ROCA youth center in Chelsea, Massachusetts a comprehensive youth development program and was executive director of Youth As Resources in Boston. He was the lead organizer of efforts that led to the founding of YouthBuild Boston, the first YouthBuild program to replicate outside of East Harlem, New York. He has also worked as a foundation program officer focused on refugee and immigrant development efforts, and has consulted to several international grant making organizations seeking to build the capacity of youth workers. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University.
For the last 15 years Tim Cross has worked in the field of youth and community development, first as a frontline youth worker in community based organizations, city wide youth development efforts, national and international initiatives. He was the Country Coordinator of the Civil Society Development program helping to organize two national support organizations providing a range of training and technical assistance to the emerging non profit sectors in Poland and Hungary. He directed the ROCA youth center in Chelsea, Massachusetts a comprehensive youth development program and was executive director of Youth As Resources in Boston. He was the lead organizer of efforts that led to the founding of YouthBuild Boston, the first YouthBuild program to replicate outside of East Harlem, New York. He has also worked as a foundation program officer focused on refugee and immigrant development efforts, and has consulted to several international grant making organizations seeking to build the capacity of youth workers. He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University.
