SAN DIEGO, CA – After 25 years guiding and growing Center for Community Solutions (CCS) into San Diego’s leading organization dedicated to the prevention and healing of relationship and sexual violence, CEO Verna “Vee” Griffin-Tabor has announced that she will be retiring and stepping down from her position. Tabor will remain in her role through early 2023 to allow time for a thorough and thoughtful transition to her successor.
“My leaving as CEO is a transition of a role, but not the end of my connection to CCS,” says Tabor. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to support courageous survivors and do my part to prevent harm in our communities.”
CCS Highlights Under Vee Griffin-Tabor’s Leadership
- Grew CCS from a grassroots nonprofit to a robust organization providing free services to an estimated annual 15,000 people directly and many more through community prevention engagement countywide
- Viewed as a regional leader in relationship violence intervention, including the operation of four emergency shelter programs
- Manages one of the largest Rape Crisis Centers in the country
- Created a department to focus on prevention education and advocacy that now operates in partnership with schools, colleges, businesses, and whole communities
“Our Board of Directors and leadership staff are committed to CCS and highly capable of handling their responsibility for a successful CEO transition process,” continues Tabor. “CCS is in very good hands.”
The CCS Board of Directors has activated a CEO search committee, led by Board President Jessica Pride. The Board recognizes the impact of Tabor’s longtime service as CEO that has included building critical philanthropic investments and programmatic connections in support of the CCS mission, and is optimistic that this strong foundation will support a new leader well.
“We are so grateful that her personal commitment to survivors will continue beyond her role as CEO, so this is not a farewell,” Pride says. “We thank Vee for her leadership and decades of commitment to CCS and its mission to end relationship violence and sexual assault. She has positioned CCS for continued success, and we are confident we will find a leader to continue this important work.”
