ABOUT GENEVA 2020

Geneva 2020 has been guided by the model of collective impact successfully used in Cincinnati, Ohio. By working in collaboration, individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations have tackled the student achievement crisis in Cincinnati and moved the dial on a number of indicators of student success including high school graduation rates, and reading and math scores. Cincinnati's success in system-wide improvement across dozens of metrics is an example of a collective impact, described by the White House Council for Community Solutions as “the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem.”

We believe the collective impact model employed in Cincinnati can be an effective organizational tool for us in Geneva. To that end, a number of leaders from every sector of Geneva have gathered together to pledge their efforts in support of Geneva’s children through Geneva 2020.

Steering Committee

• Jose Acevedo, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Health
• Colleen Aiezza, Geneva Campus Specialist, Finger Lakes Community College
• Greg Baker, Principal of the Geneva High School
• Pat Collins, Professor of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Stu Einstein, Executive Director of Success for Geneva's Children
• Katie Flowers, Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Arlene Francis, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Geneva
• Mark D. Gearan, President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Jane Gerling, Community Member
• Rev. Jim Gerling, Community Member
• Matt Horn, City Manager
• Jim MaKinster, Associate Professor of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Lucille Mallard, President of the Geneva Chapter of the NAACP
• Kelly J. Mittiga, Senior Vice President, Director of Deposit and Retail Operations, First Niagara Bank
• Alejandra Molina, Director of Office of Intercultural Affairs, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Victor Nelson, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the African American Men’s Association
• Trina Newton, Superintendent of the Geneva City School District
• Susan Pliner, Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Assessment at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Chris Smart, Associate Professor, Cornell University-New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
• Karen Springmeier, Executive Director, Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
• Montrose Streeter, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• Heather Swanson, Public Information Officer, Geneva City School District
• Mark Venuti, Chair of the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Geneva
• Catherine Williams, Vice President for Communications, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Additional Information

Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011: “Collective Impact”

Stanford Social innovation Review, 2012: “Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work”

The Strive Partnership in Cincinnati unites common providers around shared issues, goals, measurements and results, and then actively supports and strengthens strategies that work.

NAACP, 2012: “Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership by Educating All America’s Children”

Contact

To learn more about Geneva 2020, contact:
Katie Flowers
Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 781-3825
Geneva2020@hws.edu

Contribute

To make a donation to Geneva 2020, please complete the donation form. All checks should be made out to the GCSD with "Geneva 2020" in the memo.

Fill out the Commitment Form to indicate an area of interest within the Geneva 2020 model. That interest could match one or more of the projects outlined on the Geneva 2020 Priorities list, or it could indicate a general range of expertise that could be of use to the Geneva City School District.