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Steve LePore
1in6

Steve brings over 23 years experience in nonprofit management and consulting to 1in6, which he founded in January 2007. He originally worked in the private sector as Director of Human Resources for Six Flags Corporation and Landmark Entertainment Group. In 1988, Steve co-founded My Friend's Place, a resource center for homeless and runaway youth in Hollywood, California and became its full-time Executive Director in 1990. In June 1999, he left My Friend's Place to found the Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project, a community-based outreach program preventing high-risk behavior among students in his own neighborhood.

Steve's decision to found 1in6 stems from his dedication to raising awareness of male childhood sexual abuse as a serious social issue, the effects of which he has seen first hand among so many of the runaway and homeless young men he assisted throughout his years in nonprofit service provision.

Recently Steve received a Stanton Fellowship which will allow him to research the strategies used to effectively address other taboo and difficult social issues and understand how leaders of those movements overcame barriers and successfully brought needed services to their constituents.

Steve has facilitated the following CNL workshops:

• Board Development and Communications
• Executive Transition Services