Mobile, AL – The Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama board of directors is pleased to announce and welcome Jabaria Dent as Chief Executive Officer.
Dent will serve as the primary leader of an organization that includes six traditional clubs and six summer sites across Mobile and Baldwin Counties providing after-school care and education for more than 2,000 children.
“We are thrilled to welcome Jabaria to the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama and excited to add her breadth of experience in education, culture building, and creating safe and productive environments for children, all of which are at the core of our organization,” said Board Chairwoman Angela Dunn.
Dent brings 20 years of experience in human resources, executive leadership, and youth development primarily in the nonprofit sector. She holds a master’s degree of Divinity, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and English.
In her previous role as academic dean for Remington College, Dent oversaw all academic programming for the Mobile campus and helped develop dual enrollment programming around career and technical education for charter networks and local public schools. Prior to Remington, she served as the founding Director of Career and Technical Education for MAEF Public Charter Schools, helping to create policy and practices around workforce education in the public charter school space.
Dent is no stranger to the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama. She and her husband, Dr. Charles Dent, consulted with BGCSA to create curriculum and strategy for parental engagement as part of their 21st Century programming that ran from 2017-2021 across seven sites throughout Mobile County.
“I am excited to lead this work for our children and our community. I believe that we are poised to transform the narrative of our city’s youth and I look forward to working with all our community stakeholders to co-create a new vision for Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama.”
For more information contact:
Pamela Ware, PR Consultant
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama
(251) 689-4801 | pware@bgcsouthal.org
