On behalf of Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Saint Paul Public Schools Superintendent Valeria Silva, Sprockets is pleased to announce that Suzanne Kelly has accepted an invitation to chair the Leadership Group of Sprockets, Saint Paul's out-of-school time network.

Suzanne is currently the chief of staff at Minnesota Philanthropy Partners.  Prior to her work there, she served as vice president of children, youth and families at Volunteers of America-Minnesota. She also served as chief of staff for two large urban school districts (including Saint Paul Public Schools) and chaired the Saint Paul Children’s Collaborative.

Suzanne will assume her role as chair at the next Sprockets Leadership Group meeting in May 2014.  Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Suzanne!

"We are thrilled to have Suzanne bring her deep knowledge of education, youth development and out-of-school time learning to the Sprockets team."

- Mayor Chris Coleman and Superintendent Valeria Silva

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Sample tweets:

• Congratulations to Suzanne Kelly, new chair of @SprocketsStPaul's Leadership Group & @mnpartnerstweet's chief of staff.

• The new chair of @SprocketsStPaul's Leadership Group is Suzanne Kelly, a seasoned #YouthSuccess professional.

• Suzanne Kelly of @mnpartnerstweet named chair of @SprocketsStPaul Leadership Group by @mayorcoleman and @SPPS_SuptSilva

Sample Facebook post:

I'm excited to hear that Suzanne Kelly, chief of staff at Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, will be chairing the Sprockets Leadership Group. Her impressive background in education and philanthropy will be an asset to Saint Paul's out-of-school time network.