[] <BR><BR><b>Retiring Casey Foundation President Doug Nelson Honored At The Center For Working Families</b> <BR><BR> There wasn’t red carpet or paparazzi on hand, but plenty of fanfare and smiles last week as the Center For Working Families held a ceremony honoring the work of Doug Nelson, retiring president and chief executive officer of The Annie M. Casey Foundation. The day’s festivities were capped by an announcement from CWF President David Jackson that the center’s main conference room would be named in Nelson’s honor. <BR><BR> “Every family who has walked through our doors, every staff member past and present, and countless numbers of people throughout our broader community have been beneficiaries of Doug Nelson’s vision and his unyielding commitment to helping build families and neighborhoods,” Jackson said. “We owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude, and we’re absolutely thrilled that our building will bear his name as a permanent reminder of his many contributions to others.” <BR><BR> Nelson in September announced he will step down in April 2010 after two decades as head of the leading American philanthropy serving the nation’s disadvantaged children and their families. It was Nelson, Jackson noted, who was an early champion of the idea of creating a one-stop neighborhood-based center that would help more families become self-sustaining by moving them to work, giving them skills to build wealth and start businesses. Since The Casey Foundation launched The Center For Working Families in 2005, more than (give cumulative stats) <BR><BR> Learn more about Doug Nelson and his career accomplishments here. <BR><BR>