Carlos A. Hernández

Hernández picked to head JFCS of Southern Arizona

Carlos A. Hernández was named president and CEO of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Southern Arizona after a national search.

Hernández, most recently the director of family and community partnerships at Child-Parent Centers, succeeds Shira Ledman in a position she held for five years and Jeanne Anderson, who served as interim president and CEO since November 2013.

Hernández has served as director of quality management with Pantano Behavioral Health Services in Tucson, research project coordinator with Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, a part-time social work consultant, a program supervisor with the Association House of Chicago’s Independent Living Program, and a case manager for that organization’s foster-care program.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social work from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Hernández is a former member of the Pima Council on Aging board of directors and serves as adjunct faculty at Arizona State University’s School of Social Work in Tucson and with the Pima Community College Social Services Department.

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