William C. Bell To Receive American Humane Association’s 2009 Vincent De Francis Award

Previously, he was commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services and associate executive director for Miracle Makers, the largest minority-owned, non-profit child and family services organization in New York.

Bell is a trustee for America’s Promise and serves on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Youth at Risk. He also serves on the boards of directors of the Association of Black Foundation Executives and the Marguerite Casey Foundation, is a member of the board of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families, and is co-chair of the board of directors for the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative.