Frank Rogan Stepping Down As United Way of Roanoke Valley CEO

Frank Rogan
Frank Rogan

Frank Rogan, United Way of Roanoke Valley’s leader for the past 14 years, announced today that he is resigning from his position. Rogan will remain on the job until early February 2015 and will work closely with the Board of Directors and senior staff on transition plans and the search for a new chief executive.

Rogan has accepted a newly created position with Goodwill Industries of the Valleys as its Chief Development Officer.  While he is excited about his next opportunity, Rogan said, “This was a very difficult decision for me. United Way has been my heart and soul for 29 years.

“We have accomplished a tremendous amount, but it is now time for someone new to pick up the torch and help take United Way where it needs to go for the future.”

“Under Frank’s progressive leadership, United Way has taken on a greater, strategic role as a leader, convener and partner in innovative community collaborations that help people in the Roanoke Valley improve their lives,”  board chair Debbie Meade said.

UWRV’s community-wide annual fundraising campaign, the Valley’s largest, has remained steady over the course of Rogan’s tenure. Contributions to the annual campaign have totaled more than $75 million since Rogan arrived in 2001, establishing the Roanoke Valley as the most generous community in Virginia in total per capita charitable giving.

“Beyond fundraising success, United Way has become more strategic in its approach to solving community problems, and more open and collaborative in forging effective partnerships,” Meade said. “We have proven that we can bring people together and change lives in ways that are both meaningful and measurable.”

Broad-based initiatives such as Family Wiz, Smart Beginnings, Bank On and Healthy Roanoke Valley have advanced United Way’s mission as a community impact organization, “one that can tackle complex issues in education, income and health and get measurable results that no individual or organization alone can achieve,” Meade said.

Rogan is well-known as “a consensus-builder and a respected leader among local non-profits and in the business community,” she said. “He will be greatly missed at United Way, but I’m happy he will be staying in Roanoke and working at one of our partner organizations, Goodwill Industries.”

Meade said a search committee has been formed, and the board expects to name a new CEO by the end of the year.

“Frank just has done a remarkable job,” said Joe Jones, board vice chair. “The Roanoke Valley is regarded as a place of caring and generous people, with a United Way that is seen as one of the best in the country. This will be a coveted position.”

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