<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=tduncan@guidedogs.com href="mailto:tduncan@guidedogs.com">GDB Alumni
Communications</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=julietcody@cox.net
href="mailto:julietcody@cox.net">julietcody@cox.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 27, 2007 3:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Guide Dogs announces a new CEO</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<TABLE>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width=800>
<P>
<P>GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ANNOUNCES NEW CEO</P>
<P>San Rafael, CA The Board of Directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind
announced the appointment of Nancy E. S. Gardner as president and CEO.
Gardner will begin on October 1, 2007, and replaces retiring CEO Bob
Phillips, who has served in that capacity for six years.</P>
<P>Gardner has extensive nonprofit experience and has served as the
executive director of North Bay Regional Center (NBRC) for the past 15
years. North Bay Regional Center is a non-profit organization, serving
nearly 6,900 persons with developmental disabilities in Sonoma, Solano and
Napa Counties with an annual budget of nearly $110 million.</P>
<P>"Although I will greatly miss NBRC and our community, this is an
opportunity for me to merge my career passion for supporting persons with
disabilities with my love for dogs," Gardner said. "It will be a great
honor to lead this stellar organization in continuing to pursue its
remarkable mission and its vision to 'use the power of partnering to
improve quality of life.'"</P>
<P>Guide Dogs for the Blind was founded in 1942 to aid servicemen blinded
in WWII. Today, the organization nurtures and supports more than 2,150
Guide Dog partnerships, offering top-quality dogs, training and additional
services free-of-charge. The international non-profit organization is
headquartered in San Rafael, with a second campus near Portland, Oregon.
It provides services to blind and visually impaired people throughout the
United States and Canada and is supported entirely by private
contributions. For more information, please visit <A
href="http://www.guidedogs.com/site/R?i=9IcINn00Sf7tPhr5uWkeIw..">www.guidedogs.com</A>.</P><IMG
height=1
src="http://www.guidedogs.com/site/PixelServer?j=rxA9C9RQ60cygG1-HN6Lqw.."
width=1>
<P></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><BR><A
href="http://www.guidedogs.com/site/CO?i=YsoO2gKDltaL7xocsfqqtWQMMIoo5x5D&cid=0">Unsubscribe
from receiving email, or change your email preferences.</A></P></BODY></HTML>