NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newport Beach resident Julia M. Siebel, Ph.D., of the Junior League of Orange County, California, (JLOCC) has been named to the Board of Directors of The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. (AJLI).
Siebel has been a member of the JLOCC for more than 20 years, holding a variety of leadership roles. Currently a sustaining member, she chaired the California Junior Leagues' Centennial Planning Committee in 2000-2002, served AJLI as Area VI Director in 2002-2004 and was a Nominating At-Large Delegate in 2006-2008. She holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in United States History and Women's Studies with a special emphasis on voluntary and community activism.
Siebel has served as Assistant Executive Director of the Mariposa Women and Family Center where she designed and implemented strategic fundraising plans. Prior to that, she was the Director of Volunteer Services for Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and the Director of Major Gifts for the CHOC Foundation. She has been featured as the Keynote Speaker at numerous conferences around the country. In 2009, she received the JLOCC Kathryn Raulston Award for service that exemplifies a lifetime commitment to community leadership.
"Julie's work with the Junior League is proof of her commitment to the organization and its initiatives and we are excited to have her join our Board of Directors," said Delly Beekman, AJLI President-Elect. "Her academic training combined with her nonprofit professional experience will make her an important addition to our Board."
About the Junior League of Orange County, California, Inc.
The Junior League of Orange County, California, Inc., is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and the leadership of trained volunteers. JLOCC has contributed to Orange County by helping found organizations such as Orangewood Children's Home and the Volunteer Center of Orange County.
As a solely educational and charitable organization, the JLOCC's trained volunteers actively support the community through collaboration with organizations that promote and support the health, safety and education of women and children. A 501(c)(3) organization, the JLOCC reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins. Originally founded in 1956 as the Newport Harbor Service League, the JLOCC is a member organization of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.
Funds raised annually by the JLOCC directly impact the community through collaborative projects with partner organizations and support JLOCC's mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community. This year's projects include the Orangewood Children's Foundation Kinship Project; Orangewood Mentoring Program Activities Project; Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Reading Program; Florence Crittenton Services Project; Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Emancipated Youth Program; Impact Orange County; and Bear Hugs, a JLOCC project supporting emancipated teens in Orange County. To learn more about the JLOCC, call (949) 261-0823 or visit www.jlocc.org.
About the Association of Junior Leagues International
Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer, Mary Harriman, the Junior Leagues are charitable nonprofit organizations of women, developed as civic leaders, creating demonstrable community impact.
Today, The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. (AJLI) is comprised of more than 160,000 women in 293 Junior Leagues throughout Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, they constitute one of the largest, most effective volunteer organizations in the world. For more information please visit http://www.ajli.org/http://www.ajli.org/">www.ajli.org.