Brain Injury Association of Minnesota Welcomes New Executive Director
David King named Executive Director
The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota Board of Directors voted unanimously to name David King, Executive Vice President of AccessAbility, Inc., as the Association's new Executive Director, ending an extensive search of 170 candidates. King succeeds Ardis Sandstrom who has held the position for over two years and will be retiring this summer.
"David King rose to the top with his enthusiasm, preparedness, leadership ability, passion for service, vision, ethics, and strong non profit experience," said Nancy Carlson, search committee and former Association board member. "He understands how to challenge and engage staff while supporting an organization that focuses on innovation and excellence."
With 27 years in the nonprofit sector, King has spent the past 15 years as Executive Vice President for AccessAbility, and Courage Center prior to that.
"The search team worked with the Wood Group in recruiting this position and took a lot of time and effort to find a person that they felt best represented the mission, culture and staff of the Association," stated Ardis Sandstrom. "This transition for my retirement has been such a smooth process. The board worked very hard and placed such close attention to the Association – to where we are at this time, to the culture and the staff, that they did such an excellent job in recruiting David. I am absolutely thrilled to have him come on board and to turn over the reigns as Executive Director to him on July 7."
Click here to read the Outgoing Chair of the Board of Director's tribute to Ardis Sandstrom.