For years, millennials were criticized as job-hoppers, idealists, and a generation reluctant to settle into traditional leadership roles. That narrative is quickly becoming outdated.
Across Haywood County, millennial women are stepping into some of the community’s most important nonprofit leadership positions. They are expanding grant portfolios, investing in buildings and infrastructure, hiring strong teams, and finding new ways to serve some of the county’s most vulnerable residents.
Among them are Crystal Snover, executive director of WNC Alliance; Julie Cloninger, executive director of Haywood Pathways Center; Abby Bearden, CEO of KARE House; and Dr. Sara Vogel, executive director of REACH of Haywood County.