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Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under.
More than 450 coalitions in 16 countries bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments and volunteers to educate and protect families. The organization was founded in 1987 by Children's National Medical Center with support from Johnson & Johnson. Safe Kids Worldwide is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Washington, D.C.
The work of Safe Kids Worldwide and Safe Kids China was featured on June 16, 2008, in China Daily, which has the widest print circulation (200,000 per issue) of any English-language newspaper in China, and on chinadaily.com.
The article "Protecting the Young" focused on injury prevention successes in China and highlighted Johnson & Johnson's long-term commitment to Safe Kids Worldwide and Safe Kids China.
Veteran nonprofit executive, presided overLiveSTRONG band campaign, looks forward to taking on childhood injury prevention mission
Washington, D.C. – Safe Kids Worldwide has named Mitchell R. Stoller as its new president and chief executive officer.
Stoller, who joins Safe Kids Worldwide from The Marrow Foundation, the fundraising arm of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), has served as chief executive at the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, where he was responsible for increasing funding from $1.6 million to $16 million.
With more than 26 years of experience in public health fund development and leadership, Stoller will capably steer Safe Kids Worldwide through a critical next chapter in the organization’s development, said Diana Goldberg, chairman of the Safe Kids Worldwide board of directors, in making the announcement.
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