Ken Grouf is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York division of City Year. City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-old young people for a year of full-time, rigorous community service, leadership development, and civic engagement.
Prior to starting City Year New York, Grouf was the Director of Brand Managment at Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!, Ken was the Director of National Programs and Marketing at Do Something.
In 1993, he founded and served as the Executive Director of Students for Children, a non-profit organization that encouraged volunteerism and child advocacy on college campuses nationwide.
Ken Grouf received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
City Year gives corps members $250 a week in New York. Obviously we know that's not a lot of money. It's a struggle. They eat a lot of Ramen and mac and cheese. And those who are moving to a new city, often we pair them up with different corps members. They live in these group houses. And it's...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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