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.
One of the things I actually loved about the internet is that you had these 20-year-old entrepreneurs who were creating and revolutionizing a new industry. And it was about building community early on. That's what the internet was about. And that resonated really well with me. Think about - I us...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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