Executive Director Ypsilanti, Michigan | Full-time, Exempt How to Apply Please submit a cover letter with your application outlining how your career history and professional skills have made you uniquely qualified for this role. Please apply directly via The Corner's internal job board: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2a19c9b9-2e82-44be-bce9-737fbcfd9add&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=561758&lang=en_US About The Corner For more than 45 years, The Corner Health Center has inspired 12- to 25-year-olds (and their children) to live and sustain healthy lives through judgment-free, affordable health and wellness care and education. Michigan’s first Child and Adolescent Health Center (CAHC), The Corner is an independent, freestanding nonprofit with a budget of approximately $4 million and a team of just under 40. From its home in downtown Ypsilanti and school-based clinical sites in Washtenaw and St. Joseph counties, The Corner provides integrated primary care, gender-affirming care, reproductive and pregnancy care, mental health and psychiatric care, and specialty services alongside care management, a free store and food pantry, youth justice diversion programs, and youth leadership and health education programs. Roughly two-thirds of patients rely on Medicaid, and about $1 million in care is provided free each year. The Corner holds an “A” on its most recent MDHHS CAHC site review, Gold certification from the University of Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative, and back-to-back “Best Health Nonprofit” awards in the Best of Washtenaw. Preliminary analysis of the organization’s finances from FY26 show a healthy, fiscally-responsible organization with surplus net assets of over $200,000 and a healthy cashflow to meet several months’ operating liabilities. The Role Reporting to a fifteen-member Board of Directors, the Executive Director holds full strategic and operational responsibility for The Corner’s mission, services, and sustainability, and serves as the organization’s chief ambassador and advocate in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, and across Michigan.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & programs: Partner with the Board to cast a compelling vision that advances the strategic plan across four metrics (Belonging & Culture; Participation & Engagement; Safe, High-Quality Care; Sustainability & Collaboration) while overseeing all clinical, behavioral health, school-based, justice, and community programs.
- Financial stewardship: Maintain a sustained operating surplus by managing a diversified model of patient revenue, state CAHC contracts, grants, and philanthropy; lead budgeting, financial controls, and the annual audit.
- Policy & payers: Navigate Medicaid and state funding changes, and pursue enhanced and value-based reimbursement with health plans, focusing on The Corner’s unique adolescent-centered primary care model.
- Quality & compliance: With the Medical Director, sustain a rigorous quality improvement and compliance program, with an eye on adolescent health specialty indicators, HIPAA, legal, and grant requirements.
- Fund development: With the Development Director, lead major donor, grant, and corporate giving strategy, including signature events and giving societies.
- External relations: Build partnerships with schools, health plans, health systems, government, funders, and community coalitions that advance The Corner’s mission, and while representing it publicly.
- Governance: Keep the Board fully informed through monthly reports, meetings, and presentations, and support Board recruitment, committees, and youth voice in governance.
- Team leadership: Lead, develop, and retain a diverse senior team of 7 and staff of 38 within an inclusive, trauma-informed culture that nurtures growth, personal and professional expression, and excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s in public health, health administration, social work, business, public administration, or a related field preferred
- Five or more years of progressively responsible senior leadership in a nonprofit, health care, public health, or mission-driven setting
- Demonstrated success in financial management, budgeting, and revenue diversification
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and working with a volunteer board of directors
- Track record building relationships with community partners, funders, and donors
- Knowledge of health care operations, Medicaid and managed care, or school-based and adolescent health strongly preferred; Spanish fluency a plus
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and affirming care for young people of all identities
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits including a zero-premium health insurance plan, a safe-harbor 403(b) with 3% employer match, professional development, generous paid time off, and paid holidays and sick leave. Expected compensation range is $140,000 - $150,000 with opportunity for annual performance incentive. Additional Information A full prospectus with more information will be provided to highly qualified candidates. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The Corner Health Center is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences, including those who reflect the young people we serve.