LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — New Hope Community, a nonprofit that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), has announced that Karen Russell, New Hope Community’s COO, has been appointed as CEO of the organization.

Russell has over 30 years of experience at New Hope Community. She began as a service coordinator and has since worked in many other roles. She “played a pivotal role in developing new programs and opportunities for both individuals and staff, and led the expansion of departments to better serve a growing community of individuals,” a New Hope press release stated. 

New Hope Community was established in 1975 to serve as a nurturing and caring alternative to large institutions that were found to have violated the most basic human rights and conditions. 

New Hope offers clinical and nursing care, residential services, day programming, community habilitation, self-direction, support brokerage, service navigators, education, recreation and leisure activities, a robustly supported employment program, summer programs for youths and more. Learn more at www.newhopecommunity.org.