Clinton School grad Jay Thompson (’09) serves as deputy director for program and service at City Year Milwaukee, one of 20 sites across the country where City Year engages young people ages 17 to 24 in a year of full-time community service. As a member of the senior leadership team, Thompson helps oversee five staff and 60 AmeriCorps members. His department is responsible for City Year’s “Whole School Whole Child” service model, which supports off-track students around attendance, behavior and course performance at partner schools across the city.
Thompson has a long history with City Year. Previously, he was deputy start-up director for City Year London, the organization’s second international site. Before attending the Clinton School, he served a year with AmeriCorps and then worked for a year in City Year’s national office as a program director for an initiative targeting high school students. He says his Clinton School experience helped him focus his efforts as a senior staff member with City Year.
“I had been active in the public service arena for several years prior to graduate school, but my experiences through the Clinton School helped me to become much more intentional regarding learning, leadership and how I can make a difference in the world around me,” Thompson says.
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