HOPE Toledo Adds New Staff Member to Its Growing Team
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 10, 2023 — HOPE Toledo is pleased to announce the hire of Sareena Cox as office manager and the executive assistant to the President and CEO, John C. Jones.
“As HOPE Toledo continues to serve pre-K providers and hundreds of children, as well as dozens of Promise institutions and hundreds of HOPE Promise scholars, it’s essential that we have an effective central manager,” said John. C. Jones, president and CEO of HOPE Toledo. “Sareena’s skills are second to none and she will be a great asset to all of us.”
Cox most recently served as a financial services representative/loan officer for Cornerstone Community Financial Credit Union. In this role, she executed schedule coordination and customer services communications with attention to detail, while operating computer systems and programming, furthering her ability to function efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
“We’re thrilled to have Sareena join our team and manage the growing operations of our community-based programming,” said Shawna Woody, vice president of operations for HOPE Toledo.
Cox holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toledo.
For more information on HOPE Toledo, please visit hope-toledo.org.
About HOPE Toledo
HOPE Toledo is a 501(c) 3 organization and encompasses HOPE Toledo Pre-K and HOPE Toledo Promise. The mission of HOPE Toledo is to work with the Toledo community to support and ensure high-quality educational experiences for all of our youth, from preschool to postsecondary and trade school, with the goal of helping to create generational economic change for the betterment of our families and our community. Currently, 36% of the people in the TPS district are living below the poverty line and more than 80% of kids in Toledo enter kindergarten without the skills needed to learn.
This cradle-to-career approach will better serve our children and, in the long run, help our city progress towards a stronger, more educated workforce. To that end, HOPE Toledo is working with the Toledo community, through public/private partnerships and in tandem with Toledo Public Schools and Washington Local Schools, to develop a plan to deliver high-quality educational experiences for all of our youth. For more information or to donate, visit hope-toledo.org.
