Community Organizations
Community Fund of Darien Hires Janet King, Volunteer Director at P2P, as New Executive Director
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Janet King has been hired as the new executive director of the Community Fund of Darien, replacing Carrie Bernier, who has accepted a job elsewhere. A Darien resident, King has been director of volunteers at Person-to-Person in Darien for the last eight years. King “brings a wealth of experience, talent and enthusiasm for Darien and community philanthropy to our organization.” Frank Huck, the Community Fund of Darien’s board chair, said in a news release sent Monday morning by the organization. As P2P’s director of volunteers, King has been responsible for recruiting, coordinating, training and managing more than 4,000 volunteers. She was also responsible for developing and implementing the P2P mobile food pantry to address basic needs access for local communities.