Our Leadership Model Has Changed!

BorderLinks is living into its values of collaboration and community by transitioning from a traditional hierarchical leadership structure to a new model, in which three Co-Directors share responsibility for leading the organization. Instead of an Executive Director, the new model includes a Director of Education, Director of Administration & Development, and Director of Operations, each responsible to each other and the Board of Directors as well as to their own departments.

This transition has been largely driven by BorderLinks staff, who saw that their highly collaborative work and the organization’s leadership structure were out of sync.

BorderLinks also owes a debt of gratitude to Adela C. Licona who, while serving as Interim Director after the departure of the Executive Director, simultaneously worked with Staff and Board as a consultant during the leadership transition process, which culminated in the current model.

BorderLinks Co-Directors, Staff, and Board are proud and excited about our shared leadership model! Although currently only two of the three Co-Directors are in place (Directors of Amin. & Development and Education), the last piece of the puzzle, the hiring of a Director of Operations, which has been postponed as BorderLinks works to get back up to speed during the pandemic, will undoubtedly strengthen the organization even further.