Posted July 11, 2011 3:17 p.m.

Lehigh Valley, Pa. — The board of directors of Communities In Schools of the Lehigh Valley (CISLV) has named Timothy Mulligan the organization’s new executive director. Mulligan most recently served as the executive director of Catholic Charities of Schoharie County, New York, where he oversaw a diverse human service agency specializing in domestic violence services, counseling, emergency assistance and food programs.

Mulligan served as the director of campus ministry at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J. Prior to that, in Syracuse, N.Y., Mulligan was the executive director of the St. Thomas More Foundation and the chaplain at Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. There he co-founded Northside Ministries, providing free legal and medical clinics for the underserved.

Currently residing in Bath, Mulligan is a graduate of Lafayette College with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He holds a master of divinity and a master of arts in theology from Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC.

About Communities in Schools and Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley

Communities In Schools surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve their goals. Through school-based coordination, Communities In Schools connects students and their families to critical community resources that are tailored to their needs. CIS works in more than 3,200 schools nationally, in the most challenged communities in 26 states and the District of Columbia. Communities In Schools serves nearly 1.4 million young people and their families every year. Communities In Schools has become the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, and the only one proven to both decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates.

Here in the Lehigh Valley, CIS serves more than 2,900 students in grades 5 through 12 each year. Communities In Schools of the Lehigh Valley (“CISLV”) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to keeping kids in school and providing on-site best practice social support services. CISLV has partnered with Allentown School District since 1994, Easton Area School District since 1999, and Bethlehem Area School District since 2005. CISLV is the Lead Partner with the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley at Calypso Elementary School and South Mountain Middle School. Through the COMPASS (Community Partners for Student Success) initiative, CIS is working to advance the Community School philosophy in partnership with COMPASS, the Allentown School District and the Bethlehem Area School District.

The mission of Communities In Schools is to empower students to achieve, stay in school and prepare for life. For more information, go to www.cislv.org.