MENTOR Announces Dr. Larry Wright as CEO

Youth Mentoring Champion Taps Executive Director of Washington State Mentors
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Willem Kooyker, MENTOR`s chairman of the board and chairman and chief executive
officer of Blenheim Capital Management LLC, announced today that Dr. Larry
Wright has been appointed the new chief executive officer of MENTOR, a
non-profit organization that is the nation`s lead champion for youth mentoring.

"We are excited to have Larry Wright at the helm of MENTOR," Mr. Kooyker stated.
"Larry has a proven track record of success with the mentoring movement in
Washington State and we are thrilled for him to bring his unique experience and
vision to the national level."

Before joining MENTOR, Dr. Wright was the executive director of Washington State
Mentors in Seattle, Washington, for four years. During that time, the
organization grew to become one of the largest mentoring partnerships in the
country. Dr. Wright helped quadruple the organization`s membership; increased
its budget ten-fold; more than doubled the number of youth served by mentoring
programs; doubled state funding for mentoring through legislative advocacy; and
secured and managed a multi-million dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.

"I am honored to lead MENTOR," said Dr. Wright. "For almost 20 years, MENTOR has
been a leader in the field, expanding our understanding of quality mentoring and
providing resources for programs to achieve meaningful outcomes. I look forward
to building on that foundation to ensure that every young person has the
opportunity to achieve their potential as an individual and a citizen."

Prior to his work at Washington State Mentors, Dr. Wright worked at CBS radio in
Seattle and as the marketing and development director for the College Success
Foundation, also in Washington State. He has a Ph.D. in communications from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an adjunct faculty member at Seattle
University. Committed to community service, he has served as an elected official
on his local county council and as a commissioner on the Washington State
Commission on Homelessness. Dr. Wright will assume his role as CEO of MENTOR on
December 1, 2009.

NOTE TO EDITOR: Bio and photo available upon request.

About MENTOR

MENTOR is the lead champion for youth mentoring in the United States. An
estimated 17 million children in America need and want mentors. MENTOR helps
kids in need through building: a capacity of mentoring programs nationwide;
quality for mentoring in general (through standards, cutting-edge research and
state-of-the-art tools); and capital (MENTOR helps the mentoring movement raise
funds to continue its critical work). MENTOR works closely with State Mentoring
Partnerships and more than 5,000 mentoring programs throughout the country,
serving more than three million children. Founded in 1991, MENTOR is
headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

MENTOR
Ellen Christman, 703-224-2255
echristman@mentoring.org

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