Woodruff Ment, president and CEO of Alliance member Andrus Children’s Center in Yonkers, N.Y., has played a leading role in developing the organization from a small single service provider in 1987 to a multi-service, multi-million dollar nonprofit enterprise through expansion, program development, and mergers. The growth in service has been paralleled by a growth in risk across increasing functional dimensions. Woodruff Ment is past president and life fellow of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers and current president of the Yonkers Community Planning Council.