Dr. Jeremy Christopher Kohomban is the President and CEO of The Children’s Village and the President of Harlem Dowling. The Children’s Village, founded in 1851, and Harlem Dowling, founded in 1831, provide a broad continuum of residential and community-embedded programs.

Dr. Kohomban is an author, sometimes an activist, and always a pragmatic leader. He has played a lead role in the family support and residential treatment reforms that are transforming children’s care. Dr. Kohomban is driven by the belief that every child, regardless of age, deserves a family, and he is outspoken in his recognition of the social justice antecedents that drive child welfare and juvenile justice. Under his leadership, The Children’s Village, the nation’s oldest and once the largest children’s residential treatment center, has been transformed into a national model for community-embedded family support. The Children’s Village is the Gold Prize winner of the New York Community Trust-New York Magazine’s Nonprofit Excellence Awards, the US Congressional Coalition Angels in Adoption award, the Child Welfare League of America Exemplary Innovative Leadership Award and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, Samuel Gerson Nordlinger Leadership Award.

Senators Wyden and Hatch added his name to the Congressional Record for his testimony before the US Senate Finance Committee on the need for finance reform that supports children, families and communities. When Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) became law, The Chronicle of Social Change noted that Dr. Kohomban was one of the most important off-the-Hill boosters of the FFPSA, described as the “biggest federal overhaul of foster care in decades“. City Limits magazine identified him as a leader with a “clear vision for the future” and in his book, From Pariahs to Partners, How Parents and their Allies Changed New York City’s Child Welfare System, David Tobis describes him as “one of the most parent-focused, reform-minded, and effective administrators in the field”.

Jeremy chairs the Human Services Council, is the national co-chair of the Children Need Amazing Parents (CHAMPS) campaign, and a Trustee of Save the Children.

He is a graduate of Emporia State University, KS., a Masters from Long Island University, NY., A PhD from the School for Business and Leadership at Regent University, Virginia and a LittD (Honorary Doctor of Letters) from Mercy College, New York.

For recent articles and commentary by Jeremy Kohomban, click here. Select links below

The Brookings Institution – The foster care system was unprepared for the last drug epidemic

Stanford Social Innovation Review – The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good

Huffington Post – Survival Is Not Enough: Help Children Thrive, Not Just Survive

Chronicle of Philanthropy – Keeping Quiet About Wrongdoing at Nonprofits Only Makes Matters Worse

CNN video – Our my parents ok (Immigrant children)