Staff

Courtney Klein

Chief Executive Officer

Courtney is an Arizona native and a graduate of Arizona State University's Barrett Honors College where she received her degree in Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Courtney was the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Re:Action Corps, a nonprofit organization launched in her senior year at Arizona State University on a $1,000 seed grant with a mission to educate, empower, and invest in young people to change the world. In 2008, upon the merger between Youth Re:Action Corps and New Global Citizens (formerly Youth Philanthropy Worldwide), Courtney assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer for New Global Citizens.

In 2008, Courtney was named by bizAZ as one of "35 Entrepreneurs under 35" and in 2007 was named one of "20 Woman to Change Arizona by 2020" by Arizona Woman Magazine and the Arizona Republic. In 2006, Courtney was profiled in the Arizona Republic as one of Arizona's most intriguing Chief Executives, highlighted as one of the six to watch. Additionally, she was honored by the Phoenix Business Journal's Power Book as a "Power Generation Up-and-Coming Leader." In 2005, Courtney was honored as a Hon Kachina Honoree and in 2002 was named Woman of the Year by the Diocese of Phoenix.

 

Chantal Sheehan

Chief Operating Officer

Chantal came to New Global Citizens from Tampa, Florida in February 2009. She arrived in Phoenix, a town she’d never been to until she took the job, with optimism, big dreams, and lots of excitement about having a new area of the country to explore! Chantal recently graduated from the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont with a Masters in Management (concentration in International Development Management). She also currently serves on the Board of Trustees at World Learning, an NGO and educational institution of which SIT is a part. Chantal often feels as though every element in her life’s journey uniquely prepared her in some way for her current position at NGC. Whether it was time spent running an accounting firm, working as a US Embassy intern in the Bahamas, traveling in Latin America and Europe for months on end, or working at a multinational corporation in Florida, each moment helped shape who she is today: a happy, driven, and passionate New Global Citizen!