Penny Kievet is no stranger to the non-profit world having spent her entire professional career as a teacher, principal, college professor, trainer and executive with the American Management Association and now the Executive Director at City Rescue Mission. Prior to her move to Florida Penny lived and worked in Heidelberg, GR, Kansas City, MO, West Des Moines, IA and New York, NY, Kievet has served on 26 for-profit and non-profit boards as director and Board Chair and has also held local, state and national offices in numerous professional organizations and currently serves on the board of Feeding Northeast Florida, Safe To Hope, Inc. and the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions national board. Some of her recent awards include: Girls Inc. Woman of Vision, The Jacksonville Business Journal’s Woman of Influence Award, 2000 Most Notable Women in the United States, Who’s Who VIP Professional, National President of Pi Kappa Delta, 100 Top Female Executives in the Southeast , National President Cross Examination Debate Association, Outstanding Women in the Mid-west, Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals and numerous sales achievement awards.
Today Penny sat down with Rachel White of Her Song.
Her Song is interrupting the xyxke of human trafficking by providing survicor care, victim outreach, and community awareness. Her Song provides Northeast Flrodia’s first safe house for trafficking victims. We provide a continuum of care to help women move from rescue into recovery and then into independence. We also are big on bringing awareness to our community and we partner with Duval County public schools to bring human trafficking curriculum to 8th grade health and science students and to high school students throughout the district.
