Announcement of Appointment Journey Center CEO

The Board of Directors of Journey Center for Safety and Healing is thrilled to announce the appointment of Anne Face as the incoming CEO beginning December 2, 2024.

Most recently, Anne served as Associate Director at Family and Community Services, Inc. (FCS) in Ravenna, OH. FCS provides a broad continuum of services. Anne oversaw 70+ programs in 23 counties and managed a budget of nearly $40M. Prior to that, Anne was the Director of the Battered Women’s Shelter and the Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina counties.

Anne is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Portage County. She worked as a housing advocate with the homeless population in Portage County and led Safer Futures in Portage County and Someplace Safe in Trumbull County (included shelter, hotline, support group, court advocacy, visitation and transitional housing). Anne operated 9 shelters at the height of COVID – serving homeless, DV, veteran, youth – and all seamlessly continued services during the pandemic. She has been active in Domestic Violence Task Forces, Continuum of Cares and Family and Children's First Council in Portage, Summit, Medina and Trumbull Counties. Further, she helped develop a tax credit project in Summit County, which allowed for over 40 single-family homes to be built for homeless families.

Face has a BA from Kent State University in Art History and Communication Studies. Anne lives in Twin Lakes with her husband, adult daughter and two crazy dogs.

According to Eric Logan, Journey’s Board Chair, Anne is “an accomplished leader in Health and Human Services who brings a wealth of experience in non-profit leadership that will lead Journey into a new era of success.”

In addition, the Board would like to extend their sincere appreciation to Robin D. Johnson, Journey’s CFO, who has served as interim CEO since February 1, 2024. It was because of the Board’s confidence in Robin’s leadership and expertise that they were able to take our time in finding the best candidate.

In service,