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Kyle Pedersen, MAR

Director, CMHC Foundation
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Connecticut Mental Health Center

34 Park Street, Suite 144

New Haven, CT 06519

United States

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Director, CMHC Foundation

Biography

Kyle Pedersen has worked for Connecticut Mental Health Center since 2002, is currently Director of the CMHC Foundation, and has more than 20 years experience in community mental health and non-profit leadership in New Haven and New York City. He is a2023 recipient of the Linda K. Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service at Yale. In the Department of Psychiatry he co-chairs the Project Synapse workplace improvement initiative and is co-chair one of the Implementation Teams of the Anti-Racism Task Force. Kyle is skilled in executive leadership; strategic planning; new program development; sound fiscal management; donor relations and fund development; community connections; supervision of staff, volunteers, and interns; and training and education for students and learners of all ages. He is an anti-racist trainer/organizer with the Elm City-Undoing Racism Organizing Collective and People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond; deacon for Trinity Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church at Yale; co-president of Gather New Haven; chair of the New Haven Solid Waste and Recycling authority; on the board of Citywide Youth Coalition; and has served on boards of other local and regional organizations. Kyle enjoys cooking, gardening, reading, and messing around in small boats.

Education & Training

MAR
Yale Divinity School (2002)
BA
The New School (1999)

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Connecticut Mental Health Center

34 Park Street, Suite 144

New Haven, CT 06519

United States