Jennifer Trotter new CEO of Guiding Harbor in Belleville

Guiding Harbor in Belleville announces the selection of Jennifer Trotter, LMSW, as its new CEO.
Trotter started April 13, replacing Guiding Harbor’s previous CEO Maria Lessnau who left the organization after many years of service to become executive director at Christ Child House in Detroit.
Trotter joins Guiding Harbor after more than 20 years as a social worker in child welfare. She has direct care experience in foster care and family preservation. As a regional director at Judson Center, she was responsible for the oversight of program administration, staff development, fiscal management, proposal writing, program evaluation, planning and development for a variety of child welfare programs including statewide contracts, such as MARE (Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange) and Foster Care Navigators.
Most recently Trotter worked as a project manager at Samaritas where she drove strategic priorities toward the achievement of the organization’s strategic plan.
Guiding Harbor, founded by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Michigan, in 1958, provides child caring and child placement services for abused and neglected children. Services include: foster care, supervised independent living and a residential program. The mission of Guiding Harbor is Improving the Quality of Life for Children and Families.