Nonprofit agency appoints new CEO

SARASOTA — Jewish Family and Children's Service, one of the largest wraparound nonprofit organizations in the Sarasota-Manatee region, named area social services and health care executive Heidi Brown CEO.

Brown, former CEO of senior care community Aviva, takes over for longtime JFCS CEO Rose Chapman. The leadership change is effective Feb. 1, according to a statement.

“I am extremely humbled to have been chosen for this important role, which allows me to continue my life's work and fulfill my passion for building relationships, helping people and engaging in vital connections to improve the community,” Brown says in the release.