Trina Losinno, Long Time Executive Director of SPIN Retires
2011-05-23T00:00:00
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - After 40 years,
Trina Losinno, Executive Director of SPIN will retire from her
position in June. Judy Dotzman, SPIN's Corporate Officer for
Professional Development will assume the position of Executive
Director on May 22nd. Judy led SPIN to be acclaimed nationally and
internationally as a premier learning organization through the last
decade and has been a leader in the organization for close to 25
years.
Trina began her career as a special education teacher at the
Torresdale Elementary school where she met David Losinno and the
two began dreaming of what they could do to improve the lives of
their students. From these dreams, SPIN was founded as a summer
camp program for children with intellectual and developmental
disabilities and then a great organization began to take off. Trina
became the heart and creative inspiration of the agency. She
brought order and planning to David's visionary ideas. Trina taught
and inspired others so the organization could grow to serve over
3,500 children and adults in 2011.
As Executive Director for SPIN, Trina led the quality
initiatives that resulted in the organization receiving numerous
accolades and awards locally and nationally for program quality.
Trina has also served on boards, professional organizations, and
committees throughout the City and State, most notably serving as
Chairperson for PAR as she has sought to make the world a better
place for children and adults with disabilities. In 2010, Trina
received PAR's Humanitarian Award and was also recognized at SPIN's
40th Anniversary celebration with the "Trust the Dreams" Award,
which she had originated 40 years prior.
As a mother of five and grandmother of three (to date), Trina
has shown many women the way to balance a challenging, inspired
career with an involved, committed family life. One of her legacies
is that SPIN has leaders who are equally dedicated to SPIN and
their own families.
For more information about SPIN, Inc. www.spininc.org