Kenenna Amuzie
Kenenna Amuzie has been named as the next Director, Young Lasallians for the District of San Francisco New Orleans. The announcement was made by the District’s Office of Education.
Amuzie will assume her new role effective July 1, 2016. She will succeed Heather Ruple Gilson, who is stepping down after serving in the position since 2011.
Amuzie’s primary responsibilities will be coordination and oversight of Young Lasallian programs organized and supported by the District, including the Lasallian Student Leaders and Lasallian Youth Programs, resources for Immersion Programs/VENAVER, Service-Learning support, Lasallian Collegians, Lasallian Volunteers, and Campus Ministry/Student Activity Director programs/ support. She will also serve as the District liaison to the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN) in many of these areas.
In addition, Amuzie will serve on the District Vocation Team in order to assist with providing school vocation support and the integration of vocation ministry into student and young adult programs.
Asked about her appointment, Amuzie said, “I feel tremendously blessed to continue on my Lasallian journey as I transition into this role as the Director, Young Lasallians for the District and I am thankful to God for the ways he has continued to call me.”
Amuzie earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where she was involved with Campus Ministry and the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir. Since graduating from Notre Dame in 2012, she has ministered at San Miguel High School in Tucson, Arizona, serving first as a Lasallian Volunteer from 2012 to 2014 and then as a full-time employee following her LV service. At San Miguel, she has assisted in the College Counseling Department, coordinated the El Otro Lado program, and expanded the school’s Lasallian Youth program. In June 2015, she was named Director of Service and Immersion.
In announcing Amuzie’s appointment, the Office of Education expressed its hope that the District family will join in welcoming her to her new position. The Office also offered its thanks to Ruple Gilson for the work she has done for the District and wished her well as she and her husband Joseph move to England and prepare to welcome their first child at the end of May.
