OVERVIEW

Network of 184 independent, community-based organizations in the U.S., Canada, and 14 other countries.

Provides job training and employment services, job placement opportunities and post-employment support.

Strengthens communities and families by training people to become independent, tax-paying members of society.

2007 HIGHLIGHTS

1.1 million people benefited from Goodwill career services.

140,056 people placed in competitive jobs – that’s every 53 seconds of every business day.

$3.2 billion total revenue.

84 percent of revenues funded employment programs and support services.

2,200+ retail stores and an online auction site, www.shopgoodwill.com.

65 million donors.

Goodwill Industries International Names New COO - Steve Krotonsky, Strategic Business Development Officer, Takes Office

September 16, 2008

Rockville, MD – Goodwill Industries International^® has named Steve Krotonsky to position of chief operations officer effective immediately. Krotonsky will oversee Goodwill’s^® three core services/business areas: donated goods/retail, mission and business impact, and contracts and new business development.

Krotonsky has more than 20 years of experience as a business development expert and an operations leader. He has served as director of system development at ARAMARK^®, a leading food services company and one of Fortune^® magazine’s, most admired companies. He also served as vice president for HARCO Industries^®, a company that developed campus-wide card systems for seven of the eleven Big Ten schools, which later became AT&T^® Campus Wide Access Solutions. Krotonsky went on to become the vice president of sales and marketing at National Industries for the Blind (NIB)^®, where he doubled NIB’s and its agencies’ AbilityOne contracts from $224 million to $426 million in five years. During his tenure, Krotonsky was recognized for his leadership and outstanding contributions, including increasing employment opportunities and upward mobility for people who are blind.

After a brief retirement from NIB, Krotonsky was asked to be the program director of the Digital Data Scan™ (DDS) program and lead the social entrepreneurial opportunities it presented for businesses across the country and for people who are blind, including three fully operational programs now in Phoenix, Ft. Worth and San Francisco.

Goodwill offered Krotonsky the opportunity based on his reputation as a successful manager of mission driven organizations.

“Steve Krotonsky’s management and industry experience in federal and commercial markets make him uniquely qualified to lead Goodwill’s operational initiatives,” says Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. “Krotonsky will serve as a catalyst for growing the mission in order to help people most impacted by economic challenges — people with disabilities, low-wage workers, and people who lack education and work experience — find and keep good jobs.”

Krotonsky’s other achievements include awards for his work with SKILCRAFT™, a powerhouse brand that has created jobs for 5,000 people who are blind and working for local agencies in 44 states. Krotonksy received the SKILCRAFT “Man of the Year” Award.

Krotonsky earned his bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Finance.

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