Dawn Del Mastro-Chruma has been elected the Chair of a New York non-profit with a $60 million annual budget and a 600 employee staff. The non-profit serves developmentally disabled people including people with autism. Dawn’s father Rick Del Mastro was committed to the organzation and Dawn has continued the commitment since Rick’s death from covid in 2020.
Dawn Del Mastro-Chruma has been elected as the new Board Chairperson of Life’s WORC/The Family Center For Achievement (www.lifesworc.org; www.thefamilycenterforachievement.org). This non-profit organization was launched 54 years ago by Schneps Media Chairperson Victoria Schneps with assistance from broadcast journalist icon Geraldo Rivera. Both people remain active with the organization today. Based in Garden City, New York this organization provides a variety of services to some 2000 people with developmental disabilities and autism. It is an employer of more than 600 people. Life’s WORC operates a network of 45 group residences in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, and Manhattan.
Dawn Del Mastro-Chruma initially worked as a media buyer for Young & Rubicam and then FCB. She transitioned into advertising sales first with Weider Publications (Living Fit and Fit Pregnancy), and then with Meredith Publications (Ladies’ Home Journal).
After a number of years, she joined City Outdoor USA in New York City, a leading outdoor advertising family-owned business. She did everything from sales to account management, to becoming the President and CEO. In December 2021, she established Del Mastro Outdoor based in New York City. They have unique opportunities in prime locations strategically located in urban, high traffic, hip & trendy neighborhoods throughout the U.S.
Dawn Del Mastro-Chruma is a board member of two industry organizations:
—OAAA, The Out of Home Advertising Association of America, the premier trade association for out of home advertising (Washington, D.C.)
—The Foare Foundation, which funds research and education initiatives critical to the future of out of home advertising. (Washington, D.C.)
In 2023 she was recognized as “One of the top 24 women driving growth in out-of-home advertising”.
She joined the Life’s WORC Board six years ago.
Dawn Del Mastro-Chruma lives in Rockville Centre, New York with her husband, Christopher, an educator. They are the parents to 24 year old triplets.
Dawn explains: “My late father, Rick played a major role for many years in the growth and expansion of Life’s WORC. The Family Center For Achievement Building is named after him. This project with its progress and success was his ‘pride & joy’. My father and mother instilled in me the principles of compassion and the art of philanthropy. I hope to use this Life’s WORC leadership platform to sustain my father’s legacy.
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