Cradles to Crayons

Jennifer Case, President
Jennifer Case is the founder of Cradles to Crayons in Philadelphia. After received her BA from Middlebury College, Case spent two years at Bankers Trust. She then earned her MBA at the Tuck School. After completing her graduate studies, she went to work in Time-Warner’s magazine division, where she did marketing and business development for FORTUNE and Sports Illustrated for Kids. For the latter magazine, she managed a not-for-profit program that distributed the publication to 250,000 3rd- and 4th-graders in low-income areas across the country. In 2006, she founded the Philadelphia chapter of Cradles to Crayons.

Kelly A. Clarke, Executive Director Kelly Clarke is our Executive Director. She has more than a decade of experience in social service, working at agencies in New Jersey and New York —including a two-year stint at the Henry Street Settlement, where she provided direct clinical services to rescue workers in the wake of the 9/11 disaster—before relocating to the Philadelphia area in 2004. She was a Clinical Director at Carson Valley Children’s Aid, where for three years she defined the clinical direction of a program that served 350 children. She joined Cradles to Crayons in 2007 as Director of Program and Operations, and has since been named Executive Director. In addition to running daily operations, Clarke is responsible for building strong relationships with employees, corporations, and our social service partners. She also supervises the development of marketing and media strategies. Clarke holds a master’s degree in social work from Fordham University, and received her BA from Lynchburg College.