San Mar Family & Community Services appoints new board members




William P. Young Jr., spent close to fifty years a local real estate attorney and has spent much of the past decade collaborating with San Mar during its organizational transformation in his role of almost twenty-five years as the Executive Director of the Alice Virginia and David W. Fletcher Foundation. Raised in Hagerstown, Young received his Bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and his law degree from the University of Maryland, before joining the military to serve as a Judge Advocate General, with decorated service during the Vietnam war and other overseas assignments. Young and his wife Frances have an extensive history of serving various non-profits, particularly those in Washington County.
Charles Burnett joins the board after making a career of service to others. He began his career with a successful ten years of military service in the U.S. Army. Following his time as a Sergeant working in locations around the world, Burnett returned to Washington County to begin a lengthy career at the Maryland Department of Juvenile services in a variety of roles supporting the youth connected with the agency and was recognized as the DJS employee of the year in 2006. He has taken on a variety of roles supporting local youth including most recently joining Smithsburg High School as their head girls’ basketball coach.
Sila Alegret-Bartel is originally from Cuba and has lived in the United States since 1966. She is founder and president of International Corporate Training and Marketing, LLC (ICTM).
Prior to founding ICTM in 2002, Sila worked in banking, marketing and non-profit organizations in the DC area. Sila worked for Security Bank, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Kiplinger Marketing Services and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). ICTM is a diversified company that has been providing translation and interpretation services and corporate training in the tri-state area (MD-PA-WV) since 2005. She was a founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, served on the board of directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-Frederick), United Way of Frederick County and American Red Cross-Frederick County Chapter. Currently, Sila is the Western Region Chapter Director of the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Horizon Goodwill Industries, Mission and Outreach Committee Chair and Board Member of Keystone Health.
To learn more about the important work occurring every day at San Mar Family & Community Services, go to www.sanmarhope.org.