Al York’s 44-year management and consulting career includes military service, business, and nonprofit work. He spent nine years in the US Air Force as an aviation weather observer and as an aviation weather forecaster. Next, he spent ten years with a Fortune 100 business. Since 1983, York has worked in international relief and development during which time he spent 20 years at World Concern, a faith-based international relief and development agency. He has worked in operations, administration, program implementation, executive management, and at the board level. York lived and worked in Africa, where he oversaw work for Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Rwanda. From 1995 to 2005, York had oversight for 20 countries and managed the relief and development program budget of $30,000,000, with a staff of 900.

For more than 20 years, York’s work included developing funding from foundations, US government, bi-lateral agencies, and international funding sources. That work includes nearly 35 million dollars of US federal grants and 15 million dollars in other grants.

York is active in his community, serving on several nonprofit boards.  That community service includes writing grants for state and US government agencies. He has also been involved in youth sports for more than 20 years.

York attended Boise State College and completed a certificate in nonprofit management and organization at Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School, with a practicum in strategic planning. More recently, he completed executive management classes in outcome measures and nonprofit leadership at the Harvard Business School.