She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the NAACP Cesar Chavez Social Justice Leadership Award and the Santa Clara County, California Superior Court Distinguished Service Award for her commitment and transformative work in social justice. She has been recognized as one of the 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley, California by the San Jose Business Journal and is an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow. Mitchell was also the chief architect responsible for the implementation of a major prison realignment endeavor to improve education outcomes for Santa Clara County adult probationers and parolees, with a key focus on reintegration back to the community. Under her leadership, Santa Clara County, CA was one of the first counties in the Country to develop a comprehensive policy for LGBTQ individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Mitchell has consulted with Canadian Pacific, Los Angeles and Alameda County Probation Departments, Cayman Islands, and Jamaicans for Justice, and has presented papers and workshops on creative and innovative proven approaches to system transformation. Prior to her position as Deputy Chief of Probation in Los Angeles County, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Unity Care and former Chief of Probation Santa Clara County. Mitchell is a senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, executive coaching and mentoring, systems reengineering, project management, strategic planning and balanced and restorative justice. "I am delighted to embark on this next exciting chapter in my career with Unity Care. I am deeply grateful and blessed to have an opportunity to serve as Unity Care’s Chief Executive Officer,” said Mitchell. “I look forward to working with staff, our young adults and community partners to ensure that our clients receive the best possible care and service.” The appointment of Mitchell, a 20+ year veteran in public sector and restorative justice, highlights Unity Care’s commitment to support under-served youth during a critical time in their lives as they transition out of the foster care system. His role as Founder will focus on fundraising, advocacy and changing the foster care system into places of healing. Mitchell succeeds André Chapman, who will move into the Founder’s role on August 14th – exactly 29 years to the day that Unity Care accepted its first youth into its housing program. In this role, she will lead the organization to continue to deliver on its 5-year strategic growth plan with a focus on mental health and housing. SAN JOSE, Calif., J(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Unity Care, a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that provides housing and services for transition-age foster youth with a focus on communities of color, announced today that Sheila Mitchell has joined the company as CEO, effective as of July 11, 2022.
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