Riya Saha Shah Named New CEO of Juvenile Law Center
In 2005, Riya Saha Shah started her legal career as a fellow with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, a venerated 50-year-old nonprofit litigation and advocacy group. Two decades later, she will lead the organization that gave her that start.
Just before the new year, the center announced that Shah, its senior managing director, would succeed Sue Mangold this month.
“This appointment comes at a critical juncture for the organization — young people ensnared in the juvenile legal and foster care systems face myriad obstacles,” said Dr. Tami Benton, Juvenile Law Center board chair and chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “We are fortunate to have a leader of Riya’s caliber whose expertise will ensure that the organization can fight zealously for youth rights at every level.”
