Formerly the Director of Development and Communications, Callari receives the promotion after working with the organization for more than a decade
The Baltimore Station, a residential treatment program supporting veterans and others transitioning from homelessness and substance use disorder to self-sufficiency, has promoted Kim Callari to the newly created role of deputy director. As deputy director, Callari will use her extensive knowledge and experience from within the organization to become more involved in the nonprofit’s operations.
Throughout Callari’s 10-year tenure as the director of development and communications for The Baltimore Station, she created a thriving development team credited with growing the organization’s revenue by nearly fourfold since she joined the organization. She has played a major role in the organization’s fundraising success and has helped to position the organization as a nationally recognized provider.
Callari also manages external communications for the organization including, oversight of social media platforms, media relations, and website content and design. She oversees two annual signature fundraisers, which attract hundreds of people from the greater Baltimore community; Homerun for Recovery and Stars, Stripes and Chow: Chili Edition, which she conceptualized and created. Additionally, she oversees the volunteer program, which has grown to over 3,000 individual volunteers and serves as a critical support system for not only the veterans in the programs but the entire organization.
As deputy director, Callari will keep her current responsibilities managing the development team and fund development, communications and volunteers. Additionally, she will assist the executive director and other agency leadership with developing program expansion goals, managing agency-wide budgets, and implementing strategic growth and expansion initiatives.
Callari’s past work experience includes management positions within marketing and communications at Worldcom and Teleport Communications Group. She was also the owner of Attention to Detail, a full-service event and meeting planning company, for more than 13 years. In this role, she conceptualized, planned, and managed all elements of annual client recognition/incentive events in eight international locations. Her clients included the Baltimore Orioles, Broadview Networks, and Johns Hopkins. Prior to this professional experience, Callari graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.
About The Baltimore Station
The Baltimore Station provides therapeutic residential and community-based outpatient treatment programs to individuals—primarily veterans—dealing with homelessness and substance use disorder. Its innovative programming helps break the cycle of poverty and supports individuals as they become self-sufficient members of society. Accredited by one of the nation’s most prestigious accrediting bodies for rehabilitation facilities, The Baltimore Station is the area’s largest VA funded Grant and Per Diem (GPD) program and the only long-term residential program, providing up to 24 months of clinical care and life skills development to encourage a smoother transition to the real world and guaranteed lifelong success. In addition to its residential program, The Baltimore Station provides outpatient programming to provide therapeutic relapse prevention services to those recovering from substance use disorder and also workforce development programming that provides residential services that facilitate stabilization and transition to permanent housing and sustainable income. At The Baltimore Station, we turn lives around. www.baltimorestation.org.
