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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Flint COMPILED BY SHERRON BARDEN ® PHOTO BY FLINT & GENESEE GROUP A ppointed executive director in 2014, Tauzzari Robinson has held various key roles with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Flint since 2009. Having been a Club member as a kid in Ohio, he credits that experience as having a significant impact on his life. Robinson earned a Master’s in Public Administration with a concentration in nonprofit management at the University of Mich- igan-Flint and a B.A. in Psychology at the University of Toledo. He has received multiple awards for his exemplary community leader- ship, including the 2019 Herman Prescott Award - The Professional Association, BGCA. Most recently, he was honored with the 2021 Young Professional Leader Award by the Flint & Genesee Group. Having been extremely busy helping the Greater Flint Club navigate through the pandemic and creating new ways to keep members engaged and provided for, Robinson graciously took a few moments to help My City readers get to know him better.

3. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Without a doubt, I could live the rest of my life on pizza. It is my absolute favorite food and I could eat it every day because it is so versatile. I was recently given a Gozney pizza oven and am trying to master the perfect pizza dough, your pet peeves? I do not have much tolerance for bullies. I also hate tardiness. 5. What do you do to keep fit? I try my absolute best to eat right. I also ride a peloton and just started dipping my toe into yoga over the last few months. Even though I have never liked running, I’m going to try to run one or two times a week when the weather gets better. so if anyone has tips … 4. What is one of

1. What was your very first job? At 13, I was given the opportu- nity to work in the coat room at my local Boys & Girls Club in Ohio for $2 an hour. I pretty much sat in a room a little larger than a closet and made sure every kid’s coat and book bag was checked in. After that, more and more opportunities followed.

2. What advice would you have given your 17-year-old self? Be open to new experiences. e people you will meet are going to shape you and mold who you’ll even- tually become. I would also tell him that the next 22 years will go by really fast, so embrace the time that you have with your friends and family.

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