Bethany Wall
Executive Director
Friends of the Children Fargo-Moorhead
5183 44th St S, Suite B, Fargo, North Dakota 58104
Executives’ Club Member since November 7, 2024
Hometown: Marysville, Washington
Marysville Pilchuck High School
University of Mary
work# (701) 532-1465
bwall@friendsfm.org
bethany@inspirenetworkingfm.com
Bethany accepted the position of Executive Director of Friends of the Children Fargo-Moorhead in April, 2023.
Friends of the Children connects children – all of whom have unique talents – to a paid, professional mentor called a Friend. We hire and train Friends whose full-time jobs are to support our youth to succeed, despite the extremely challenging situations most experience, from as early as age 4 through high school graduation – 12+ years, no matter what.
Our model is distinct, courageous and proven. We redefined youth mentoring by creating the first and only long-term professional mentoring program in the country. Friends are experts in building sustained and nurturing relationships with youth. Our model is evidence-informed and research-based, and we have proven long-term outcomes to show it works.
It makes economic sense. The Harvard Business School Association of Oregon showed that for every $1 invested in Friends of the Children, the community benefits over $7 in saved social costs. Helping one child saves the community $900,000.
In 2016, Bethany co-Founded and still owns and operates Inspire Networking, a multi-chapter professional business organization.