CEO of Springs Rescue Mission announces departure

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — On Tuesday, July 9 Jack Briggs the President and CEO of Springs Rescue Mission (SRM) announced he would be stepping down from his position effective Sept. 30.

Briggs served on the board of SRM in 2017 before moving to the east coast in 2018. Briggs returned to Colorado to serve in the position in Oct. 2020 after taking over for former President and CEO Larry Yonker.

“This decision took a lot of prayer because Springs Rescue Mission’s work is so incredibly special to me,” said Briggs. “What makes it easier is my great confidence in the team, the board, and this community. Colorado Springs is filled with generous donors, faithful churches, committed partners — a community of Good Samaritans who serve as a true testimony for this country.”

SRM said during Briggs’s tenure the Rescue Mission finished the construction of a homeless resource campus in downtown Colorado Springs, tailored programming to help women feel more safe and secure while seeking services on the Mission’s campus, and led the organization of a residential addiction recovery program for women, a resource that SRM said is showing success.

“Any of the work I’ve done or accomplishments I’ve achieved while serving as President & CEO of Springs Rescue Mission would not have been possible without the incredible staff and supporters who serve as the ‘hands and feet’ of Jesus,” Briggs said. “They’re here — day in and day out — to ensure our neighbors in need have the hope and opportunity they need to overcome homelessness, poverty, and addiction. I’m grateful for every single one of them.”

The board has assembled a committee tasked with finding Briggs’s successor.

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