Measi O’Rourke started her career as a registered nurse in 1982, with a focus maternal and pediatric nursing. After a career break to raise her 5 children, Mrs. O’Rourke became Director of Volunteer Services at Saint Joseph Parenting Center in Akron, OH in 2004.  For two years, she facilitated along with the Executive Director, the growth of this nonprofit parenting education and resource center. She recruited and managed over a hundred volunteers, coordinated a curriculum of 24 different parenting classes and supervised instructor delivery.

In 2006, Measi’s family relocated to CT and she spent most of 2009 writing a business plan, establishing governance and collecting seed money to replicate the model of the OH based SJPC. Saint Joseph Parenting Center – Stamford was founded in 2009, as a 501(c) 3 corporation. The mission of SJPC is to strengthen families at risk of child abuse and neglect by providing parenting education and resource support. Measi and SJPC work closely with the CT Department of Children & Families, juvenile/family courts in Fairfield County, as well as other community service providers, growing SJPC to serve over 300 families annually.

In 2019, Measi stepped down as Executive Director of SJPC after 10 years of providing vision and expertise in nonprofit management. She remains on the SJPC board and serves as the Board chair of SJPC’s Expansion Committee, exploring how the organization can serve additional communities that need help.