Plinio Ayala

Plinio Ayala is President and CEO of Per Scholas, a national nonprofit organization that breaks the cycle of poverty by providing technology education, access, training and job placement services for people in low-income communities. Prior to Per Scholas, his more than two-decade career in nonprofit management includes leadership roles as Director of Program Operations at SOBRO, an organization dedicated to revitalizing the South Bronx and as Chief Program Officer at Jobs for Youth New York. Plinio has received the Liberty Award from the New York Post, a Citation Merit from the Bronx Borough President, the 2011 Heroes Award from the Robin Hood Foundation, and most recently the 2012 “Middle Skills” Opportunity Award from the New York City Employment & Training Coalition.