Bruce Fisher, Executive Director

Huckleberry Youth Programs

Mr. Fisher is a graduate of University of Washington, where he earned his BA in History, followed by a JD at Harvard Law School. Mr. Fisher came to Huckleberry Youth Programs (HYP) as Project Director in 1985 and became Executive Director in 1988. With 30 years of experience in administrative and fiscal management as a social policy analyst, Mr. Fisher is responsible for overall administration and development for HYP.  Prior to HYP, he was a partner in Urban and Rural Systems Associates, directing national studies and evaluations in the areas of child and adolescent abuse, juvenile prostitution, family violence, and juvenile justice and corrections.  Under Mr. Fisher’s leadership, HYP has created the Cole Street Youth Clinic, the Huckleberry Teen Health Program (Marin), and the Huckleberry Wellness Academies.  The agency has also assumed management of the largest juvenile justice diversion program in the Bay Area, San Francisco’s Community Assessment and Referral Center. In addition to his work at HYP, Mr. Fisher is a juvenile justice policy consultant to the Vera Institute of Justice in New York and the Co-Founder and former Co-Chair of the San Francisco Human Services Network, a public policy organization of over 100 non-profit agencies that provide health and social services in San Francisco.

Read an article about Mr. Fisher in the Harvard Law Bulletin published in 2002.