Equality Ohio Launches Search for New Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 13, 2012

Media Contact: Lauren Michelle Kinsey
Communications Manager
lauren@equalityohio.org

Equality Ohio Launches Search for New Executive Director

(Columbus, Ohio) Equality Ohio, the state’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) advocacy organization, announced the launch of a search for an Executive Director.  The Equality Ohio boards have formed a search committee and developed a job profile outlining the skills and requirements for the role. The Equality Federation, a national association of state LGBT advocacy groups, will be providing guidance and assistance with the search.

Equality Ohio’s Strategic Plan calls for the development of legislative and public policy strategies on the state and local level, legislative enactment of the Equal Housing and Employment Act and additional Safe Schools measures; advocacy for relationship recognition at the state and local level throughout Ohio; increasing the Equality Ohio Campaign Fund’s political influence in the 2012 and 2014 elections; and effective representation and ongoing advocacy for the LGBT community as other issues arise.

Paul Feeney, Equality Ohio Education Fund Board Chair, states, “So much potential and opportunity lie ahead for our state. We’re looking forward to bringing on an Executive Director to lead our organization in our pursuit of our vision of creating an Ohio where everyone can feel at home. We are looking for a dynamic individual who has a talent for helping everyone understand that gay rights are human rights.”

Jeff Smith, Chair of the Search Committee, added that “our new Executive Director will have a tremendous opportunity to lead during a period of changing attitudes in Ohio and the rest of the nation. To that end, we need a skilled advocate who can lead our organization and take our message of fairness to every corner of the state.”

The Search Committee has established an application deadline of August 31, 2012. Resumes and a cover letter should be sent to search@equalityohio.org. It is the boards’ intent to select a candidate by early November, 2012.

Link to Job Description:    http://goo.gl/mHBl1

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