Kate Kendell To Lead Gill Foundation

The Gill Foundation has announced that Kate Kendell will be their new CEO effective on May 7th. Kendell the former Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was a key architect on a wide range of legal & policy victories for our community including marriage equality, nondiscrimination protections, protection of undocumented immigrants & asylees, the rights of incarcerated individuals, transgender rights & the needs of youth & elders. She was also Interim Co-Legal Director at the Southern Poverty Law Center & served as the first Staff Attorney for the ACLU of Utah. Most recently Kate served as Chief of Staff at the California Endowment working to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals & communities. Kendell stated, “At this critical juncture for our movement, our nation & the Gill Foundation, I feel inexorably pulled to do whatever I can. I spent 25 years at the forefront of the LGBTQ movement at a time of breathtaking gains. We now face a ferocious backlash & I cannot imagine a way to make a greater impact than to help lead the Gill Foundation at a moment that will define our legacy.” Tim Gill & Scott Miller added, “Kate brings with her not only a remarkable legacy of LGBTQ advocacy, but a deep belief in the dignity & potential of every American—values at the heart of everything we do at the Gill Foundation.” The Gill Foundation supports nonprofit orgs in the United States working to bring about full equality for LGBTQ people. I talked to Kate in this exclusive sound byte about her commitment to our LGBTQ equality when she was Executive Director of NCLR. LISTEN

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