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Washington, D.C.--To fill a vacancy created by the impending departure of
Executive Director Elizabeth Toledo of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force,
that organization's Board of Directors has named the prominent movement leader
Lorri L. Jean to the post. Ms. Jean, the former Executive Director of the Los Angeles
Gay & Lesbian Center, will begin work in early June. |
 New Leader: Lorri L. Jean will succeed Elizabeth Toledo as the head of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force |
"I am honored to have been selected as the new executive director of
NGLTF," Jean said, "and I have long admired its work on behalf of the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement. I am especially proud to
be joining the staff at this pivotal political moment when an unapologetic
and inclusive approach to our community's rights is of such great
importance."
"What our movement needs now more than ever is NGLTF's strong and
progressive leadership. I'm ecstatic that Lorri Jean has enthusiastically
accepted the challenge," said Rachel Rosen, co-chair of the NGLTF Board of
Directors.
"Lorri represents the best of our movement: a proven track
record of building local communities, a strong commitment to progressive
political work, and a demonstrated history of building nonprofit financial
strength and stability."
"NGLTF and the entire LGBT community is unbelievably fortunate to have
someone like Lorri Jean lead us at this time," said Phill Wilson, founder
of the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum and currently founding
director of the African American AIDS Policy and Treatment Institute.
"There are very few people in our community that bring this level of
experience, vision and commitment to progressive change. Lorri embodies
the best we have to offer. I'm looking forward to working with her and the
Task Force."
Jean, a dynamic leader with proven fundraising skills, has a long history
of accomplishments. As a community leader in Los Angeles, she has received
numerous honors and awards. Among her major accomplishments are:
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Jean led the L.A. Center through a period of unprecedented expansion,
dramatically increasing the number of clients and volunteers, the
diversity and volume of services, the number of staff, and the size of the
budget to make the Center the largest GLBT organization in the world.
Under her leadership, the Center's annual budget grew from $8 million to
$32 million, and private donor giving grew from $1 million to more than $9
million annually.
Under her leadership, the Center launched Lambda Medical Group, the
first-of-its-kind HMO/managed care practice; opened three state-of-the-art
medical facilities; purchased, funded, and renovated a $7 million
facility; and created the Center's first endowment fund of $10 million.
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While at the L.A. Center, Jean co-founded the National Association of
LGBT Community Centers, a coalition of centers serving the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender community. The coalition meets annually at NGLTF
Foundation's Creating Change conference.
Jean served at the president of Washington, D.C.'s Gay and Lesbian
Activists Alliance from 1986-1988. She was the lead plaintiff in the
landmark successful lawsuit against Georgetown University charging sexual
orientation-based discrimination.
Prior to taking on her role at the L.A. Center, Jean was the Deputy
Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in San
Francisco, where she oversaw the disaster response and recovery operations
of FEMA's largest region. Previously, she was the Associate General
Counsel at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Most recently, Ms. Jean was the co-founder and chief operating officer of a
Los Angeles-based advertising company serving the e-commerce industry. She
holds a J.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and B.S. in
Communication from Arizona State University. She and her partner of nine
years, attorney Gina M. Calvelli, live in Los Angeles.
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