Center OC Welcomes New Executive Director
Santa Ana, CA, February 16, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County (The Center OC) today announced that it has hired Dr. Kevin O’Grady as its new Executive Director, effective March 5, 2012.
O’Grady comes to The Center OC after serving as the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Orange County/Long Beach region, where he oversaw all programming including civil rights; government affairs; community relations; education; and law enforcement relations. He coordinated the region’s response to civil rights issues and hate crimes, monitored extremist groups, and spoke at public forums on issues of civil rights, diversity, anti-Semitism, LGBT civil rights and education.
Before joining the Anti-Defamation League, O’Grady served as the Dean of Students for Milken Community High School, the largest Jewish Day School in the country. He has also served as Director of the Hawai’i Technology Project, a state-wide project that introduced on-line technologies into small schools across the state’s five primary islands. He authored a study of gay and lesbian high school teachers and is considered a national expert in the area of gay and lesbian issues in education.
In addition to his work with the ADL, O’Grady is chair of GLSEN Orange County and an Advisory Member to the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs. He holds a masters degree in political science from California State University, Fullerton and a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California. Kevin lives in Long Beach, CA, with his partner and their son.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Kevin O’Grady coming on board as our new Executive Director,” said Lucas Fiamengo, Chair of The Center OC’s Board of Directors. “Kevin combines an understanding of Orange County with an expertise in LGBT issues, which we feel makes him an outstanding person to lead The Center OC in its next phase of growth and advocacy.”
The Center OC is one of the country’s oldest organizations dedicated to serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Our mission is to advocate on behalf of the Orange County LGBT community and to ensure its well being.
As one of the few organizations focused solely on the needs of the LGBT community in Orange County, The Center OC serves as the safety net for health and social services for the local LGBT community. Our programs include mental health counseling; community support groups; a cyber center; LGBT cultural-competency training to schools, medical providers and social agencies; the Rainbow Youth Program; and HIV prevention, education and counseling.
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O’Grady comes to The Center OC after serving as the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Orange County/Long Beach region, where he oversaw all programming including civil rights; government affairs; community relations; education; and law enforcement relations. He coordinated the region’s response to civil rights issues and hate crimes, monitored extremist groups, and spoke at public forums on issues of civil rights, diversity, anti-Semitism, LGBT civil rights and education.
Before joining the Anti-Defamation League, O’Grady served as the Dean of Students for Milken Community High School, the largest Jewish Day School in the country. He has also served as Director of the Hawai’i Technology Project, a state-wide project that introduced on-line technologies into small schools across the state’s five primary islands. He authored a study of gay and lesbian high school teachers and is considered a national expert in the area of gay and lesbian issues in education.
In addition to his work with the ADL, O’Grady is chair of GLSEN Orange County and an Advisory Member to the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs. He holds a masters degree in political science from California State University, Fullerton and a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California. Kevin lives in Long Beach, CA, with his partner and their son.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Kevin O’Grady coming on board as our new Executive Director,” said Lucas Fiamengo, Chair of The Center OC’s Board of Directors. “Kevin combines an understanding of Orange County with an expertise in LGBT issues, which we feel makes him an outstanding person to lead The Center OC in its next phase of growth and advocacy.”
The Center OC is one of the country’s oldest organizations dedicated to serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Our mission is to advocate on behalf of the Orange County LGBT community and to ensure its well being.
As one of the few organizations focused solely on the needs of the LGBT community in Orange County, The Center OC serves as the safety net for health and social services for the local LGBT community. Our programs include mental health counseling; community support groups; a cyber center; LGBT cultural-competency training to schools, medical providers and social agencies; the Rainbow Youth Program; and HIV prevention, education and counseling.
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Thomas Soule
714-953-5428
thecenteroc.org
Thomas Soule
714-953-5428
thecenteroc.org
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