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The Center Needs YOU More than Ever.
During the holidays and all year long, tens of thousands of people visit the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center to celebrate, to heal, to dream and to organize. Some who come here have yet to vote in their first election. Others cast their first vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Some arrive seeking answers. Some to help. Some are rich. Some not. Some laugh. Others don't. Whatever brings people to the Center, there is one thing they all find when they get here. A home. You see, the Center is more than a building. It is more than a meeting place. More than its 25-year legacy. It's more than a place where people living with HIV/AIDS speak out. More than a place where women with cancer find hope. It is all of this and more. The Center is our community's home. It’s this home where we find and express our voice and our vision. The Center is home to every member of New York's LGBT community. It is your home as well. As we close our 25th Anniversary and embark on a new quarter century of work, will you please consider sharing your good fortunes with the Center? After all, we rely on people like you for the funding it takes to keep strong this home of ours. May this holiday season bring you and your loved ones peace, pleasure and joy.
Richard D Burns
Executive Director
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-620-7310
Media Contact
Cathy Renna,
cathy@rennacommunications.com
917-757-6123
Richard Burns Announces Departure as Executive Director of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City
NEW YORK - Richard Burns, Executive Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City, has announced his departure from the Center. The longest serving leader of an LGBT organization in the United States, Mr. Burns has served as Executive Director since December 1, 1986. Mr. Burns has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer at The Arcus Foundation, and will leave the Center in early February, 2009.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008, the Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT community center in the world. Every week, 6,000 people visit the Center, and more than 300 groups meet here. The Center has four programmatic departments: Adult Mental Health and Social Services (including Center CARE and Center CARE Recovery); Youth Enrichment Services (YES); Cultural Programs; and Advocacy. The Center offers programs and activities that provide adult and youth counseling, social services and referrals, educational forums, advocacy, community organizing opportunities, coalition building projects, leadership development workshops, and cultural programs.
Mr. Burns currently serves as the Center's chief executive officer with overall responsibility for the Center and its more than 40 programs and services. He developed the organization from a staff of three into the nation's leading and most comprehensive LGBT community center with a staff of 80 and a budget over eight million dollars. Mr. Burns acts as the spokesperson for the Center and the LGBT community with media, the press and the public. Mr. Burns is a leader and a mentor in the LGBT liberation movement.
The Center's Board and Senior Managers recently completed an in-depth community Needs Assessment and also concluded a comprehensive Strategic Planning Process. This process has further strengthened the focus of the Center in meeting the ever-changing needs of our diverse community. The Center's Board and Senior Managers will provide continuity for the Center during this leadership transition. This is an opportunity for the Center to bring new vision to an experienced and passionate team that will carry the Center into the next 25 years and beyond.
The mission of The Arcus Foundation is to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and race, and to ensure conservation and respect of the great apes.
"Richard Burns has been the driving force of the Center for the past 22 years," said Center Board President Bruce Anderson. "His vision, perseverance and dedication to the LGBT Liberation Movement secures his position as one of the more important social justice leaders in the country today. Although we are sad to hear of Richard's leaving the Center, we are excited for him in his new role at The Arcus Foundation. The Center's Board of Directors and senior management have assembled a team to steer the Center through this transition with grace and strength."
The search for Mr. Burns' successor is currently underway and any inquiries about this position should be directed to Rob Wheeler, the Center's Director of Human Resources and Administration at (212) 620-7310, rob@gaycenter.org.
The Center Needs YOU More than Ever.During the holidays and all year long, tens of thousands of people visit the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center to celebrate, to heal, to dream and to organize. Some who come here have yet to vote in their first election. Others cast their first vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Some arrive seeking answers. Some to help. Some are rich. Some not. Some laugh. Others don't. Whatever brings people to the Center, there is one thing they all find when they get here. A home. You see, the Center is more than a building. It is more than a meeting place. More than its 25-year legacy. It's more than a place where people living with HIV/AIDS speak out. More than a place where women with cancer find hope. It is all of this and more. The Center is our community's home. It’s this home where we find and express our voice and our vision. The Center is home to every member of New York's LGBT community. It is your home as well. As we close our 25th Anniversary and embark on a new quarter century of work, will you please consider sharing your good fortunes with the Center? After all, we rely on people like you for the funding it takes to keep strong this home of ours. May this holiday season bring you and your loved ones peace, pleasure and joy.
Richard D Burns
Executive Director
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-620-7310
Media Contact
Cathy Renna,
cathy@rennacommunications.com
917-757-6123
Richard Burns Announces Departure as Executive Director of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City
NEW YORK - Richard Burns, Executive Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City, has announced his departure from the Center. The longest serving leader of an LGBT organization in the United States, Mr. Burns has served as Executive Director since December 1, 1986. Mr. Burns has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer at The Arcus Foundation, and will leave the Center in early February, 2009.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008, the Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT community center in the world. Every week, 6,000 people visit the Center, and more than 300 groups meet here. The Center has four programmatic departments: Adult Mental Health and Social Services (including Center CARE and Center CARE Recovery); Youth Enrichment Services (YES); Cultural Programs; and Advocacy. The Center offers programs and activities that provide adult and youth counseling, social services and referrals, educational forums, advocacy, community organizing opportunities, coalition building projects, leadership development workshops, and cultural programs.
Mr. Burns currently serves as the Center's chief executive officer with overall responsibility for the Center and its more than 40 programs and services. He developed the organization from a staff of three into the nation's leading and most comprehensive LGBT community center with a staff of 80 and a budget over eight million dollars. Mr. Burns acts as the spokesperson for the Center and the LGBT community with media, the press and the public. Mr. Burns is a leader and a mentor in the LGBT liberation movement.
The Center's Board and Senior Managers recently completed an in-depth community Needs Assessment and also concluded a comprehensive Strategic Planning Process. This process has further strengthened the focus of the Center in meeting the ever-changing needs of our diverse community. The Center's Board and Senior Managers will provide continuity for the Center during this leadership transition. This is an opportunity for the Center to bring new vision to an experienced and passionate team that will carry the Center into the next 25 years and beyond.
The mission of The Arcus Foundation is to achieve social justice that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and race, and to ensure conservation and respect of the great apes.
"Richard Burns has been the driving force of the Center for the past 22 years," said Center Board President Bruce Anderson. "His vision, perseverance and dedication to the LGBT Liberation Movement secures his position as one of the more important social justice leaders in the country today. Although we are sad to hear of Richard's leaving the Center, we are excited for him in his new role at The Arcus Foundation. The Center's Board of Directors and senior management have assembled a team to steer the Center through this transition with grace and strength."
The search for Mr. Burns' successor is currently underway and any inquiries about this position should be directed to Rob Wheeler, the Center's Director of Human Resources and Administration at (212) 620-7310, rob@gaycenter.org.
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