Following a months-long national search, Triangle Community Center (TCC) is proud to announce that it has hired a new Executive Director, Rachel Simon (she/they), who will begin working with the LGBTQ+ non-profit in early September, 2023.
Simon comes to TCC from Pace University where she recently served as Director of the Office of Gender and Sexuality and brings with her a career-spanning expertise of the LGBTQ+ community. Engaged for nearly two decades in LGBTQ+ activism, Simon has been instrumental in enacting positive, inclusive change among both private organizations and local governments. She currently serves as Chair of the Westchester County LGBTQ Advisory Board.
“After 25 years in higher education, and many more as an activist, advocate and educator focused on social justice, I'm thrilled to join TCC as the Executive Director,” said Simon. “I plan to continue TCC’s excellent, wide-ranging advocacy work on behalf of Connecticut’s LGBTQ+ community. I’ll bring an anti-racist, intersectional, and DEI lens to the ever-evolving, inclusive work of TCC. I look forward to working with TCC’s staff and volunteers, and partnering with community allies to effect meaningful change in Connecticut. As the rights of the marginalized are under organized attack nationally, I will work with TCC to bolster policies and programs to protect queer and trans youth, and center BIPOC queer voices.”
“Rachel is exactly the leader TCC needs in this moment,” said Colin Hosten, TCC Board Chair. “She understands the work that needs to be done, she knows the communities we serve, and she brings a unique blend of empathy, kindness, and curiosity to support our amazing staff and volunteers in fulfilling TCC’s mission of providing programming and resources that nurture growth and connection within the LGBTQ+ community throughout Connecticut.”
To learn more about Triangle Community Center, please visit www.ctpridecenter.org. To learn more about TCC’s new Executive Director, Rachel Simon, or to schedule an interview, please contact publicist Stephen Lucin at " _cc="" _bcc="" _subject="" _body="" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204); outline: none;">stephen@slprconsulting.com.
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