The Golden Gate Audubon Society has hired its first openly gay executive director in the organization's 105-year history. Glenn Phillips, who grew up in the East Bay, returned to the area after about 30 years in New York, where he was the executive director of New York City Audubon for seven years.
According to a news release from the society, Phillips, 52, grew the membership of New York City Audubon by 50% during his tenure there and increased revenue from $650,000 to $1 million.
GGAS currently has almost 7,000 members, and Phillips said in a phone interview that he hopes to at least double that in the next four years, as well as strengthen the relationships between the Golden Gate chapter and the seven other Bay Area Audubon chapters.