LGBTQ archival groups seek new leaders
The search to find a permanent leader for the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco is formally underway. It comes as the LGBTQ institution is working with city officials to find it a site to build a new, larger museum and archival research center.After Terry Beswick resigned in September as executive director, the nonprofit named staffers Kelsi Evans and Andrew Shaffer as its interim co-executive directors.
Evans had been hired as director of the Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives & Special Collections with the society, while Shaffer was directing the society's outreach, media, and fundraising programs.The society has engaged the firm Brakeley Search to help it conduct its search for a new executive director.
It posted a six-page position specification March 20 online as it ramps up its hiring process."We started accepting applications this month in late March," Shaffer, a gay man, told the Bay Area Reporter in a recent phone interview. "We are hoping to find someone fairly quickly if they can come in and check all of our boxes.
We know we are looking for a unique person, so it might take a little bit longer."In addition to helming the efforts to construct a new museum and archival center, the next executive director needs to be adept at fundraising.
