News Briefs: Openhouse hires development head
Openhouse, which provides housing and services to LGBTQ seniors, has hired a new director of mission engagement who will oversee the nonprofit's fundraising.
Jacob Ittycheria, a gay man, will start in the position of director of mission engagement February 1. Most recently, he was the associate director of major gifts at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, where he held a significant portfolio and produced community and mini-documentaries that helped bring to life the stories of San Franciscans who are HIV-positive and who found health and solace in the programming at the foundation, a news release stated.
Ittycheria, 44, stated he hoped to bring his experience to the aid of LGBTQ seniors. "My reason for coming to Openhouse was because I wanted to lift up and center the stories and life experiences of our community's LGBTQ+ adults," he stated. "Many LGBTQ + older adults fought for equal rights and representation of our gay, queer, and transgender, gender-nonconforming/nonbinary members and my desire is to share their stories with the world." Ittycheria was also a successful fundraiser for the AIDS/LifeCycle, the 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the release stated.
He worked in L.A. out of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, which co-produces the event. (During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ride has been canceled the last two years.
