Kierra Johnson named as replacement Washington, D.C. — The National LGBTQ Task Force today announced that longtime Executive Director Rea Carey will be stepping down in early 2021.
Carey has been with the organization since 2003 as a Senior Strategist, then deputy executive director, and became its executive director in 2008.
The Board of Directors has unanimously selected Kierra Johnson, who has served as deputy executive director since 2018, as its next executive director beginning February 1, 2021.
Carey is one of the most respected leaders in the LGBTQ movement. Through her leadership, she has advanced a vision of freedom for LGBTQ people and their families that is broad, inclusive and progressive and has grown the organization in