by Jessica Carreras
Alicia Skillman, a notable member of the LGBT community involved with S.P.I.C.E. and PFLAG, among other organizations, has been officially named as the new executive director of the Triangle Foundation.
The announcement comes in conjunction with the exit of Triangle Interim Executive Director Kate Runyon, who had been heading up the organization since Jeff Montgomery's departure over a year ago. Runyon has already begun working as the executive director of Equality Maryland in the Baltimore area.
Skillman previously worked as the director of the Fair Housing Unit with the Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit, where she also served as an attorney since 2004. A well-known name in the LGBT community, she serves as co-coordinator of lesbian women of color group S.P.I.C.E., and has also worked with PFLAG. She will be assuming her position at Triangle in January.
"I am so happy for her to go ahead and be the executive director and got into this position," said Triangle Board Vice Chair Ron Miotke. "Her skill set, along with her unique managerial aspects of her personality blends very well with the existing staff and also Triangle's mission."
