After being put on hold for the past three years due to the pandemic, visitors poured into Lake Metroparks Farmpark at 8800 Euclid-Chardon Road in Kirtland on Sept. 16 to see the return of the Village Peddler Festival.
Betsy Smith joins the Right Question Institute as executive director
COURTESY OF RIGHT QUESTION INSTITUTE
The Cambridge-based Right Question Institute, or RQI, announced that Betsy Smith has joined the organization as executive director.
Smith brings more than 30 years of experience as a nonprofit director and educator and will take over executive leadership from Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, RQI’s co-founders and long-time co-directors. Though stepping down from their executive roles, Rothstein and Santana will remain at RQI as co-directors of the institute’s Democracy-Building Program.
Prior to joining RQI, Smith spent 14 years as executive director and president of EqualityMaine, a LGBTQ advocacy organization, where she helped lead successful statewide campaigns for marriage equality and non-discrimination protections. She previously served as executive director of the Boston-based Citizens for Participation in Political Action (CPPAX). In addition, Smith has worked