A board member of a San Francisco LGBTQ senior nonprofit will serve as the city s new aging and disability director.
Kelly Dearman, a director of Openhouse, will serve as executive director of San Francisco s Department of Disability and Aging Services, Mayor London Breed announced May 6. Dearman, who will start May 24, is succeeding Shireen McSpadden, one of the city s highest-ranking bisexual leaders.
McSpadden departed May 1 after Breed tapped her to lead the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. She had led DAS, as the city agency is known, the past five years and had won plaudits for addressing the needs of the city s growing LGBTQ senior population.
A board member of a San Francisco LGBTQ senior nonprofit will serve as the city s new aging and disability director.
Kelly Dearman, a director of Openhouse, will serve as executive director of San Francisco s Department of Disability and Aging Services, Mayor London Breed announced May 6. Dearman, who will start May 24, is succeeding Shireen McSpadden, one of the city s highest-ranking bisexual leaders.
McSpadden departed May 1 after Breed tapped her to lead the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. She had led DAS, as the city agency is known, the past five years and had won plaudits for addressing the needs of the city s growing LGBTQ senior population.