After more than four years with Openhouse, Karyn Skultety, Ph.D., is bowing out as executive director of the nonprofit provider of LGBTQ senior services in San Francisco. During her time with the agency she has doubled its staffing and overseen the opening of its new offices and affordable housing development on Laguna Street.
Ahead of her last day on May 31, Skultety received a going-away present of sorts from city leaders who chose Openhouse and its partner Mercy Housing to design and construct a new affordable housing project that is welcoming to LGBTQ seniors. Located at 1939 Market Street, the city-owned site is a block away from the 119-unit development the two agencies built on Laguna Street that houses a majority of LGBTQ older adults.