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.
Openhouse Executive Director Stepping Down
Openhouse Executive Director, Dr. Karyn Skultety, announced on January 12 that she will be leaving the organization, as she and her family are moving to Colorado to fulfill family obligations. Her departure is slated for May 31, 2021, allowing ample time for a thoughtful and well-planned transition.
“We are grateful for Karyn’s fierce and competent leadership over the past four years, which has ensured that the organization possesses the strength, self-sufficiency, and sustainable model of care to embrace this transition,” said Tim Sweeney, Openhouse Board of Directors Co-Chair. “While we are sad to see her leave our family and community, we fully support her need to focus on the changing needs of her immediate and extended family.”
The executive director of Openhouse, the leading service provider for San Francisco s LGBTQ seniors, has announced she will be leaving the position this spring in what she called "the most difficult decision I have ever made."