Kathleen DeBold, executive director of The Mautner Project since 1999, has stepped down from her position, according to a press release from the organization.
The project blossomed under DeBold’s leadership, enlarging its scope from supporting lesbians with cancer to becoming a national lesbian health agency. Along the way, the organization garnered awards from such groups as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
In a statement, DeBold, said that ‘ [t] he idea of women taking care of women and fighting for health care equality has touched every chord in my lesbian-feminist heart.’
Dr. Kathleen Maloy will serve as interim executive director, continuing a term that started Dec. 1, when DeBold went on sabbatical.