The KGLRC is excited to announce, after a long and exhaustive search, that our new Program Director is Jay Maddock, BSW. Formerly of Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan, Jay Maddock has previously spent his time coordinating the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion in Battle Creek, MI.
Jay Maddock comes to the KGLRC with new energy and immense experience working with youth and people of color. “I’m very excited to continue the great work that the KGLRC has been doing in the Kalamazoo community. I find myself very fortunate to be picking up this role after the bar was set so high by my predecessor, Tracy Hall, and at a time of growth for the Resource Center,” says Jay. Jay’s previous work was developing and strengthening the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion, a gathering of church leaders, educators, mental health professionals, social service agencies, students, youth, advocates, and community members who are dedicated to creating a welcoming, inclusive and affirming community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer youth in Calhoun County.
“One of the opportunities that I’m most looking forward to, is the chance to become more deeply vested in the transgender community, which I think has been overlooked for quite some time, but now we have the fortuity to take on new programming and expand our reach,” says Maddock. Maddock’s primary responsibility will be developing and implementing new programming, while also overseeing the Triangle Mentorship Program. The Triangle Mentorship Program is the KGLRC’s trademark program for LGBT and Allied youth, pairing them up with two mentors to provide them with LGBT and Allied role models.
Maddock is excited to begin work. “The KGLRC is in a place of growth, and I couldn’t be happier to be joining such an amazing team of hard-working activists. I can’t wait to start this new chapter!” Jay Maddock will begin at the KGLRC on November 1st, 2012.
