Glennda Testone has been named as the new Executive Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &Transgender Community Center of New York.  Established in 1983, the Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT community center in the world.

“At a time when the opportunities and challenges faced by our community are limitless, the Center is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of LGBT people,” said Testone.  “I am honored and excited to lead the Center in providing the kind of thriving, nurturing community that we all want to come home to.  It is an ambitious goal, but my commitment to serving the LGBT community, the passion of the people involved and the possibilities for this institution are also limitless.”

Testone joins the LGBT Community Center from The Women¹s Media Center (WMC), where she served as the Vice President for three years and created and launched the highly successful Progressive Women¹s Voices media training program. The Women¹s Media Center was founded in 2005 by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem to make women visible and powerful in the media.   The Progressive Women¹s Voices program is responsible for providing media and leadership training for some of the Progressive movement¹s preeminent leaders.

Prior to the WMC, Testone led the Program Division as the Senior Director of Media Programs at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). During her six years at GLAAD, Testone played a pivotal role in key milestones in gay media activism, most notably leading the team that persuaded The New York Times in 2003 to change its longstanding policy to include same sex couples on its wedding pages. Testone has served as a spokesperson for GLAAD and for the LGBT movement, appearing on CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC, and in outlets such as The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Time Out and W magazine.

Testone graduated from Syracuse University magna cum laude with honors and degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Philosophy.  She received the Syracuse University LGBT Foundation Award for Outstanding Alumni in 2006.  Testone got her Master¹s degree from The Ohio State University in Women’s Studies.  

Testone succeeds previous director Richard Burns, who led the Center for 22 years.  Center board president Bruce Anderson has served as interim executive director for the past eight months.

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