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Detroit,Michigan --- (Septemeber 13, 1993) --- The Board of Directors of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), at a meeting in Detroit, Michigan
this past weekend, named Peri Jude Radecic as the organization's new executive 
director effective November 1, 1993. Radecic, the organization's current Deputy
Director for Public Policy, will replace Torie Osborn, who announced her 
resignation  earlier this month.

"Peri Jude is a Task Force success story", said Elizabeth Birch, Co-Chair of the
 Board of Directors. "With her dynamic leadership abilities, institutional
knowledge, and tireless energy, the Task Force could not be in better hands."

In other business conducted over the two-day Board meeting, the Tsk Force budget
for FY 1994 was increased from $3.2 to $4.3 million under a streamlined
operating plan. Informed by the changing political environment, the plan 
includes several new positions including a Health Policy Director, State and
Local Civil Rights Organizing Director, a Fight The Right Campaign Director, and
a Workplace Organizing Director.

"The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has never been stronger, and is
continuing to grow and adapt to meet the challenges that face the movement,"
said Radecic. "The Task Force continues to serve as the nation's strongest gay
and lesbian organizing institution based on a foundation of diversity that is
our community."