Anthony Martinez, who formerly headed the LGBT-rights organization The Civil Rights Agenda ( TCRA ), has been named as director of communications for the national organization Family Equality Council, which advocates on behalf of LGBT parents and their children.
Martinez will be responsible for creating and implementing an organization-wide communications strategy supporting an array of initiatives and programs, according to a statement from Family Equality Council, and will continue to be based in Chicago.
He was previously TCRA's executive director and participated in the marriage equality coalition Illinois Unites for Marriage. Martinez also founded a non-profit, LGBT Change.
Family Equality Council previously named Rev. Stan Sloan, formerly the head of Chicago House and Social Service Agency, as its executive director. "We are eager to welcome such a capable and strategic mind to our growing team," said Sloan. "Anthony brings a wealth of knowledge from his past work and shares my vision of bridging the worlds of people who are in need and those who are able to help them."
Martinez told Windy City Times, "I'm so excited. It's amazing how much the organization does. There has not been a communications director for about three years, so it will be very exciting to bring their work to the forefront. … [Family Equality Council] is a very robust organization, so I hope to bring a strategic framework that allows it to reach out to communities across the nation."