After a little more than a year and a half as executive director of The Center, Terry DeCarlo is resigning.
DeCarlo migrated to Orlando from South Florida, where he was Director of Marketing, Public Relations and Events at Broward House for eight years. He was hired to head The Center in October of 2014. Once his resignation becomes effective June 24, DeCarlo will return to South Florida for his new role as regional director for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Until then, DeCarlo says he’ll assist in the hunt for a new executive director.
“I even put off starting my new role for a month so that I may help and make sure the transition is as smooth as possible,” he says. “I would never leave The Center in a lurch.”
DeCarlo says they’re hoping to hire quickly enough to bypass the need for an interim executive director.
“Hopefully someone will be hired that I can work with, so that everything will transfer over completely without a need for an interim,” he says.
During his tenure, DeCarlo oversaw the ongoing renovation of The Center’s headquarters downtown – a project he reports is about 65 percent completed – and increased health services provided by The Center, with STD testing and the addition of an Early HIV Intervention Specialist to the staff.
The Center’s Board of Directors has already begun vetting new candidates for the role.
