SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – October 23, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) – The executive director of the the Rape Recovery Center, Holly Mullen, has announced she is moving on after four years.
Mullen said board members are searching for a new director to take over after she leaves.
Mullen, who is a veteran newspaper journalist and used to be the editor of City Weekly, said in a Facebook post yesterday: “It’s time for a new career challenge, life adventure or both. I will be leaving my post as Executive Director of the Rape Recovery Center on December 31.
What a thrill ride it’s been. The RRC Board of Directors hired me exactly four years ago, knowing I had never run a non-profit, but trusting I could raise funds, lead a smart and spirited staff, help to bust rape myths and to build the agency’s reputation as the only independent non-profit in the state that provides full-time, direct services to victims of sexual violence.
The work never ends, but I’ve reached a point where I’m secure in moving on. I’ve increased grant funding and private donations, adding much-needed revenues to our budget over four years. The staff is tight-knit, collaborative and humming along with streamlined programming that serves clients and has dramatically cut our wait list. I’ve had the pleasure of working with a bright and engaged board. We did this as a dedicated team, and our commitment to each other and to the work shows.
To the thousands of clients — seen and unseen — who have come to visit the RRC and to trust our staff to share your pain and your healing process, thank you so very much. You are dear to me. I believe you, and I believe IN you. You are not alone in your journey.”
Mullen previously spent three decades working as a reporter, editor and columnist at newspapers across the country.
She served on the Rape Recovery Center board of directors for four years before becoming interim director on Nov. 1, 2011. She is active in local politics and is an adjunct instructor at the University of Utah Department of Communication and the Honors College.
In January 1975, the Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center was incorporated as a private non-profit organization and by 1978, the Center had the 24-hour crisis line in place. In 1995, the Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center was renamed Rape Recovery Center (RRC) to symbolize the hope of recovery.
