Tonight at a special meeting of the Board of Directors, unanimous approval was given to appoint Pamela McKinney as the new Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Parrot Education and Adoption Center.

Pam has been a member of PEAC for three years.  As our chapter’s Foster Coordinator, she worked tirelessly and with great success as a liaison between parrot owners who wish to relinquish birds and those willing to take on the responsibilities of fostering.  Pam understands both the challenges and the rewards of parrot education and rehoming birds.

Please join the us in congratulating and supporting Pam as she takes on her new role in PEAC.

In the past two years the Pittsburgh chapter of the Parrot Education and Adoption Center has made tremendous strides under the leadership of our Executive Director, Scott Reichert. Our organization has become financially stable and has reestablished good relations with other parrot rescue organizations as well as with avian professionals, retailers, and the National Aviary. We have established a stable infrastructure that offered education to ALL parts of the city and re-homes birds effectively. We have also instituted and are following a better set of avian guidelines, including proper quarantine procedures, than was ever before envisioned.

Scott will now be moving to a newly created position on the Board of Directors of PEAC, serving as a volunteer coordinator and liaison to the board. In order to continue with the PEAC mission of providing education to the public and the rescue and fostering of unwanted birds, the Board will be conducting a search for a new Executive Director. This person will work closely with Scott in the coming months to facilitate a transition. As we now have an excellent staff of volunteer coordinators who are responsible for much of the ongoing activities of PEAC, it is the Board’s intent that the Executive Director’s background will encompass more leadership and organizational qualities than avian experience.

The requirements for the position are as follows:

• Organizational skills, including:
  • Ability to recruit, coordinate and manage volunteers
  • Sound leadership, communication and people skills
  • Ability to coordinate or manage volunteers regarding the following tasks:
    • Website activities including coordination with Webmaster
    • Advertising and public relations activities
    • Fundraising activities
    • Grant writing activities
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word and Excel
• Experience with Quickbooks accounting software, or willing to learn

Those individuals interested in a challenging and rewarding experience as an Executive Director should respond with a Letter of Interest to the Board of Directors at the following e-mail address directors@pitpeac.org. The letter should include a brief biography and qualifications as they relate to the list above. Any questions regarding the Letter of Interest can also be forwarded to the e-mail address listed above. All letters of Interest should be submitted by August 26, 2012.

Thank you for your consideration.

The Board of Directors