Neil Giuliano
Neil Giuliano
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation is preparing for the departure of its chief executive officer, Neil Giuliano, according to a press release from the organization. Giuliano notified the board of directors he would step down by the end of 2015, completing five years as CEO at the AIDS group.

The board of directors is appointing a search committee to find the new CEO.

“I have been fortunate to lead this agency through a time of unprecedented growth,” Giuliano said in the released statement. “Together, we dramatically expanded our free services for prevention and care, launched a $15 million multi-year major fundraising campaign poised to go public following a very successful quiet phase, and established a groundbreaking new model of care for gay and bi men in the Castro set to open in October.”

According to the press release, when Giuliano started in December 2010, “the foundation had 88 employees, a budget of $19 million and seven members on its board of directors…. The organization now has 150 employees and the new budget adopted by the 23-member board in June tops $29 million.”

Earlier this summer, the organization and Giuliano were in the hot seat after the Bay Area Reporter wrote about a graduate student’s essay that slams the foundation and its new health and wellness center in the Castro. Click here to read more.