Utah Pride Center’s leader is leaving, after just 6 months in the job

Ryan Newcomb vowed ‘to restore trust’ to the LGBTQ+ nonprofit, and he said he has delivered on that promise.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ryan Newcomb speaks in a news conference announcing his appointment as the new executive director of the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Newcomb is stepping down from the post on April 1, 2024, just over six months after he started at the LGBTQ+ nonprofit the previous September.

Utah Pride Center’s leader is leaving, after just 6 months in the job

Ryan Newcomb vowed ‘to restore trust’ to the LGBTQ+ nonprofit, and he said he has delivered on that promise.

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