Heal the Bay president Mark Gold announced Tuesday he will leave the environmental organization, according to a press release from Heal the Bay. Gold, who has worked with Heal the Bay for 23 years, has accepted a position at the University of California Los Angeles as associate director of its Institute of Environment and Sustainability.
Gold, a UCLA alum, will lead the institute’s Coastal Center. He will take the new post Jan. 30.
Heal the Bay executive director Karin Hall and associate director Alix Hobbs will oversee day-to-day management and fiscal oversight for the organization. The environmental group’s board of trustees will meet to discuss the organization’s future. Gold will continue to serve on Heal the Bay’s board of directors.
“I have been lucky to be part of an environmental organization that has achieved so much to better Southern California,” Gold said. “I’ve had the privilege to work with many incredible leaders, staff members and volunteers that have shared a common vision of clean water and protected watersheds. I am confident that the senior management team we’ve spent years developing will continue to move the organization forward. Heal the Bay will always be an important part of me, but I look forward to new challenges at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment.”