Health care nonprofit Legacy Community Health Services Inc.'s CEO, Katy Caldwell, will retire from her position at the end of 2021.
A replacement has not been named, but Legacy's board of directors is conducting a nationwide search for its next CEO, the nonprofit said in a July 21 press release.
The nonprofit told the Houston Business Journal in an email that Caldwell will be retiring from her position at Legacy but will likely be active in the community.
Caldwell began her time at Legacy under its former name, the Montrose Clinic, in the 1980s. At the time, the Montrose Clinic served as a nonprofit focused on assisting the gay community. During her time as a volunteer, Caldwell helped her friends get the needed care amid the HIV and AIDS crisis in the 1980s.
Afterward, she worked at various financial services companies, Caldwell told the HBJ. Then in 1990, Caldwell was elected Harris County treasurer and served one term. Caldwell was also appointed by then-Texas Gov. Ann Richards to the board of trustees of the Texas County and District Retirement System, which managed over $4 billion dollars in retirement funds.
In 1996, Caldwell became the executive director of the Montrose Clinic. In 2006, the Montrose Clinic and The Assistance Fund, another local HIV-focused organization, merged to create Legacy Community Health Services Inc.
More recently, Legacy added a geriatric primary care clinic in the Montrose Center's new Law Harrington Senior Living Center, which celebrated its grand opening in June.
The LGBTQIA senior living center, located at 2222 Cleburne St. in Houston’s historic Third Ward, is the first of its kind in Texas and spans 162,000 square feet, making it the largest LGBTQIA-affirming, affordable senior living center in the U.S., according to the Montrose Center. In addition to the Legacy clinic, the center also includes a social services department managed by the Montrose Center, a group dining area, meeting and game rooms, a fitness center, a dog park, and outdoor recreational spaces.
During Caldwell's time leading Legacy, the nonprofit expanded to 40 clinics and an estimated 1,300 employees all over the Houston area and Beaumont.
Caldwell also serves on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League, AIDS United and the University of Houston Alumni Association Foundation as well as the advisory board of Amegy Bank and the advisory council for TMCx Accelerator. Previously, she served on the Houston First Corp. board.
Caldwell was also one of 50 honorees named in the HBJ's Most Admired CEO Awards in September 2020. She was also an honoree in HBJ's 2018 Women Who Mean Business.
Legacy Community Health Services Inc. is No. 4 on the HBJ's 2020 Largest Houston-Area Nonprofit Organizations List, with a total income of $186.69 million.
| Rank | Prior Rank | Business name |
|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Arnold Ventures |
2 | 2 | Greater Houston Community Foundation |
3 | 3 | The Houston Food Bank |
