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Nicole Greenidge-Hoskins will serve as the Human Rights Campaign's general counsel and senior vice president of the national LGBTQ civil rights organization.

“I'm thrilled and honored to be joining HRC at this pivotal point in the LGBTQ equality movement,” she wrote in an email to Corporate Counsel on Monday. “I am excited to be working with the dedicated people at HRC to make a meaningful difference in people's lives, ensuring that we strive every day to meet our organization's goal—that LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.”

Greenidge-Hoskins has experience in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors. She most recently served as associate GC and director for regulatory affairs with pharmacy network Mirixa Corp. Previously, she was general counsel for both Whitman-Walker Clinic and the D.C. Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corp. in the Washington, D.C., area. HRC is also headquartered in Washington.

“Nicole has devoted her distinguished career to advocating not only for the LGBTQ community, but for all people who need a powerful voice to ensure their rights to health, safety and equality,” said HRC president Chad Griffin in a Monday press release. “I couldn't be more thrilled that she has agreed to join our leadership team, bringing her tremendous talent and experience to the Human Rights Campaign, and helping us to meet the challenges ahead in our fight for full equality.”

Nicole Greenidge-Hoskins

Robert Falk left the post of general counsel with the HRC in November for the top legal post at the Truth Initiative, according to his LinkedIn profile. He had joined HRC in July 2006.

The Human Rights Campaign has taken a strong stance opposing President Donald Trump's threat to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. The organization recently called on Congress to protect the rights of the 1 million young people, known as “Dreamers,” who came to the United States as children.

The HRC has also supported several states that have introduced legislation to ban so-called “conversion therapy.” And last month, the organization called on a federal judge in California to unseal records related to a landmark trial on Proposition 8 and marriage equality in that state.

The HRC is also part of a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over the ban of transgender people from the U.S. military. Karnoski v. Trump was filed in August in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. In December, a judge granted a preliminary injunction in the implementation of the ban, a motion that is being appealed.