To our community:

Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) is thrilled to announce that Gail Gilman has joined us as our new Executive Director, effective this week.

Gail is a seasoned, visionary leader with over 25 years of experience in housing, homelessness, and social-justice organizations throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area. Her career has been dedicated to advancing equity, collaboration, and accountability, always centering the needs of those most impacted by structural inequities—values that are deeply aligned with EDC’s mission to prevent eviction, displacement, and homelessness in our city. Gail steps into this role at a pivotal time for tenants and for San Francisco, and our Board is confident she is the right leader for this chapter.

Gail Gilman bio:

For more than 25 years, Gail work has been rooted in San Francisco and across the Bay Area, guiding housing, homelessness, and social-justice organizations through periods of growth, complexity, and change.
Across roles as CEO, chief strategist, and advisor, she has centered equity, collaboration, and accountability in her leadership, with a strong commitment to building systems that work for people most impacted by structural inequities. She is known for her ability to lead organizations through complexity with intention and care.

Gail joins EDC with humility and a deep sense of responsibility. She understands that leadership here is grounded in trust—with staff, the Board, partners, and, most importantly, with tenants and community members. In her own words: “In my early months, I’m committed to listening, learning, and aligning: understanding what is working well, where we face challenges, and how we can collectively strengthen EDC’s impact while sustaining the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve.” Gail is excited and honored to build on the accomplishments of our prior leadership, preserving their legacies and moving EDC’s mission forward in impactful and meaningful ways.

The EDC Board looks forward to partnering with Gail to deepen our impact, strengthen outcomes for tenants, and sustain EDC’s role as a trusted partner for housing stability in San Francisco.