Fighting Chance, the free cancer counseling and support service organization in Sag Harbor celebrated its 20th Anniversary at Devon Yacht Club on Saturday June 4. During the gala, Founder and Chairman Duncan Darrow announced the appointment of Kathleen Mulcahy, the former Mayor of Sag Harbor, as the first ever executive director of the charity.
“While looking at long term planning as part of our 20th Anniversary, the Board of Fighting Chance decided the organization would benefit from additional full-time leadership,” said Darrow. “Kathleen, who has been on our board for about a year, has both the qualifications and the passion that will help Fighting Chance prepare and grow in our next 20 years.
Mulcahy was Mayor of Sag Harbor Village from 2019 to 2021. A full-time resident of Sag Harbor since 2001, she has raised two children there. She has worked with Guild Hall, and co-founded Main Street Conversations, a political action group in Sag Harbor. Mulcahy’s business background includes being a partner at Tracy-Locke advertising, responsible for the PepsiCo Retail Marketing and at additional Omnicom agencies working on Verizon FiOS and other major brands.
“I have known and respected Fighting Chance for many years and was delighted when Duncan first asked me to be on the board,” said Mulcahy. “We quickly found that there was a good chemistry with the staff and the board and the timing of my looking for my next challenge and the Fighting Chance opportunity was perfect.”