WOODSIDE, CA.- The Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the internationally recognized artist community, today announced that Executive Director Dennis O’Leary will retire after 14 years in this position. O’Leary said he would remain in the position into the summer to assist with the transition to new leadership and to oversee the completion of the Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writer’s Residence, currently under construction on the Program’s 580-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Woodside. Board of Trustees Chairman Rodney Pearlman announced that a search committee will be formed and the process to select a successor for O’Leary will begin immediately. “Dennis has been the Executive Director of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program for almost half of its 31 years and we are truly grateful for all his contributions,” Pearlman said. “Dennis has played a significant role in the growt