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Staff & Board |
Riki
Wilchins, Executive Director
 The
author of Read My Lips, GenderQueer, and Queer
Theory/Gender Theory, in 2001 Riki Wilchins was selected as one of TIME
Magazine's "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century." Wilchins
was a
featured columnist on gender issues for The Advocate. She
received her Bachelor’s from Cleveland State University and her Master’s
in Clinical Psychology from New School for Social Research.
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Danny Baker, Director of Operations and Finance
Danny Baker is a graduate of Ithaca College where he created his major
in Queer Studies, and received the 2003 Harvey Milk award
for LGBT service. He was very involved in campus activism, serving on
the boards of two queer student organizations and assisting in the
establishment of the IC Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and
Services.
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Brittney
Hoffman, Program Manager
Brittney Hoffman received her Masters of Arts in Women’s Studies and
Public Policy at George Washington University. While studying at GWU,
she was co-editor of “queer.,” a national academic journal. She was
awarded the 2006 Graduate Prize in Feminist Scholarship for her seminar
paper on policies concerning Mother-To-Child-Transmission of HIV/AIDS in
South Asia. She currently volunteers with HIPS (Helping Individual
Prostitutes Survive) and remains active within the feminist community.
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Khaleaph
Luis, Program Manager
Khaleaph Luis has over 10 years of
experience in community organizing and advocacy. He has done a lot of
work around the Prison Industrial Complex with various organizations. He
has also worked as a Research Assistant for various organizations
conducting socio-behavioral studies of drug use and HIV in the United
States.
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Gina
Reiss, Director of Development
Before working at GenderPAC, Gina Reiss
served as the Action Vice-President of NOW-NJ and Executive Director of
the New Jersey Lesbian and Gay Coalition. She also helped found and
co-chaired the Federation of Statewide LGBT Advocacy Organizations (now
Equality Federation). She is a graduate of UCLA.
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 Stefan Romberg, Development Associate
Stefan Romberg, a graduate
of the University of Tennessee – Knoxville with a Bachelor of Arts in
Philosophy focusing in Postmodern, Literary and Queer Theory, came to
GenderPAC as an intern in the Communications and Parenting programs. He
is currently a volunteer and member of the board of directors for the DC
Youth Pride Alliance.
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Taneika
Taylor, Research & Publications
Taneika Taylor
is the former Media Director for the Afro-American Cultural Center at
Yale University, where she earned a degree in African-American Studies
and Sociology. The mother of a three-year-old, she was also a lead
teacher at a Washington, DC public elementary school and has taught
creative writing for DC Scores.
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GenderPAC Staff, Summer 2007
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Board of Directors
Lily Cates (NY)
Christine Crespo (PA)
Jen Foster (RI)
Rachel Goldberg (CT) Treasurer
Rufina Hernández (DC)
Kevin Jones (NJ) Co-Chair
Santiago Lopez (MI) Secretary
Alice Lyman Miller (CA)
Cynthia Neff (VA) Co-Chair
Steve Peterson (MD)
Melissa Theodore (NY)
Julie Voyles (CO) |
National Advisory Board
Ted Allen (NY)
Kerry Bird (PA)
Julian Bond (DC)
Julie Dorf (CA)
Mason Emnett (DC)
Anna Greenberg (DC)
Jeff Grinspoon (IL)
Gary Groth (MA)
Catherine Han Montoya (DC)
Craig Harwood (NY)
Rick Hill (FL)
Ben Hladilek (UK)
The Honorable James Hormel (NY)
Patricia Ireland (FL)
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Johnnie Lee (CT)
Anna Lefer (DC)
Anne Nenneau (NY)
Kim Otis (DC)
Mary Paradise (VA)
Katherine Pease (CO)
Rick Quinones (VA)
Sam Rubino (NY)
Brad Salavich (ON)
Art Smith (IL)
Frieda Takamura (WA)
Ted Trimpa (CO)
Shelley Young (IL) |
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GenderPAC Board, Winter 2008 Retreat
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Our Consultants
Ellen Carton - Organizational Development Consultant
Phone: 718.266.0811
Email: elcarton@aol.com
Ellen Carton specializes in
strategic planning, retreat facilitation, coaching and stress
management.
Donnelly
Design
Phone: 410.604.6050
Email:
mariann@donnellydesign.net
Donnelly
Design specializes in print design. Capabilities include logos, identity
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Phone: 202.478.8300
Email: sweston@gqrr.com
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Design
Phone: 212.714.2545
Email:
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Lisa Mazur specializes in identity and branding systems, promotional
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Phone: 202.462.5811
E-mail: info@scottyandura.com
Scott +
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