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Staff Bios |
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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Lindsay
Bond, National Field Director
Lindsay Bond
completed her degrees in Political Science and Critical Gender Studies
at UCSD. She comes to GenderPAC from the National Organization for Women where
she worked as a campus/chapter organizer for such events as the 2004
March for Women’s Lives and the 2004 election.
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Tyrone
Hanley, Youth Program Coordinator
Tyrone Hanley currently volunteers with a number of local organizations,
including DC OUTfront (an Amnesty International action team), and the Children's National
Medical Center's Outreach Program. A
graduate of the University of Richmond, he has served as
an AmeriCorps volunteer with the National AIDS Fund
at Helping Individual Prostitutes
Survive.
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Brittney
Hoffman, Youth Program Coordinator
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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Gina
Reiss, Managing Director
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 the Federation
of Statewide LGBT Advocacy Organizations. 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 inter 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, Director of Communications and Parenting
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 two-year-old, she was also a lead
teacher at a Washington, DC public elementary schoo and has taught
creative writing for DC Scores.
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