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Selisse Berry Kevin Lee Shytle Jed Herman Steve Humerickhouse Beatriz Rincón Stephen Gould Jere Keys Susan Willm Denny Corpe Pat Baillie Anthony Bannon Julie Beach Pamela Berkowitz Dave Bueche Redge Norton Morgan Green Bridget Striker Luis Vera
Selisse Berry is founding executive director of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the nation's only national nonprofit organization specifically dedicated to creating safe and equitable workplaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Under her leadership, the organization has grown significantly with 1200 percent expansion in the annual Summit since 1999, and ten regional affiliates across the United States. During her tenure at Out & Equal, Selisse has regularly met with executives, HR professionals and LGBT employees to expand LGBT equality in workplaces across the country and globally. Under her leadership, the organization has created numerous programs to advance its mission, including the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit, bimonthly Town Call seminars, the Out & Equal Workplace Institute—which seeks to bring together scholarly research on LGBT equality with business and human resource managers, the nation’s largest registry of LGBT Employee Resource Groups, the soon-to-launch LGBT CareerLink—a website devoted to connecting LGBT job seekers with LGBT-friendly companies, and substantial programming in the growing network of regional affiliates. Her clear and unwavering vision has been instrumental in creating an internationally recognized organization whose philosophies reflect the importance of treating all colleagues in the workplace with respect and dignity. Since her first job as a guidance counselor, Selisse has continued her commitment to justice as a teacher and as executive director for several social service organizations prior to founding Out & Equal Workplace Advocates. She has master's degrees in education and theology from the University of Texas and San Francisco Theological Seminary respectively. Selisse and her partner, Cynthia Martin, were married in July 2007. Ms. Berry has worked for the ordination of out LGBT people in various denominations and is co-editor of the book, Called Out: Voices and Gifts of LGBT Presbyterians. Selisse has also worked as a special education teacher, a guidance counselor and has extensive experience as a diversity trainer around LGBT issues and broader diversity issues and often consults on LGBT diversity issues. Out & Equal is widely known for its annual Workplace Summit, the premier gathering of LGBT employees and human resources professionals from around the globe. The Summit brings together LGBT employees, allies and human resource and diversity professionals to share best practices that address all facets of workplace equality. Held in a different city each year, the Summit blends internationally known keynote speakers with educational workshops and idea-sharing opportunities. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit will take place September 10-13, 2008 in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit our website at www.outandequal.org.
Kevin joined Out & Equal as an Executive Assistant in the summer of 2002. In this role he managed daily administrative duties and served as a liaison for several Out & Equal programs. Prior to joining Out & Equal Kevin completed his Masters of Business Administration as a Research Fellow at the University of San Francisco, graduating with honors. Kevin worked three years at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center playing a key role in building the Center's education initiatives literally from the ground up. This included managing an arts integration program that has become a regional and national model for arts integration. Other critical successes is his ability to build strong relationships between the Center, school boards, superintendents, principals, teachers, community leaders and artists. Kevin also worked as an Assistant Events Manager providing training and management for Front of House paid staff and volunteers. Kevin Shytle was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow at Elon University. He earned his BA in Elementary Education and graduated with Honors. He served as a public school teacher in North Carolina for four years.
Jed Herman joined the Out & Equal staff in July of 2007 after serving two years as the director of external relations at the Coro Center for Civic Leadership in San Francisco. A native of the Bay Area, Jed’s experience includes six years fighting HIV transmission with the Stop AIDS Project, political campaign fundraising, and serving as board president of the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. Jed is an alumnus of Brown University and the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He is passionate about social change, conflict resolution, good food, community, and irony. Steve Humerickhouse moved to San Francisco to join the Out & Equal staff in April of 2008. He is the former director of the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, a national conference based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Steve comes to O&E with an eclectic background (symphony musician, federal adoption/foster care lobbyist, karate instructor), but has sixteen years experience in conference and events direction for local, national and international Minnesota-based nonprofits. As a freelance orchestral musician (oboe) and former bass section leader with the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, he is looking forward to opportunities to perform in the Bay Area. Steve and his partner Terry, a Northwest Airlines flight attendant, will settle in the East Bay area with their five (can you believe it!) friendly felines.
Beatriz Rincón is Out & Equal's Director of Finance & Operations. In addition to her lifelong commitment to the goals of our organization, Beatriz comes to us with a broad range of experience in both for-profit (20 years) and non-profit environments (11 years), which accounts for her well-honed skills in the areas of Fiscal Management, Budget Development, Financial Analysis, Human Resources, Internal Procedures, and Operations/Project Management. Prior to joining Out & Equal, Beatriz was the Executive Director of AgeSong Senior Communities, where her responsibilities included directing finance and operations of two assisted living facilities in San Francisco specializing in the care of individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Here she refined, developed, and implemented strategic initiatives to improve organizational performance, and develop organizational capabilities. She set about overcoming financial and staffing challenges by totally redesigning the organizational structure and establishing and implementing procedures, policies, and cost controls in all key areas of the organization. She also spent four years as the Director of Finance and Operations at Social Venture Network, a non-profit that promotes socially responsible businesses. Reporting to SVN’s Co-Directors, Beatriz had the primary responsibility for understanding and anticipating the organization’s needs and providing solutions in all areas relating to finance, accounting, HR, administration and operations. She was consistently commended by board members and SVN Co-Directors alike, for successfully bringing transparency and a solid financial position to the organization. Beatriz has also worked at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), as the Budget Manager and Special Project Manager, and as the Executive Director for HOLOS XXI, a clinical and educational organization dedicated to counseling, education, and research in the mental health field in Venezuela.
Stephen is pleased to continue his work at Out & Equal Workplace Advocates coordinating the efforts of the Out & Equal ERG Registry, Regional Affiliates and other Out & Equal networks. Stephen joined the staff as executive assistant in the summer of 2004 after studying and teaching in Berkeley, CA. Since then, Stephen launched and coordinated the Out & Equal Institute during its first years before moving into his current position. Stephen gained experience in nonprofit administration working for The Concordia Orchestra and the Little Orchestra Society, both in New York City, as well as various theaters. He earned a master's degree in religion at Yale University, where he got a taste for LBGT activism as the cochair of the Yale Divinity School LGBT coalition. He also holds an A.B. degree in political science from Duke University. Originally from New York State, he is quite happy to be a resident of the incomparably beautiful San Francisco.
Jere Keys joined the team shortly before the 2006 Summit in Chicago. Prior to that, Jere served as the coordinator of Utah Pride 2006 in Salt Lake City. He has also held positions as the publications manager for the Sundance Film Festival, editor of Salt Lake Metro, and editor of QVegas magazine (formerly Las Vegas Bugle). Jere's activist days stretch back to his college years at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in theatre arts. Highlights in his political and social activist activities include helping organize the first ever Reno Gay Pride in 1997, membership on the staff and board of Equal Rights Nevada, youth program director for the GLBT Community Center of Las Vegas, five years as a board member and committee chair for Las Vegas Pride (including two years on the executive committee), founding committee member of the Las Vegas National Coming Out Day Festival, Camp Anytown volunteer for the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), membership on the GLBT Community Center of Utah board of directors, and more. He has organized protest marches for marriage equality and candlelight vigils for victims of AIDS, he has had editorial pieces published in major daily newspapers and once hugged a famous gay reality television star (who was dating a famous ex-boyband member at the time) during a crazy Sundance Film Festival Party. In his free time, Jere enjoys reading, playing video games, blogging, film, and amateur photography. He enjoys spending his weekend shopping with friends, watching movies, and practicing his mad Boggle-playing skills.
Susan Willm came to work for Out & Equal Workplace Advocates in May, 2005, as a contract worker, and officially became staff six months later. As Associate Director of Development, Susan’s main responsibility is working with corporate sponsors, and assisting Development Director Jed Herman. Susan has worked in various administrative roles for non-profits, religious and educational institutions all her life including a community/church race relations program in South Central Los Angeles, student services at Pacific School of Religion, and Office Manager at First Congregational Church of Berkeley. Just previous to joining Out & Equal she was self-employed as a freelance administrator for other independent contractors and small nonprofit organizations. She has been Lay Pastoral Assistant at Epworth United Methodist Church in Berkeley for six years, and has held a number of positions in the regional church, including Lay Delegate to the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church 2004-2008. Susan has lived in her home in Berkeley for over 30 years, and has an adult son living in the Boston area. She enjoys movies, gardening, reading mysteries, and living in Berkeley.
Denny joined Out & Equal in March 2007 as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and brings a diverse background to his new role. He comes to Out & Equal after having spent 11 years as a Project Manager and Administrative Assistant at Bank of America in San Francisco in the marketing department of their Consumer Real Estate Division. His most recent employment was with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an Executive Assistant for two years supporting a variety of groups in the Tax Department. While at Bank of America, Denny was selected to the Consumer Real Estate Division’s Diversity Group and more recently was actively involved in launching an LGBT circle at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. Through his involvement with the PricewaterhouseCoopers circle he attended the Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Chicago in September, 2006 as a participant, and last year attended the summit in Washington, DC as a part of the Out & Equal team. Prior to moving to San Francisco in June of 1992, Denny worked in radio in his home state of Michigan for 11 years, programming a variety of music formats in addition to performing on air duties under the name of Dennis Martin. Denny attended Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan and furthered his career development in his other main areas of interest (marketing, television and film) by taking select courses at UCLA and UC-Berkeley extension. Denny lives in San Francisco in the renowned Castro District with his partner (Scott) of nine years. He loves traveling, music and film, sells CDs on eBay in his spare time and is an avid Detroit Tigers baseball fan
Pat Baillie joined Out & Equal in January 2008 after retiring the second time in her career from Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to that, she served in the US Air Force retiring in 1993 as a Major. Her entire career has been involved with training, adult education, and activism and she is ready to pull all those parts of her history together at Out & Equal to make a difference for those in the workplace. Pat graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Master’s Degree in Physical Education, Biology and Psychology. After college, she joined the Air Force and worked as a Weapons Controller and Space Operations officer. She was also active in LGBT causes her entire career and decided to retire on the day that President Clinton announced "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell." She was then able to publicly come out and was the featured speaker at the Veteran’s Day memorial in Sacramento, California in 1993. She has also worked extensively with sexual freedom issue as a spokesperson and educator and has work on national grass roots organizing. In Albuquerque, Pat worked within Honeywell on their Diversity Council and was asked to present on LGBT issues at the statewide EEOC conferences as well as being the only "out" employee that could be a resource. She also helped to grow the local and statewide LGBT community as the Co-President of Albuquerque Pride for over 10 years. She continued to be involved in community events from political to social until she realized she was ready to return to California. Her goal was to work in a non-profit on LGBT issues. Out & Equal added to that the ability to use her years of training experience so in December 2007, Pat moved back to California. She now is setting up house in San Jose and creating a family with a long time friend and now roommate. Their plans are to foster at risk teens and maybe adopt. She has moved back near family and is jumping back into skiing, softball, and taking up soccer when not commuting. She is getting used to being a Californian again but loving that she is back home.
Anthony Bannon joined the Out & Equal team in March of 2008 with more than eight years of experience in non profit management in California. For six years Anthony supported youth development programs with the YMCA of San Diego County as Project Director. Upon moving to the Bay Area, he continued his dedication to youth development working on the development team of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco. Working in his family’s catering business from the age of 11 has prepared Anthony for great success as Out & Equal’s Special Events Manager. In 2005, Anthony was selected as a Nelson and Winnie Mandela Fellow and began a life-altering marriage with Amnesty, Intl. For nearly 5 month, Anthony traveled throughout Northern and Eastern Africa promoting universal education for all children. Anthony’s wanderlust has brought him to more than 30 countries on four continents... and counting. His travels have inspired a collection of historically-based curriculums for middle school youth focused on the global impact of ‘local’ events i.e. ethnic cleansing in the Baltics, Rwandan genocide, end of Apartheid in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, Mozambique’s land trust distribution, and the Dafar tragedy of Sudan. Currently, Anthony is on the Board of Advisors for the BOOST Conference and volunteers as a mentor to three high potential, college-bound youth from San Francisco’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Anthony graduated with highest honors from the University of Maryland with degrees in Hearing and Speech Sciences and Special Education.
Julie joined Out & Equal Workplace Advocates in the spring of 2008 as Career Development Manager. Responsible for launching Out & Equal’s web-based LGBT career development program, Julie is a seasoned tech expert with an MA in Industrial Psychology emphasizing employment issues for the LGBT community. For the past ten years, Julie has helped dozens of organizations develop their technological capabilities. As a technology consultant, she worked with public and nonprofit organizations including San Francisco Unified School District, Girls, Inc., UCSF and various San Francisco city departments. At Goodwill Industries, as a member of the IT team, she helped meet the tech requirements of 15 retail stores and several hundred employees. And for the San Francisco Children’s Council, she launched and managed a program to increase the technological skills and resources of San Francisco’s early childhood education community. Also a skilled trainer, Julie has introduced a diverse array of people to technology. Working with Marin’s adult education programs, Jewish Vocational Service and other nonprofit organizations, she has enabled seniors, homeless individuals and those with barriers to employment to use computers for the first time and, in many cases, begin a path to sustainable employment. Previous to her tech career, Julie received an MA in industrial psychology with an emphasis on LGBT career development after a 15-year management career with PG&E. While obtaining her degree, she worked in the human resources department at Autodesk, Inc. Enabling LGBT individuals to develop successful careers with supportive companies and organizations has been a long-time passion for Julie. She is thrilled to now be able to combine these diverse interests on behalf of Out & Equal. Julie lives in Marin with her partner of 19 years, a marketing executive for a San Francisco architecture firm, and their German Shepherd, Dover. She enjoys time at their Bolinas cottage, along with biking, home repair and digital photography.
Pamela joined the Out & Equal Workplace Advocates staff in June 2006, as the new office manager. Pamela earned her bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies with a minor in Judaic Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She also spent two semesters as part of a teaching collective within the Women’s Studies Department at SUNY Albany, where she co-taught the course “Introduction to Feminisms.” Pamela has a long history working with nonprofit organizations dedicated to social change. She was on the board of directors for the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY an umbrella group of nonprofit organizations. She was also was part of the collective at Peace Offerings (a nonprofit fair trade craft store) and worked for five years on the committee for the Women’s Networking Fair in Albany, NY. She is currently active in the Network of Spiritual Progressives, East Bay Tikkun, and Jewish Voice for Peace. Pamela enjoys biking, movies, science fiction, and vegetarian cooking. She lives with her three cats in Berkeley, CA.
Prior to joining the staff, Dave was Communications Manager in the External Relations Department at Stanford University's School of Engineering in Palo Alto, CA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism with a minor in Communications from Central Michigan University. Before moving to California he worked six years as a promotional writer for Oldsmobile Division of General Motors Corporation. Dave worked five years in resource development and four years as Vice President, Strategic Management and Marketing for United Way of the Bay Area and later with the organization's Alexis de Tocqueville Society. He is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's Leadership San Francisco program.
Redge Norton joined Out & Equal in April 2008, upon completing an around the world adventure. During his travels he volunteered at an elephant reserve in Northern Thailand and taught English in Laos. Redge brings more than 10 years of nonprofit experience in the areas of media communications, special events and fundraising. Prior to O&E he was a consultant with the Kidney Trust and for seven years the media relations manager at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. He moved to the Bay Area from Washington, D.C. where he worked for an association management consulting company and happily indulged his love of independent film by helping to organize the Washington, D.C. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Redge has a bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy from Utah State University and a master’s degree from Golden Gate University. When not planning his next adventure, he likes to cook, bike, snow ski, and hang out with his friends and cat, Mr. Tucker.
Morgan Green currently works as a Program Associate at Out & Equal. Prior to 2008, she was Out & Equal’s NETWORKS! Intern. As the daughter of a lesbian and a female-to-male transsexual, Morgan has been in contact with members of the LGBT community and exposed to their common issues of interest since birth. While in high school, she decided to publicly become a LGBT ally and joined her school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, which she later led as president. She continued her LGBT related activism while in college by joining a club that studied heterosexism and by volunteering for a couple of organizations that promoted dissemination of information on LGBT issues. Having recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Morgan is delighted to begin her professional career and continue her activism as a LGBT ally at Out & Equal. Morgan resides in Berkeley with Scott, her sweetheart, and a very sweet kitty named Eva. She spends her free time reading curious pieces of literature, watching films so frequently that she cannot remember the details of any film, and ogling the cheese section at the grocery store.
Bridget Striker, a Midwest expatriate, has lived in San Francisco for going on four years. Formerly, she worked at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and previously interned at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and on the feature film Factotum. She has also worked for the Twin Cities’ own Lavender Magazine. Bridget is enamored of fantasy fiction in all its shapes and forms, and also reads about metaphysics in her spare time. She misses having cats, and hopes to be owned by one or two again sometime soon.
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