
Staff
Executive
Director Amy André (e-mail
Amy)
Along with an MBA, focusing on
nonprofit management, and an MA in sexuality studies,
focusing on LGBT community issues, Amy Andre has over a
decade of experience with local and national LGBT
nonprofit organizations.
As a Point Foundation Scholar, Andre earned her MBA from UC
Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 2009. Prior to
that, she worked at Out & Equal Workplace Advocates,
criss-crossing the nation to educate thousands of
employees at Fortune500 companies about LGBT rights.
Before coming to Out & Equal, she served as Vice
President of the Board at Open Enterprises, a
cooperative where she worked for almost seven years.
The co-author of Bisexual Health: An Introduction and
Model Practices for HIV/STI Prevention, a book
published by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force,
Andre has articles in Curve Magazine,
Alternet.org, and The Bilerico Project, among
dozens of other publications.
A lifelong bi and LGBT activist originally from the East
Coast, Andre has lived in San Francisco since 1997. She
currently resides in the Castro with her fiancée,
filmmaker Kami Chisholm, PhD.
Deputy Executive Director Brendan Behan
(e-mail Brendan)
A native of San Diego, Brendan relocated to
San Francisco in 2005 to work with San Francisco Pride. In 2003 Brendan
received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in Chicana/o Studies with an emphasis in history and a
minor in Gender Studies.
Having studied at the Universidad de la Habana, Cuba, in 2002 and
having completed his undergraduate education in 2003, Brendan returned to San Diego with a commitment to community organizing and devoted
most of his time to cross-border activism related to
trade issues, indigenous rights, and the environment. Working with groups such as the San Diego support committee to the Tijuana-based Frente Zapatista de Liberación Nacional and helping to organize bi-national clean-ups of the ecologically sensitive Tijuana Estuary,
which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, Brendan continued to deepen his involvement in grassroots organizing. Brendan has welcomed the opportunity to apply these experiences to the struggle for queer rights with San Francisco
Pride.
Projects and Events Coordinator
Amy Anner (email
Amy)
Amy Anner came to San
Francisco Pride in January 2009 as the coordinator for the CAPI Conference and shortly thereafter became a staff
member. She relocated to San Francisco from the East Coast
in 1991 and holds degrees in political science and women’s
studies with a minor in Spanish. She has extensive
experience producing events throughout the Bay Area and has
worked for numerous nonprofits including, TechSoup,
Craigslist Foundation, Frameline, and the SFSPCA.
Amy has volunteered for
organizations such as SF Women Against Rape, Frameline, and
the SFSPCA. She worked with women’s groups in El Salvador
on lesbian visibility and took coursework in Venezuela
researching women’s rights and reproductive care.
She has also trained dogs for over twelve years and in her spare time
works on films. Amy is excited to be part of the San
Francisco Pride team.
Director
of Sponsorship Lindsey Jones (email
Lindsey)
Lindsey will be posting her bio here shortly.
Please check back soon.
Office Manager Sydni Peeler (email
Sydni)
Raised in Livermore, California, Sydni
now lives in Oakland. Sydni is happy to be working for
her first non-profit. With a background in
communications and politics, Sydni hopes to play a key
role in helping the organization maintain long-term
relationships with other San Francisco community
organizations.
Programs
& Special Projects Coordinator Imani Brown (email
Imani)
Having grown up in the Bay Area, Imani is
glad to be living and working in San Francisco.
Her B.A. is from Pomona College where she majored in
Women’s Studies with a focus in Politics. While at
Pomona, Imani worked at the Queer Resource Center and
Women’s Union serving the Claremont Colleges’ LGBT
community and its allies. Her senior thesis, which
profiled the California same-sex marriage debate, won
the President’s Prize in Women’s Studies. Imani
values her study abroad experience at Cambridge
University in England, where she focused on feminist
theory and critical race studies, and her time at the
University of Ghana in Accra. In addition to her
work as a feminist and queer activist, Imani is also
proud of her time in student affairs, having worked at
programs such as Summerbridge San Francisco, helping to
run an after-school and summer program for low-income
students and students of color in the San Francisco Bay
Area. As a member of the SF Pride staff, Imani
feels privileged to work with such a wonderfully diverse
community.
Transition Manager Joshua Smith
(e-mail
Joshua)
Berkeley resident and San Francisco
native Joshua Smith brings to the table fifteen years of
organizational experience as a past board member of SF
Pride. Currently, he serves as co-chair of the Soul of
Pride and Community Dance Arena stages at the SF Pride
Celebration.
Joshua co-founded and serves as President of SF Lovevolution
(formerly Lovefest/Love Parade), the nation’s largest
non-profit electronic music parade and festival.
Outside of his community work, Joshua has a decade of
experience in the banking sector.
Contractors
Beverage Manager: Andy Copper,
beverages [at] sfpride.org
Bookkeeper: James Gong
Donations Manager: Brian Probst,
donations
[at]
sfpride.org
Event Director: Joe Wagenhofer,
event_manager
[at]
sfpride.org
Exhibitor Relations Managers: Richard Kravitz & Bill Montgomery,
exhibitor_relations
[at]
sfpride.org
Operations Manager: Scott Schumake
Parade Coordinator: Marsha Levine,
parade
[at]
sfpride.org
Recycling Manager: May Briosos
sfpride.org