Staff
Executive Director Amy André
    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.

Director of External Relations Joy O'Donnell
    San Francisco Pride Director of External Relations Joy O'Donnell is an internationally networked sexual health and rights educator, LGBT historian and non-profit education and outreach professional. For over ten years, Joy has been working within these capacities for organizations such as the GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco State University's Department of Sexuality Studies and National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC), Marriage Equality USA, and in partnership with hundreds of LGBT and mainstream organizations and academic institutions nation-wide and beyond.
    Joy serves on the editorial advisory boards of several national sexuality related academic journals as well as advisory panels focused on disability and sexuality and regularly provides her expertise and testimony on LGBT rights for local and national media as well as legal proceedings. Over the past 7 years Joy has participated within the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual 3 day 50 mile walk to raise money to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis - and has personally raised over $30,000 during that time.
    Joy is especially excited and honored to lead Pride's External Relations team - providing the organizational awareness and growth needed to continue Pride's inspiring mission and messages in June and throughout the year - in San Francisco and globally.
    Joy earned a B.A. and M.A. in History (both focused on women, gender and sexuality) from San Francisco State University, has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 15 years and is currently becoming a nationally certified personal fitness trainer dedicated to working specifically with obesity amongst lesbians.

Associate Director of Development Troy Coalman
    Troy Coalman comes to San Francisco Pride with over twenty years of professional development, marketing and public relations experience. Previously he has been Development Officer for WOMAN, Inc., Metropolitan Community Church as well as an independent consultant working with clientele nationwide.
    Troy has worked with organizations of every size in a variety of industries including the Arts, Spirituality and throughout the LGBT community. Throughout his career he has been a champion of philanthropy and working with Boards and senior leadership to develop strong development programs. His work as an event & performance producer has lead him from Seattle to Philadelphia, San Francisco to Florida for programs from choral & opera to theatre, from gala's to international conferences.
    Troy spent over ten years in senior management in travel marketing prior to moving into development full time. Troy also actively participates in the San Francisco AIDS Walk as well as serving on the All San Francisco Concert Committee at the San Francisco Symphony.

Projects and Events Coordinator Amy Anner
    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
    San Francisco Pride Director of Sponsorship Lindsey Jones has over twenty years experience as a high-level fundraiser and event producer.  Before joining San Francisco Pride in 2004, Lindsey served as the Event Director for AIDS Walk San Francisco and as Operations/Logistics Coordinator for AIDS Walk Los Angeles. 
    Prior to working on the large AIDS Walks, she resided in Tucson Arizona for many years producing HIV/AIDS fund-raising events and cycling and running events.  She also worked on local and state-wide political campaigns.  Prior to events, she worked directly with women and children in crisis situations. 
    In 2004, Lindsey came to San Francisco Pride as Deputy Executive Director and then served as Executive Director (E.D.) from 2005-2009. She stepped down as E.D. to focus on sponsor relations, a program which grew markedly during her tenure as E.D. 
    Lindsey earned a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Arizona.

Office Manager Sydni Peeler
    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
    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.

Contractors
    Beverage Manager: Andy Copper, beverages [at] sfpride.org
    Bookkeeper: James Gong
    Creative Director: Joseph Benoit
    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