
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
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