Advisory Board | Board Members | Community Steering Committees | Biographies | Roles and Responsibilities
Advisory Board
| Advisor's Name | Area, Biography |
| Jenny Allard, Head Softball Coach, Harvard University | Content, bio |
| Eric "Gumby" Anderson, The first openly gay high school or collegiate coach. Teacher, the sociology of sports, men and masculinities... | Content, bio, website |
| Mike Balaban, former senior executive investment banker at major financial institutions | Sponsorship, bio |
| Nora Beck, NCAA advisor on LGBT issues, co-Founder of Sexual Minorities in Athletics (SMIA) | Content, bio |
| Chris Bergland, two-time Triple-Ironman (7.2 miles of swimming, 336 miles of cycling and a 78.6-mile run) winner sponsored by Kiehls | Content, bio, article |
| Nancy Boutilier, High school basketball coach and former Athletics Director at San Francisco University High School | Content, bio |
| Nat Brown, High school coach, ski service at 2 Olympics, 7 World Championships, 7 Junior World Championships, and countless World Cups, author of "The Complete Guide to cross-country Ski Preparation" | Content, bio, website |
| Jim Buzinski, Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times | Content, bio |
| Dan Buzutto, Cheshire High School athlete that came out in and written up in an article by Republican-American, is a three sport captain of cross country and indoor and outdoor track | Content, bio, website |
| Helen J. Carroll, former NCAA director of 12 years and national basketball championship coach, now with National Center for Lesbian Rights | Content, bio |
| James McCall "Shamey" Cramer, Executive Director and Co-founder of Team Los Angeles, Co-chair in 1982 and 2002 | Content, bio |
| Jay Critchley, Founder of the Swim For Life annual event (15th year) | Content, bio, website |
| Diane S. Cutaia, Former women's collegiate basketball coach, now coach at high school in North Carolina, Title IX speaker | Content, bio |
| Gene Dermody, Gene Dermody is a former president of the Federation of Gay Games, and the current wrestling coordinator for the Sydney 2002 Gay Games | Content, bio, website |
| Robert Dover, 1994 U.S. Olympic Committee Male Equestrian Athlete of the Year, competed in 5 Olympic games | Content, bio |
| Kathleen "Kaki" Flynn, Columnist for the US Olympic Team and Projects Coordinator for USA Swimming | Content, bio |
| Dave Forbush, Owner Operator of Forbush Corner, a nordic touring center in northern Michigan | Content, bio |
| Rudy Galindo, US Men's Figure Skating Champion and World Bronze Medalist, author of "Icebreaker" | Content, bio, website |
| Ed Gallagher, former college football jock at Pitt, founder of Alive to Thrive, author of "Johnny in the Spot" | Content, bio, website |
| Jonathan Goler, Captain of the MIT Varsity swim team | Content, bio |
| Jim Graham, United States Equestrian Team 3-Day Event Rider, represented the U.S. in the 1994 World Equestrian Games | Content, bio,website |
| Pat Griffin, athlete/coach, professor at Univ of MA, author of "Strong Women, Deep Closets" | Content, bio, website |
| Bruce Hayes, 1984 Olympics gold medalist, swimming | Content, bio |
| Joey Hinton, All-American USA Triathlon national team member | Content, bio |
| Kevin Jennings, Founder and Executive Director of GLSEN | Content, bio, website |
| Corey Johnson, former high school football captain who came out under great fanfare | Content, bio |
| Billie Jean King, Life magazine named her one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century" in 1990, she is a tennis champion and coach | Content, bio |
| Bill Konigsberg, ESPN sports writer | Content, bio, website |
| Dave Kopay, Played pro football for the 49ers, Lions, Redskins, Saints and Packers. | Content, bio, website |
| Bendan Lemon, Editor-In-Chief of Out Magazine, wrote about the conundrum of his affair with a closeted major league baseball player | Content, bio |
| Ilana Lobet, Eco-Challenge | Content, bio |
| Dave Lohse, Associate Director of Athletics at U. of North Carolina | Content, bio, website |
| Donna Lopiano , Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation | Content, bio, website |
| Mark Lund, President and CEO, Ashton International Media, Inc | Content, bio, website 1, website 2 |
| Margo R. Machen, Adventure racer, sled-dog musher, veteran of the US Women's Rugby team, double PhD holder | Content, bio, website |
| Brian Marshall, Pac-10 CHAMPIONSHIP record holder in the high jump, two time All-American, 1988 Seoul Olympics (Canada - High Jump) | Content, bio |
| Carol Matsuzaki , Head Women's Tennis Coach and Assistant Professor of Physical Education at MIT | Content, bio, website |
| Alicia McConnell, Director of Athlete Development at the United States Olympic Committee, internationally ranked squash player | Content, bio |
| Mike Messner, past president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, author of "Taking the Field" , professor at Univ of Southern California | Content, bio, website |
| Ryan Miller, professional snowboarder sponsored by OutBoard, Subaru, Bolle, Swany | Content, bio, website |
| Jen Moore, Varsity softball, University of Penn | Content, bio, website |
| Ric Munoz, featured in a Nike television commercial as HIV+ athlete (runner) | Content, bio, website |
| Michael Muska, Athletics Director, Oberlin College | Content, bio |
| Mariah Burton Nelson, athlete/former coach, nationally syndicated columnist for Knight-Ridder/Tribune, Wash Post, and Oxygen Media, author of "The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football" | Content, bio, website |
| Dave Pallone, former Major League Baseball umpire, author of "Behind the Mask" | Content, bio, website |
| Jeffry Pike, Federation of Gay Games Charter and Honorary Lifetime Director | Content, bio |
| Brenda Pitts, Professor of Sports Marketing at Georgia State University | Content, bio |
| David Plummer, Associate Professor in Public and Community Health at the University of New England in Australia | Content, bio, website |
| Laurie Priest, NCAA director and Chair of Physical Education and Director of Athletics at Mount Holyoke College | Content, bio |
| Jim Provenzano, author of "PINS", writes the weekly Sports Complex for the Bay Area Reporter featuring athletes | Content, bio, website |
| Ryan Quinn, Junior at the University of Utah, Varsity ski team | Content, bio |
| Mark Schuster, Assistant Dean for Student Services at Rutgers College, sport psychologist | Content, bio, |
| Lowell Selvin, Presidents and CEO of PlanetOut Partners (parent of www.planetout.com and www.gay.com) | Content, bio, website |
| Matt Skallerud, Founder of GaySports.com | Content, bio, website |
| Mark Tewksbury,Canadian Olympian and gold medal winner in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. | Content, bio |
| Patricia Nell Warren, landmark author of bestselling gay novels including "The Front Runner" and "Harlan's Race" | Content, bio, website |
| Dan Woog, high school soccer coach, author of "Jocks" | Content, bio, website |
| Alissa Wykes, Football player that came out in Sports Illustrated for Women, December/January 2002 edition | Content, bio |
| Cyd Zeigler, Co-Founder of Outsports.com | Content, bio |
| Jamie Zimron, 5th Degree Black Belt in Aikido, LPGA Golf Professional, sports psychologist, Body-Mind Fitness Trainer, and the creator of KiAi Golf - a holistic martial-arts-based approach to golf and sports instruction | Content, bio,website |
Board Members
100% staffed by volunteers. Interested in helping out (local/national/international)? Email us at info@gayconference.org
| Officer's Name | Position, Biography | Contact |
| O. Mac Chinsomboon | Executive Director, bio | executive@gayconference.org |
| Rob Jagnow | Content Director, bio | content@gayconference.org |
| Joseph Pucek | Finance Director, bio | finance2@gayconference.org |
| Amir Sharabi | IT Director, bio | tech@gayconference.org |
| Lee Wolfer, M.D. David Chen, M.D. |
Medical Directors, bios | health@gayconference.org, health2@gayconference.org |
| Eli Ingraham | Exposition Director, bio | expo@gayconference.org |
| Rodney Byrd | Operations Director, bio | operations2@gayconference.org |
| Amir Sharabi | Community Networking Director, bio | networking@gayconference.org |
| Aaandre Davis | Boston Pride Director | bostonpride@gayconference.org |
| Diana Cutaia | Women's Director, SLC Co-Director | women@gayconference.org |
| Mendel Chuang | Volunteers Director, bio | volunteers@gayconference.org |
| Monica Van Buskirk | Press/Media Director, bio | press@gayconference.org |
| Steven Young | Marketing Director, bio | marketing@gayconference.org |
Community Steering Committees
| Officer's Name | Position, Biography | Contact |
| Francisco Varela | New York City, NY, bio | nyc@gayconference.org |
| Ruth Gursky | New York City, NY, bio | nyc2@gayconference.org |
| Jeff Kagan | New York City, NY, bio | nyc3@gayconference.org |
| Will Smathers | New York City, NY,bio | nyc4@gayconference.org |
| Mary Titus | New York City, NY,bio | nyc5@gayconference.org |
| Andrew Holder | Portland, OR, bio | portland@gayconference.org |
| Jon Hageman II | Nashville, TN, bio | nashville@gayconference.org |
| Jen Moore | Philadelphia, PA, bio | philadelphia@gayconference.org |
| Garrett Taliaferro | Chicago, IL, bio | chicago@gayconference.org |
| Rafael Rivera | Seattle, WA, bio | seattle@gayconference.org |
| Ross M. Hayduk | San Francisco , CA, bio | sf1@gayconference.org |
| Randy Jones | Houston, TX, bio | houston@gayconference.org |
| Steve Brady | Houston, TX, bio | houston2@gayconference.org |
| Christopher Adams | Austin, TX, bio | austin@gayconference.org |
| Charles Powell | Orange County, CA, bio | orangecounty@gayconference.org |
| Charles Powell | Long Beach, CA, bio | longbeach@gayconference.org |
| Joey Hinton | San Diego, CA, bio | sandiego@gayconference.org |
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