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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 |
| Matthew Cusick, won an important legal battle
with his former employer, Cirque du Soleil, for unwrongful termination due
to HIV+ status |
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 |
| James Dale, James Dale was barred from the
Boy Scouts because of his sexual orientation, a decision that was
supported by the US Supreme Court in a landmark 5-4 vote |
Content,
bio |
| Ginny Davis, Director of Marketing, United
States Field Hockey Association, US Olympic Committee |
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 |
| Juliet Draper, Fire fighter with the Colorado
Springs Fire Department, winners of the 1992 Iron Horse competition, the
1994 Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship, and the World Fire Fighter
Combat Challenge in 1999 |
Content,
bio,
website |
| 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 |
| Jordan N Goldwarg, Assistant Ski Coach at
Dartmouth College |
Content |
| 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 |
| Neil G. Giuliano, former Mayor of Tempe,
Arizona, and making a difference in the sports community |
Content,
bio |
| Ed Gray, Sports writer, formerly with the
Boston Herald, past 20 years |
Content,
bio |
| Bruce Hayes, 1984 Olympics gold medalist, swimming |
Content,
bio |
| Joey Hinton, All-American USA Triathlon national team member |
Content,
bio |
| Tyler Hoffman, Former Professional Baseball
Umpire and Sr. Instructor for The Academy of Professional Umpiring, GLPAA |
Congtent, bio,
website |
| 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 |
| Charles "The Pink Pounder" Jones, The first out
gay man to get into a white collar boxing ring and box |
Content, bio,
website |
| 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 |
| Holly Metcalf, six time national/Olympic team
member, bringing home the Olympic gold in 1984 |
Content,
bio |
| Ryan Miller, professional
snowboarder sponsored by OutBoard, Subaru, Bolle, Swany |
Content,
bio,
website |
| Randy Moffitt, Billie Jean King's brother,
Moffitt played for the San Francisco Giants from 1972 through 1978 |
Content |
| 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 |
| Jeff Perrotti, Founding Director of the
Massachusetts Safe School Program for Gay & Lesbian Students |
Content,
bio |
| 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 |
| Molly Purdue, Collegiate coach at NYU, NEU,
and Newsday’s Coach of the Year |
Content |
| Ryan Quinn, Junior at the University of Utah, Varsity ski team |
Content,
bio |
| Louis Ritter, Olympic gold medalist in high
jump 1998 Seoul |
Content |
| 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 |
| Esera Tuaolo, Was an NFL linebacker for
nearly nine years including for the Vikings, Packers, Jaguars, and Falcons |
Content,
website |
| Mark Tewksbury, Canadian Olympian and gold medal winner in the 100-meter backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. |
Content,
bio |
| Ji Wallace, Australian Olympian and silver
medalist |
Content |
| Patricia Nell Warren, landmark author of
bestselling gay novels including "The Front Runner" and
"Harlan's Race" |
Content,
bio, website |
| Mark Welsh, Founder of Team Flame, the LGBT
competition team of elite athletes |
Content |
| Dan Woog, high school
soccer coach, author of "Jocks" and "Jocks 2" |
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 |
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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 |
| Jeff Weekley |
Logistics Director,
bio |
logistics@glaf.org |
| Joseph Pucek |
Finance Director,
bio |
finance@gayconference.org |
Lee Wolfer, M.D.
David Chen, M.D. |
Medical Directors,
bio |
health@gayconference.org,
health2@gayconference.org |
| Rodney Byrd |
Operations Director,
bio |
operations2@gayconference.org |
| Jeff Payne |
Community Networking Director,
bio |
networking@gayconference.org |
| Aaandre Davis |
Sponsorship Director,
bio |
sponsorship@gayconference.org |
| Diana Cutaia |
Women's Director, SLC Co-Director,
bio |
women@gayconference.org |
| Monica Van Buskirk |
Press/Media Director,
bio |
press@gayconference.org |
| Steven Young |
Marketing Director,
bio |
marketing@gayconference.org |
| Greg Ayres |
Content Director,
bio |
content3@gayconference.org |
| Ken Pedraza |
Atlanta Liason, bio |
atlanta@glaf.org |
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