Glen Ackerman

Washington, DC

Glen H. Ackerman is the managing member of Ackerman Legal PLLC, a six member general practice law firm committed to working towards the fair and equal...

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Chris Baker

Los Angeles, California

Chris Baker is Vice President of Information Technology for NBC Universal, where he is responsible for the successful governance, planning, and delivery of a $100M annual portfolio...

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Jennifer Barbetta

New York, New York

Jennifer is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and is the Global Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Portfolio Management which includes...

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Chris Boyle

Chicago, Illinois

Chris Boyle is the Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean of the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois. Previously, Chris worked for a dozen years in the world...

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Brian Branton

Washington, DC

Brian Branton currently serves as Chief of Staff for Congressman Jared Polis (CO-2), the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a freshman. Overseeing...

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Mark Braun

Chicago, Illinous

Mark Braun, Vice President, is the National Practice Liaison for the LGBT and Non-Traditional Family Practice. He joined Northern Trust in 1983 in their management training program...

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Claudia Caine

New York, New York

Claudia Caine is the hospital director and chief operating officer of Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Lutheran is a 450 bed community, teaching hospital - one of New York...

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Kevin Chase

Los Angeles, California

Kevin Chase is currently a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Diversified Search, a national retained executive search firm, where he is a member the firm’s Not-for Profit & Higher Education search practice.  

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James Cummings

New York, New York

Jim Cummings recently joined Time Warner Inc. in July 2010 as Senior Vice President of Global Compensation and Benefits. Jim works closely with Time Warner’s Compensation &...

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Mitch Draizin

New York, New York

Mitchell Draizin was drawn to the Point by reading about its Mentor Program about five years ago.  Since that time Mitchell has been a Mentor to one of the NYC based scholars...

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Ronald W. Falcon

Pittstown, New Jersey

Dr. Ronald Falcon, M.D., is an expert in gay men’s health and HIV treatment strategies. He has a broad range of clinical and pharmaceutical experience, and currently serves as the...

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Shelley Fischel, Esq.

Scarsdale, New York

Shelley Fischel recently retired as executive vice president, human resources and administration, for Home Box Office. In her role, she was responsible for overseeing the development, management and administration of human resources programs and policies affecting HBO employees.

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Shelley Freeman

Miami, Florida

Shelley Freeman is regional president for Wells Fargo’s Florida Community Bank where she is responsible for retail, small business, and business banking with 703 banking stores...

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Christopher Genry

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Christopher Genry spent over twenty years as a Finance executive before retiring in 2006, and is currently a Private Investor and philanthropist. Most recently he was CFO of UDR...

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Kim Hackford-Peer

Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Kim Hackford-Peer joined the Gender Studies Program at the University of Utah as the Associate Director/Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in June 2011. In this capacity she works with her colleagues to manage the interdisciplinary program, advise students, and teach...

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Joanne A. Herman

Boston, Massachusetts

Joanne retired in 2010 as Financial Controller for Boston-based grant-maker New England Foundation for the Arts, where she was responsible for NEFA’s accounting, financial reporting, benefits administration, and information technology. She was previously Director of Finance for what is now the French Cultural Center of Boston. 

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David E. Howard

New York, New York

David has been involved with Point Foundation since 2005 as a volunteer, a Mentor to a Point scholar at Georgia Tech, and as a member of Point’s Mentoring Committee. He is Associate General Consel...

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Ashland Johnson

Washington, DC

Ashland serves as Policy Counsel for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (D.C. Office). As Policy Counsel, Ashland helps advance NCLR’s federal policy and legislative priorities. Ashland’s work includes advocacy in many areas including federal legislation and regulations on housing, family law, health, and employment...

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Danielle Knight

Los Angeles, California

Danielle Knight recently joined the legal department at HBO, as Vice President & Senior Counsel in the Los Angeles office. She spent the past eight years at Warner Bros. Television...

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Bruce C. Lindstrom

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Bruce's entrepreneurial career has included his management involvement in the earliest stages of three major companies - all dealing with retail and distribution. Bruce was part of the founding group of The Price Company (having merged with Costco), Pace Membership Warehouse (acquired by Wal-Mart as part of Sam’s Club) and finally as President of Corporate Express (most recently acquired by Staples).

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James Derek Mize

New York, New York

James Derek was a Point Scholar from 2006 to 2009, during which time he earned his law degree and MA in Women's Studies from the University of Cincinnati. James Derek explains...

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Andy Ortiz

Los Angeles, California

Andy Ortiz serves as Senior Vice President, Organization Effectiveness at Warner Bros. Entertainment, a global leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing and marketing ...

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John G. Pence

San Francisco, California

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Educated in the public schools of Fort Wayne and South Bend, Indiana. A. B. in Political Science and Economics from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1958. Commissioned Naval Officer (Ensign through Lieutenant commander) from 1958 - 1967.

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Clay Petre

Miami, Florda

Clay Petre is the VP of Planning & Revenue Growth Management at Bacardi, USA. Before joining Bacardi, Clay has served as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company...

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Jeff Pluth

Las Vegas, Nevada

Presently the General Manager for EMS Exhibits Las Vegas, Inc., where he was hired to turn around a CBS-branded attraction...

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Ron Rudolph

New York, New York

Ron Rudolph was drawn to Point nearly 8 years ago after reading a small article on Point in the Advocate. Shortly thereafter he contacted founders Bruce and Carl to see how he and his...

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Kyle Spainhour

Del Mar, California

Kyle Spainhour enjoyed a 26 year career with Motorola Inc., serving in various finance and accounting roles within each of company's major business segments, including almost ten years of international experience in Europe and the Middle East. Most recently Kyle was Corporate Vice President and Chief Audit Executive for Motorola Mobility, Inc. which was spun off from Motorola in 2011 and subsequently acquired by Google Inc. in 2012.

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Kelli Smith-Bailey

Seattle, Washington

As a career educator, Kelli knows firsthand the importance of education and mentorship. Kelli has served students both in the classroom and as an administrator over her 20 year career both in California and in New York. Kelli was the Director for Admissions for Mt Sinai Medical School in New York City where she managed a staff that was responsible for the restructuring of the medical admissions process and review of over 6,000 applications annually

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JP Schuerman

Los Angeles, California

JP Schuerman is an executive vice president and general manager of MWW Group Los Angeles and serves as the market steward and senior client strategist across the agency...

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Carl T. Strickland

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Carl managed and operated the start-up of two surgical practices in San Francisco before becoming Director of Information Systems for the international legal consulting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa (formerly Major, Hagen & Africa), while simultaneously completing his degree in International Business from The University of San Francisco. 

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Jorge Valencia

Los Angeles, California

Jorge Valencia began his tenure as the Point Foundation’s Executive Director in January 2007. He brings to Point a wealth of experience in managing and growing nonprofit organizations, a proven ability to design and manage the infrastructure of expanding organizations and extensive experience with, and sensitivity to, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth issues.

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John Wolfarth

Boston, Massachusetts

John currently serves as EVP, Director of Digital Operations at Mullen, an interdisciplinary marketing agency based in Boston, where he manages a team of creative and technology...

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Richard Ziegelasch, Co-President, Board of Regents 

New York, New York 

Richard has just made the move to Credit Suisse Private Banking after 15 years at UBS. He is very excited to be with such a wonderful firm and looking forward to many happy years...

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