The board of directors tasked with bringing this vision to life consists of individuals with distinguished and diverse backgrounds in the fields of academia, art, finance, fundraising, LGBTQ civil rights, philanthropy, public affairs, urban planning, and more.
Several team members played pivotal roles in establishing and growing the LGBT Community Center, the New York City AIDS Memorial, and the designation of the Stonewall Inn and Christopher Street Park as the U.S.’s first National Monument designated for an LGBTQ historic site. These leaders have decades of experience creating, running and fundraising for large nonprofit organizations.
Board of Trustees
Richard Burns
Museum Board Chair & Johnson Family Foundation
Sonya Shields
Museum Board Secretary & Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at Cause Effective
Kristine A. Stallone
Museum Board Treasurer & Stallone Consulting
Veyom Bahl
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Andrea Bowen
Bowen Public Affairs Consulting
Dennis Cheng
Onward Together, Cheng Strategies
Cortez Crosby
Paratus Group
Mitchell Draizin
CUNY LGBT Leadership Council, Congressional Award Foundation
Ethan Geto
Geto & de Milly, Inc.
Teddy Goff
Precision Strategies
Letitia “Leti” Gomez
Activist and Author
Katherine Grainger
Civitas Public Affairs Group
Alice Y. Hom
Northern California Grantmakers
Imara Jones
TransLash Media
Lyle Matthew Kan
CHANGE Philanthropy
Surina Khan
Women's Foundation of California
Rosamond S. King
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
James Lima
James Lima Planning + Development
Eric Marcus
Making Gay History
Odell Mays
Mays2 Consulting LLC
Mistral Myers
Google
Benj Pasek
Oscar-Winning Songwriter
Rogelio Plasencia
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Andrew Shackett
ASA Consulting
Risa Shoup
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Zach Stafford
Editor, Journalist, MSNBC
Erik Stegman
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Susan Stryker
Historian and Filmmaker
Coya White-Hat Artichoker
Ms. Foundation
Janet Weinberg
(in memoriam)
Urvashi Vaid
(in memoriam)
Museum Staff
Board Alumni
Founders Council
Allison Gans & Erin Wolfe
R. Martin Chavez
John Feinblatt, Aber D. Unger Foundation
Allen Gannett
Robert Jerome & Gregory Hinrichsen
Jill & Harry Kargman & Kargo
Barney Karpfinger & Eric Marcus
Rachel Levi & Kate Monahan
Richard Mumby
Benj Pasek
Jordan Roth & Richie Jackson
Ted Snowdon & Duffy Violante
David Stone & Michael Seelbach
Nick Scandalios
Anthony V. Thompson
We'd Like to Thank The Following Members of The New York City Council
Corey Johnson
Speaker
Laurie Cumbo
Daniel Dromm
Oswald Feliz
Rory Lancman
Mark Levine
Stephen Levin
Carlos Menchaca
Keith Powers
Ritchie Torres
Jimmy Van Bramer
Institutional Support
Consulting Team
Amy Kaufman Cultural Planning
Institutional Planning
Susan Stryker, Ph.D.
Institutional Planning, Content Strategy
Community Marketing & Insights
National Survey
Joel Sanders
Joel Sanders
Landair, Inc.
Real Estate Strategy
Brilliant Idea Studio
Stakeholder Engagement
Stuart Lynn Company
Cost Estimation
Diana Duke Duncan
Fundraising
Pro Bono Counsel
William J. Hibsher
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Maitry Halder
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
James P. Colgate
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP