Ms. Bellotti joined the Board of Directors in March 2005.

RAYMOND BRIZENDINE

Mr. Brizendine has more than ten years of experience in the executive search industry. From 1993 to 2003, he was with The Alexander Group, a national retained executive search firm, in the San Francisco and Houston offices. As Director, he managed the firm’s West Coast offices and served clients in the biotechnology, healthcare, professional service, technology and non-profit sectors. Mr. Brizendine led the firm’s non-profit search practice and focused on recruiting development professionals. He is an alumnus of Rice University and active in fundraising as a volunteer and development officer for Northern California. Mr. Brizendine holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Rice and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is currently in the full-time MBA program at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Mr. Brizendine has been a member of the GLBT Historical Society for the last 5 years and joined the board in May 2004.

TERENCE KISSACK

Terence is a development officer at U. C. Berkeley where he administers policies and procedures related to the solicitation of major donors. He holds a PhD in American History from the City University of New York. Prior to joining U. C. Berkeley, Terence served as Executive Director of the GLBT Historical Society, consulted with various non-profits and taught at a number of Bay Area colleges. His forthcoming book entitled “Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States, 1895 – 1917” will be published by AK Press in the summer of 2007.

Terence began volunteering with the GLBT Historical Society in the early 1990s and joined the board in 2007.

BILL LIPSKY

Bill Lipsky received his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been Visiting Assistant Professor of Education at Pepperdine University, Los Angeles; a Curriculum Specialist with the Graduate School of Education, UCLA; and a program developer and facilitator for Visa, Citicorp, MCI, Wells Fargo, and the City and County of San Francisco. He is the author or editor of six books, most recently Gay and Lesbian San Francisco (2006). His articles have appeared in Review of Politics, Educational Leadership, Social Studies, Curriculum Review and other publications. He collects Edward Gorey first editions, Scrooge McDuckiana and American world’s fair memoribilia. He lives in San Francisco with his partner of 27 years and Miss Scarlett O’Hairball (who will never be hungry again) and Hillary Rodham Kitten.

Bill has been a volunteer at the GLBTHS since 2005 and a member of the Board since 2006.

MARTIN MEEKER

Mr. Meeker is currently a program director with the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.

In 2000, Martin received his doctorate in U.S. history from the University of Southern California. He has taught in the history department at San Francisco State University and in the departments of history, undergraduate interdisciplinary studies, and American Studies at UC Berkeley; he also has worked as an archivist at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco. In 2003, he received a year-long postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Science Research Council, funded by the Ford Foundation. He has published numerous articles, reviews, and encyclopedia entries, including essays in the Journal of the History of Sexuality and the Journal of Women’s History. His book, Contacts Desired: Gay and Lesbian Communications and Community, 1940s-1970s, was published by the University of Chicago Press in March 2006.

Mr. Meeker has volunteered with the GLBT Historical Society since 1993 and served on the archives and oral history committees before joining the Board of Directors in 2005.

JOY SILVER

Joy Silver is President/CEO of RainbowVision Properties, developed the first GLBT retirement community in Santa Fe, NM. Ms. Silver has an M.A. in Woman’s Studies from Goddard-Cambridge University and a B.A. in English from Rutgers.

Ms. Silver brings 22 years of experience marketing to the gay community, served as a facilitator of the SAGE housing survey (Senior Action Gay Environment) in New York City, and was a member of the SAGE Sub-Committee for Senior Housing. Ms. Silver’s experience includes service as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Choices Women’s Medical and Mental Health Centers in New York City and Resort Sales Manager for Sunrise Springs Inn & Retreat in Santa Fe New Mexico. Ms. Silver is well known in the lesbian community, having performed with the 1970’s women’s rock group, Lilith.

Ms. Silver joined the Board of Directors in April 2004.

AMY SUEYOSHI

Amy Sueyoshi is an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University jointly appointed in Ethnic Studies and Human Sexuality Studies.  She teaches on race, gender, and sexuality and has published more specifically on Asian American queer issues in Frontiers: A Women Studies Journal and Amerasia.

She holds a B.A. from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from UCLA.  Amy has also worked as a community organizer in New York City and remains involved in the queer Asian community both in Japan and San Francisco.  She has served as a newsletter editor and a fundraising coordinator for organizations such as O-musubi, APIQWTC, and API Family Pride.  She first came to the GLBT Historical Society in 1997 while doing research on gay Asians for a seminar paper in graduate school.

Ms. Sueyoshi joined the board in August 2007.

HENRY LUCERO

Henry Lucero has over thirteen years of experience in professional management, fundraising and event planning. Working in both for-profit and non-profit businesses, he understands the unique needs of each entity. Under his direct leadership, Henry has raised over 40 million dollars from grants, contracts, individual donors, corporations and special events. Currently Henry is the Deputy Executive Director for Development at Project Inform, which fights nationally and in San Francisco to end HIV/AIDS by stimulating the development of increasingly effective treatments and a cure; advocating for unlimited access to quality healthcare for all low-income individuals; and providing thorough and accurate information about how to survive HIV disease. Prior to his position at Project Inform, Henry was the first Development Director at PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) He also held the position of Planning and Development Director for LifeLong Medical Care a community based health center located in Alameda County. Henry began his non-profit career first as Development Director then eventually Executive Director of Project ReStart a homeless agency based in Reno, Nevada. He received his degree in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Nevada and resides in San Francisco, California with his partner and their black lab Logan.

ANDREW JOLIVETTE

Andrew Jolivette is an associate professor in American Indian Studies, Educational Leadership, and Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University. He is the the Board Presdient of the Institute for Democratic Education and Culture---Speak Out and the author of two books, Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery & Mixed Race Native American Identity (2007) and Cultural Representation in Native America (2006). Professor Jolivette is currently working on a third book, Mixed Race Gay Men and HIV: A Community History in the Bay Area.

BOB MICHITARIAN

Bob Michitarian is a corporate attorney and founder of Tyr Legal, a strategic law firm serving biotech and high-tech companies, executives and small businesses. He also heads the National Legal Recruiting and Consulting Practice for Levin & Company, a leading executive search firm in the life sciences. Levin & Company has offices nationwide and recruits Board Directors and Senior Executives for companies in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, healthcare IT and services, and greentech/cleantech. Mr. Michitarian has served as an Executive Officer and General Counsel of private and public companies. His in-house legal experience includes life science companies Genentech, Affymetrix, CoTherix and 4Dx Molecular Diagnostics. He also served as Vice President and General Counsel of the e-commerce software companies Blaze Software and its acquirer Brokat Technologies. Mr. Michitarian holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. In 1993, he chaired the Law Review’s Symposium on Sexual Orientation and the Law, which included live presentations and debates as well as the publication of a 600-page scholarly journal. He has served for six years on the National Board of Directors of Lambda Legal, a leading civil rights organization, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Stanford Daily Corporation, an independent student news entity. Mr. Michitarian also advises nonprofit organizations and political campaigns. Mr. Michitarian joined the Board in 2008.

MARJORIE BRYER

Marjorie Bryer is past Co-Chair of the Board of the GLBT Historical Society and a member of the Archives Working Group. She has worked for the Historical Society as a project archivist and has been a volunteer for nearly 10 years. She has written grants and co-curated several exhibits for the organization. She also wrote the introduction for the microfilm edition of the Historical Society’s periodical collection, “Our Stories.” Bryer has a Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from San José State University with a specialization in archival administration. She is currently a Manuscripts Survey Project Archivist at The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Her academic work as a historian and her practical work as an archivist reflect her political commitment to preserving the history of groups that have been marginalized by society.