Our People

We are a team joyfully dedicated and passionately driven for the betterment of the LGTBQ community.

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Our Leadership & Staff

Mike Thompson
He/Him

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Jill Hingston, LMFT
She/Her

Chief Behavioral Health Officer
MFC #50487

Lex Ortega
They/Them

Chief Programs Officer

Matt Wigglesworth
He/Him

Chief Finance & Operations Officer

Barrett Newkirk
He/Him

Chief Communications Officer

Dr. Christopher Hawkey
He/Him

Chief Clinical Officer
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #30843

Candice Nichols
She/They

Director, Women & Senior Programs

Miguel Navarro
He/Him

Director, East Coachella Valley Programs

Charles Huff
He/Him

Director, Food Security

Dan Griffin
He/Him

Director, Strategic Initiatives

Jasper Price, MSW
He/They

Director, Trans* & Gender Expansive Programs

Bekz Lorton
He/They

Programs Manager

Benji Bautista
He/She

Youth Programs Associate

Debbie Kahng
She/Her

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
#147330

Esther Loewen
She/Her

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
#159064

Eugene Williams
He/Him

Associate Clinical Social Worker
#94806

George Sinatra
He/him

Senior Manager, Events

Grace Garcia Prieto
She/Her

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #159356

Jade Maldonado
She/Her

Executive Assistant

Joel Vega
He/Him

Programs Manager

Kevin Simsay
They/Them

Senior Manager, Programs

Lucy Eads
She/They

Registered Psychological Associate
#94028011

Meghan Sullivan
She/Her

Associate Social Worker #130859

Michael Martin
He/Him

Behavioral Health Administrator

Raúl Rodriguez
He/Him

Senior Manager, Digital Marketing

Roman Lopez Mojarras
He/Him

Programs Manager

Roman Valdez
He/Him

Senior Manager, Development Operations

Dr. Sean Ferri, PsyD
He/Him

Senior Manager, Clinical Support
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #34510

Stuart Huggins
He/Him

Senior Manager, Food Bank

Yasmine Franco
She/Her

Programs Manager

Zuliema Garcia Ortiz
They/She

Programs Manager

Tosh
She/Her

Clinic Greeter

Our Board of Directors

Don Zuidema
He/Him

Chair

Jody Silver
She/Her

Vice Chair

David Perez
He/Him

Treasurer

Albert Gonzalez
He/Him

Member

Alicia Parrill
She/Her

Member

Brian Rix
He/Him

Emeritus

Elizabeth Pritzker
She/Her

Member

James Reed
He/Him

Member

Jeff Weyant
He/Him

Member

Kristie Dore
She/Her

Member

Mei Ling Tom
She/Her

Member

Richard Llewellyn
He/Him

Member

Richard Mignault
He/Him

Member

Robbin Burr
She/Her

Member

Ross Meltzer
He/Him

Member

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