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Board Members, National Board of Governors, Donors
Equality Forum
Board of Directors
Joe Farrell
Chair
Michele Bogrette
Vice President
Mike LaMonaca
Secretary
Kevin Ray Treasurer
Jonathan Reese Member-at-Large
Malcolm Lazin
Equality Forum National
Board of Governors
John Alchin, Chair
Ron Ansin
Autumn Bayles
David Clark
Jay Everette
Robert Farmer
Keith Ferrazzi Scottie Ginn
Arthur Kaplan
Andy Linsky
Founder & Executive Director
Duane Perry
Sean Strub
Sally Susman
Emily Falcon
Brian Gannon
Amena Johnson
Jesse Salazar
David Shappell Rachelle Lee Smith Louis Thomas Ashish Verma Stephenie Yeung
Michael Pomante Program Manager
Joe Dickmann
National Outreach
Coordinator
Logistics Coordinator
Liam Dacey
Daniel Wagner
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Alisha Simons
Communications
Associates
40th Anniversary Celebration
Sally Susman and
Jonathan Capehart
National Co-Chairs
Abbe Fletman and Michael Williams
Regional Co-Chairs
Bruce Steele and Heather Findlay
John Taylor Louis Thomas
Joe Ujobai Joel Wachs
David Wheadon
Tim Wu
Equality Fum
Equality Forum
40 Heroes Selection Committee
Co-Chairs
Photos by Rachelle Lee Smith and Evan Urbania.
Donors
Rainbow
Anonymous, John Alchin, Ron. Ansin, State Senator Vincent Fumo, Mel Heifetz, State Representative
Marie Lederer, Tim Wu, City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Platinum
David Clark, Jay Everette,
Keith Ferrazzi, State Representative Babette Josephs, Arthur Kaplan &
Duane Perry, Malcolm Lazin, Andy Linsky, Sally Susman,
John Taylor, Louis Thomas,
Joe Ujobai, David Wheadon, B.W. Bastian Foundation.
Gold
Jim Bryson, Allan Schimmel & Reid Reames, Jim Stork, Sean Strub.
Silver
Autumn Bayles, Al Besse,
Scottie Ginn, Peter Lichtenthal &
Perry Eisman, Larry Mickelberg,
Mark Niehaus & Brooks Honeycutt,
Brad Richards, Joel Wachs,
Verizon Foundation.
Bronze
Mark Blecher & Lary Aasheim, Donald Formigli, George Knod,
Alyssia Lazin & Pavel Kapic, Marlene Olshan & Mindy Posoff, Gilberto Pereira.
Lists as of December 15, 2004.
Special thanks to Brian Gannon and Center City Film and Video for television and video production;
Mike LaMonaca for website development; Kevin Ray, Esq. and Duane Morris, LLP for ongoing support and legal counsel, Paul Wilson for the 40th Anniversary illustration, and Twist Communications for print materials.
For more information and tickets, visit www.equalityforum.com
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