Board Of Directors
Dana Stevens
President - Board of Directors
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Miss Dana Stevens became a board member in May 2011. Dana is very active in the GLBT community. Dana is currently a Co-Facilitator for Peak Area Gender Expressions (PAGE, a Transgender support group), an event organizer for Mile High Transgendered Meet-up, an event organizer of GLBTQIS Family Alliance Meet-up, a member of Denver's Tri-Ess chapter, Tau Sigma Kappa (TSK). Dana is also involved in various committees. Dana collaborates with other regional Pride Centers and organizations to support the needs of the Transgender community. Dana has performed many outreach events to college classes and organizations giving Transgender training including basic 101 type training.
Tom Jacobs
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Tom Jacobs became a member of the Board of Directors in June 2011, and has been involved with the Pride organizaation for many years, from writing articles for the Community Vision to being a current yoga instructor. Tom first moved to the Pikes Peak region in 1998, and became an Inside/Out facilitator in 2001, where he continues to volunteer. Tom completed a Peace Corps assignment in Grenada in the eastern Caribbean from 2005-07, where he was involved in GrenCHAP, Grenada's chapter of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Partnership. Since his return from the Caribbean, Tom currently works as a public high school teacher and serves as sponsor of the school's Gay-Straight-Trans Alliance.
Valdamar Archuleta
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Valdamar joined the Board of Directors in December of 2011. He grew up in Denver Colorado graduating from George Washington High School. He lived in New York City for six year before returning to Colorado, eventually ending up in Colorado Springs. Valdamar owns and runs a successful massage therapy and fitness business that has been located here in our city since 2008. He also works as an instructor at a local college. He is also a member of the Colorado Springs Pridefest Committee, the PPCC Queer Straight Alliance group Love is Common Ground and various other sub committees of Colorado Springs Pride. Having experienced the difficulties and pressure of coming out in an unwelcoming, harsh environment has led him to want to do what he can for the community he has become a part of. His goal is do work toward creating a better future for the LGBT community as a part of the COS Pride team.
Member At Large
Rich Jorgenson
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Eric Marcum
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Donald DeAngelis
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