All Staff Members
Lee Swislow
Executive Director
Lee Swislow has served as GLAD's Executive Director since 2005. Since coming to GLAD, Lee has worked to deepen the organization's work throughout New England by building strong coalitions with state equality organizations to achieve shared goals. She is also strengthening GLAD's presence and impact on national work and strategy.
Lee has a long history of non-profit management, primarily in hospitals and healthcare. Before joining GLAD, she held a five-year position as Vice President of Health Services and the Executive Director for the Sidney Borum, Jr. Health Center under the umbrella of The Justice Resource Institute. While at JRI she oversaw a broad array of services to underserved populations, with a focus on adolescents and young adults, and special services for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
Prior to JRI, Lee served as the chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at the Cambridge Health Alliance where she was responsible for clinical operations and support services, and oversaw a successful merger with Somerville Hospital in 1996.
As a registered nurse, she served on the frontlines during the early years of the AIDS crisis. "AIDS has always affected a diverse population and it has a devastating impact," says Lee, who was the head nurse of Boston City Hospital's AIDS Clinics (1985-1989). "It's a significant piece of my life's work. I am seeing ways that society and the community are trying to distance themselves from AIDS - distance themselves from the pain and pretend that it is no longer a threat. But, we need to be constantly vigilant."
Lee has an undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master's degree from Northeastern University, as well as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Bay Windows April, 2005: A New Leader for GLAD
Gary Buseck
Legal Director
As Legal Director, Gary Buseck supervises GLAD's team of attorneys and sets legal strategy. He served as GLAD's Executive Director for six years, and also served as Legal Director for Lambda Legal from 2003-2004. Before coming to GLAD, Gary spent twenty years in private practice, and co-founded a Boston law firm focusing on the gay and lesbian community. He received both a Masters in Religious Education and a J.D. magna cum laude from Boston College. He has served as an Overseer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as a board member of Victory House, and a member of the Institutional Review board of the Fenway Community Health Center.
Bay Windows article on Gary Buseck's temporary departure for Lambda Legal in 2004
Mary L. Bonauto, Esq.
Civil Rights Project Director
Mary L. Bonauto has been the Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1990. Her practice concentrates on impact litigation for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, as well as people living with HIV or AIDS. She has litigated widely in the state and federal courts and agencies of the six New England states since 1990 on issues of employment discrimination, custody, free speech and civil rights. In 1999, she and two Vermont co-counsel won a ruling that same-sex couples are entitled to all of the benefits and protections of civil marriage in the case of Baker v. State of Vermont. This ruling prompted the Vermont legislature to enact the nation’s first “civil union” law for same-sex couples. Mary was lead counsel in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, which resulted in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's landmark decision that prohibiting civil marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. She is currently leading GLAD's challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in two cases in federal court.
Mary is a graduate of Hamilton College and Northeastern University School of Law. She serves as a Co-chair of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee of the IRR Section of the ABA.
New York Times Magazine May 2004: Toward a More Perfect Union
Mary Bonauto featured in The Advocate, December 2004
The Boston Globe Magazine's People of the Year, December 2004
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Vickie Henry
Senior Staff Attorney
Vickie Henry joined the legal team as a Senior Staff Attorney in January 2011, after a twenty year history supporting GLAD as a volunteer and co-counsel. Vickie is a skilled litigator who came to GLAD from the law firm Foley Hoag LLP, where she worked for 15 years, becoming a partner in 2002. Vickie focused her career on intellectual property and commercial litigation disputes.
Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Vickie served as law clerk to the Honorable Denise R. Johnson of the Vermont Supreme Court. She is admitted to the bar in California and Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, First, and Ninth Circuits, as well as U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and Northern and Central California. From 2006-2008 she served on the MassEquality Board of Directors, and from 2003-2005 was co-chair of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association. She earned her BA from Wellesley College, and her JD from Boston University School of Law.
Henry is the recipient of many honors and awards. She is Chair of the 1,500- member Commercial Litigation Committee of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, the international organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. She received the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association Pioneering Spirit Award in 2008. She has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2004, and was one of five named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as “Up and Coming Lawyers” in 2002.
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Bennett Klein, Esq.
Senior Attorney and AIDS Law Project Director
Ben Klein is a Senior Attorney and has been the AIDS Law Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1994. Ben has litigated cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts establishing legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people living with HIV. He was counsel in Kerrigan & Mock v. Department of Public Health, GLAD’s 2008 victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional.
Ben was lead counsel in Bragdon v. Abbott, the first HIV discrimination case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court. The case involved a Bangor, Maine dentist who had a written policy of refusing to treat any patient who had tested positive for HIV. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 1998 established nationwide protection against discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act for all people with HIV. Ben also won a decision before the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance Board of Appeals in 2001 ensuring equal access to liver transplants for HIV-positive individuals under the Commonwealth's MassHealth program.
He is a 1982 graduate of Oberlin College and a 1987 graduate of Boston University School of Law. Prior to joining GLAD, Ben was a litigation associate at the Boston law firms of Kotin, Crabtree & Strong (1990 - 1994) and Gaston & Snow (1987 - 1990). He has been involved in several Boston-area community organizations, including as a “buddy” for the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, a Board member of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association and a founding member of the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY).
Read more about the 2008 Connecticut marriage equality victory
Read about Ben Klein's U.S. Supreme Court Win in The New York Times, June, 1998
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Jennifer Levi, Esq.
Transgender Rights Project Director
Jennifer L. Levi is one of our nation’s leading experts on transgender legal issues. She has been with GLAD since 1998, and has served as lead counsel in a number of precedent setting cases establishing basic rights for transgender people. These cases include: Doe v. Yunits, in which Jennifer represented a transgender student denied the right to attend school because of the clothing she wore; Rosa v. Park West Bank, which established key protections for transgender people under federal law; Beger v. DMA, which resulted in a reversal of Division of Medical Assistance’s refusal to cover breast surgery for a transgender woman, among many others. Jennifer was also co-counsel in the case of Goodridge v. Dep’t Public Health which established the right of same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts.
Jennifer is a Professor of Law at Western New England University. She serves on the Legal Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and is a founding member of both the Transgender Law & Policy Institute and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.
Jennifer is a graduate of Wellesley College (1985) and the University of Chicago Law School (1992). She has also taught law at the Chicago-Kent Law School and is a former law clerk for Judge Michael Boudin at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Video: Jennifer Levi talks about GLAD's Transgender Rights Project
Video: Jennifer Levi testifies in Massachusetts in support of transgender nondiscrimination protections
Jennifer Levi interviewed in Tapestry Magazine in 2005
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Karen Loewy, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Karen L. Loewy joined the GLAD staff in 2001. She works on a broad variety of cases on GLAD's docket, from successfully resolving the first case under New Hampshire's prohibition against sexual orientation discrimination in public accommodations, to helping secure parental rights for a lesbian co-parent in Maine, to assisting a group of Connecticut educators in obtaining insurance benefits for their partners. She was also co-counsel in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that prohibiting civil marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional.
Karen is a graduate of Brandeis University and Fordham University School of Law, where she was a Stein Scholar for Public Interest Law and Ethics.
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Janson Wu
Staff Attorney
Janson Wu joined GLAD’s legal staff in May 2006.
Before coming to GLAD, Janson worked as a coordinating attorney with Tri-City Community Action Program, a multi-service, anti-poverty organization, where he provided legal services to low-income individuals. Prior to that, Janson was an associate at the litigation law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in San Francisco. In California, he volunteered on an LGBT anti-violence hotline, for the Lawyer’s Committee of Civil Rights, and for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. He is a member of the bars of Massachusetts and California, and serves on the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, as a Vice Chair of the Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Committee of the IRR Section of the ABA, and on the Legal Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Janson is a graduate of both Harvard University and Harvard Law School and was named a 2011 "Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40" by the National LGBT Bar Association.
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Anna Kurtz
Legal Assistant
Anna joined GLAD in the summer of 2011. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University, where she focused her studies on the intersection of law, politics, and the rights of minorities. During college, she gained hands-on experience within the justice system as an intern for the Honorable Jeffrey S. Brown of the NY State Supreme Court, and learned the challenges and rewards of advocacy as a volunteer with MERI, Rhode Island’s leading organization dedicated to the passage of a statewide same-sex marriage bill. She was also heavily involved with her campus’ Sexual Assault Task Force, a student group devoted to raising awareness surrounding issues of sexual violence, improving relevant university policies, and creating a safe environment for survivors. Anna is thrilled to be able to combine her interest in law and her firm commitment to LGBT equality as part of the team at GLAD. While not at work, she enjoys making guacamole, practicing guitar, and playing Ultimate Frisbee.
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Matt Redovan
Legal Assistant
Matt joined GLAD in the fall of 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Brown University and earned a master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School. In both programs, he focused his studies on the intersection of religion, ethics, and politics. Some of Matt’s previous involvement in advocacy includes cycling across the United States with a group of young adults to raise awareness of and funds for affordable housing, and working on Rhode Island’s Right to Vote Campaign, which restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals through public referendum. Presently, Matt volunteers with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, with particular involvement in its anti-usury campaign. Matt is excited to learn more about LGBT and HIV related issues and to direct his energy toward advancing GLAD’s mission and accomplishing its goals.
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Raymond Rodriguez
Legal Assistant
Raymond joined GLAD in September 2009. He graduated with distinction in June 2009 from Dartmouth College with a BA in Sociology and Public Policy, and spent a term studying French language, literature, and history in Paris, France. At Dartmouth, Raymond was heavily involved with the LGBT and Latino communities, and was dedicated to issues of international development, higher education, and civic engagement. He was President of Dartmouth’s LGBT organization, GSX, resident advisor for the gender-neutral program floor, and worked for the Undergraduate Admissions Office planning visitation programs and recruiting exceptional students of color to Dartmouth. During the summer of 2008, Raymond interned on Capitol Hill for Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-11) and worked on initiatives for affordable housing and environmental protection. In the fall of 2008, he published a policy report on voter fraud and voter suppression tactics, and presented his findings along with policy recommendations for improving voter education to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Raymond is excited to be working at GLAD and plans on pursuing JD and MPP degrees in the future, with the hope of improving laws that affect underrepresented communities.
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Joseph Wildey
Senior Legal Assistant
Joseph joined GLAD in June 2009. In 2006, he interned for one semester in the Public Affairs and Education Department where he helped inform the public about GLAD’s work through outreach events and volunteered on the Legal InfoLine. In 2007, Joseph graduated with honors from Endicott College where he earned a BA in Liberal Studies with a minor in Political Science. As a senior, Joseph combined the knowledge gained during his internship with an interest in the legal issues facing transgender individuals and completed his thesis, Transforming Treatment: Transgender Experiences and Access to Medical Services, focused on illuminating the obstacles faced by transgender individuals who interact with medical professionals while transitioning. Following college, he joined AmeriCorps for one year and worked with the Washington Reading Corps to increase literacy among K-5 students in Bremerton, WA. Joseph is from Upstate New York and is excited to be in Boston again working at GLAD.
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Carisa Cunningham
Director of Public Affairs and Education
Carisa Cunningham is a long-time non-profit communications professional specializing in AIDS, public health, and LGBT issues. She has been director of public relations for AIDS Action Council (Washington), Wheelock College, and AIDS Action Committee (Boston), and worked in public relations for Gay Men's Health Crisis in the 1980s. She most recently worked for the Harvard AIDS Institute in Botswana, handling communications surrounding the first HIV vaccine trial to take place in Southern Africa. She is a graduate of Oberlin College, and has taught non-profit public relations at Boston University's College of Communications.
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Bruce Bell
InfoLine Manager
Bruce Bell oversees the Legal InfoLine, which provides information and resources to people throughout New England regarding legal issues related to their sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression. Before joining GLAD in 2004, Bruce spent 33 years at Cape Cod Community College-the first 11 as a mathematics professor and the last 22 as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of both Clark University and Brown University. He is also a volunteer for the Gay History Project.
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Ryan Brown
Maine Public Education Manager
Ryan joins the GLAD team after serving as MassEquality’s Manager of Field Operations, where he worked across New England to achieve full equality for the LGBT community. He began his political career as a canvasser for MassEquality during the height of the campaign to protect marriage equality in Massachusetts, and went on to work on marriage equality campaigns in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island. A native of upstate New York, Ryan moved to Massachusetts on a scholarship to study theatre at the prestigious Walnut Hill School in Natick. During a summer job canvassing door-to-door for Clean Water Action, Ryan discovered a passion for changing the world around him one door at a time. He now lives in Portland, Maine with his partner, Jerome, and their two greyhounds, Jack and Scarlet.
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Ian Grady
Maine Public Education Coordinator
As Public Education Coordinator, Ian focuses on outreach at colleges and universities throughout Maine. Before joining GLAD, he was the Finance Director for the re-election campaign of Massachusetts State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. Previously, Ian held various roles at MassEquality, including working as their lead organizer for Maine. In his time at MassEquality, Ian worked on marriage equality efforts in California, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Ian was born and raised in Maine, and is thrilled to be back in his home state.
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Amanda Johnston
Manager of Integrated Media
Amanda manages web, email, social media, multimedia and print communications for GLAD’s Public Affairs and Education department. Prior to joining GLAD in March 2007, Amanda served for six years as the Managing Director of The Boston Jewish Film Festival, where she oversaw all print and electronic communications, as well as all festival logistics. She first discovered the power of the internet in the mid-90s through her work with the Austin, Texas-based grassroots media training center Women’s Access to Electronic Resources, and through her work designing the first website for the Feminist Bookstore Network. Amanda is a former performer and Board Member with the dance company Big Moves Boston, a former Board Member of Women in Film & Video/New England, and served as the Programmer/Coordinator for the Boston LGBT Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts from 2005-2009. She holds a Masters Degree in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Kenyon King
Web Developer
Kenyon is responsible for the coding of the GLAD website, supporting its infrastructure, and working with the Public Affairs & Education Department to develop and deploy new web strategies. He brings to GLAD over ten years experience working in media and education for social change. At Northampton MA's Media Education Foundation, Kenyon edited the classroom video "Speak Up!", a look at bullying and reclaiming safe space for LGBTQ students. Since then, he's worked on commercial, non-profit and municipal websites, acclaimed political documentaries, and some not-so-acclaimed apolitical rockumentaries. Kenyon received his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001.
When not at GLAD, Kenyon can be found working as a Technical Director for Harvard University's Extension School, or in the balcony of the Brattle Theatre.
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Laura Kiritsy
Manager of Public Education
Laura is an award-winning journalist with 10 years experience covering LGBT issues. Beginning in 2000, Laura worked for Bay Windows, New England’s largest LGBT newspaper, as reporter, associate editor, and finally as editor-in-chief. Most recently, she held the position of communications coordinator at Mass Equality, an LGBT political organization that has often teamed up with GLAD in advancing the cause of LGBT equality in New England. Laura holds a BA degree in communications from Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT. When she’s not strategizing ways to share the stories of LGBT people, she enjoys reading a good non-fiction book, hanging out with her family or enjoying the area's best hiking and walking trails (just not in the winter).
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Maryse Pearce
Public Affairs and Education Assistant
Maryse joined GLAD in September 2011. She received a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in History and minored in Theater. As Co-President of Wash U's Pride Alliance, Maryse spearheaded initiatives to foster LGBT community and led educational and social awareness campaigns to ensure the safety and comfort of LGBT students. She also served as a Safe Zones Educator and led workshops on queer issues for campus faculty, staff, and students, and directed a production of The Vagina Monologues to raise money for a St. Louis women's shelter. Maryse is fluent in French, and spent a year teaching English in Paris to French elementary school students. A native New Yorker, Maryse is excited to be in Boston, and thrilled to be working for LGBT equality at GLAD.
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Matt McTighe
Director of Public Education for Maine
Matthew is a longtime political advocate with more than twelve years of experience in government relations, political strategy, public relations and electoral campaigning. He joins GLAD after a recent three-year tenure as the Political Director for MassEquality, where he oversaw the operation of a successful statewide lobbying, public education and field campaign to protect marriage equality in Massachusetts.
Prior to MassEquality, Matthew spent three years as a lobbyist for the Human Rights Campaign, where he served as the lead advocate for repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, fought for immigration equality, and was part of the team that helped defeat the Federal Marriage Amendment. He has also served as a government relations advocate and political strategist for some of the country’s leading trade associations and labor unions. Matthew has a degree in journalism from George Washington University, and started his career covering politics in the Political Unit of CBS News.
Matthew now lives in York Harbor, Maine. When not fighting for equality, he enjoys playing ice hockey, playing music and spending time with his partner and their dog, Taylor.
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Marie Longo
Director of Development
Marie joined GLAD's development team in 2005, bringing 20 years of revenue-generating experience from a variety of nonprofit and for-profit environments, and was promoted to Director in 2011. In this role, she leads a department of 8 professionals and supports an active volunteer board to ensure GLAD has the necessary resources to accomplish our critical work. As a member of the management team, she also participates in strategic planning for the organization. Prior to joining GLAD, she was Director of Annual Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and before that, Deputy Director of the Federal Club at the Human Rights Campaign. She has also held marketing, sales and strategic planning positions within the hotel, technology and real estate industries. Marie earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her masters degree in arts management from The American University.
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Lindsey Cimochowski
Database Manager
Lindsey joined GLAD’s staff in June 2010. Before joining GLAD she worked at Wheelock College for 5 years, mainly working in the advancement office in a variety of capacities, including database management, annual giving, and special events support. As Database Manager Lindsey is in charge of the donor database at GLAD. She has a BFA in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and will be pursuing a graduate certificate in Fundraising Management and a Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from Boston University in the fall. In addition to having a great love of the arts, Lindsey also enjoys cooking, baking, reading, and playing tennis in her spare time. She is also a big fan of college hockey.
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Beth Grierson
Senior Manager of Development Operations
As Senior Manager of Development Operations, Beth is primarily responsible for department operations and systems, direct mail, and supporting the Major Gifts program. She also oversees and coordinates information technology within the department. Ms. Grierson holds a Masters Degree in American Studies from Boston College, and for the past twelve years has been involved in running “Wilderness Heals,” a fundraising hike for the Elizabeth Stone House. She joined GLAD in 1998.
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Wilson Kiriungi
Development Officer
Wilson studied English literature at Moi University in his native country Kenya, and at Worcester State College in Massachusetts. An advocate for social justice and democratic rights in Kenya, he has also worked with the Worcester Immigration Coalition in support of immigrant rights in the United States. His non-profit experience includes working as a grant writer for the Beverly School of Kenya and founding the charitable organization Wahome Global Foundation to help fight poverty in his home country. Wilson has a professional background in sales and marketing. He has worked as a loan consultant and as a sales representative at ISoldMyHouse.com. When he’s not busy working with GLAD’s donors and foundation supporters, he enjoys writing and reading classic literature.
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Janet Lawn
Director of Major and Planned Gifts
Janet Lawn joined the GLAD staff in February 2002 as Director of Development. Working from a vision of strengthening GLAD’s capacity for success, Janet involved a broad array of GLAD’s many donors and constituents in understanding and supporting our work. Janet oversaw the growth of individual, corporate, foundation and special event fundraising as GLAD grew over the yeas. In 2011, Janet moved into the Director of Major and Planned Gifts position in order to focus on the opportunities and need for GLAD to grow in this area. Janet has a strong background in non-profit development and management including positions at Horizons For Homeless Children, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, RESOLVE and the Office for Children. She holds a BA from Binghamton University and a Graduate Certificate in Community Organization Management from Tufts University.
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Mo Pepin
Database and Special Events Assistant
Mo holds an MA in International Development and Social Change with an emphasis on Transformative Education from Clark University, as well as a BS in Math/Science Education from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining GLAD in February 2010, Mo served as a Development Intern at Grassroots International, a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects. Mo is keenly interested in the factors that motivate individuals to become involved in social change, and thus finds herself at home in GLAD’s development department. When she’s not processing donations or otherwise supporting the development team, she may be found steaming up gourmet coffee beverages, playing guitar out on the town, or venturing to the peak of a remote mountain.
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Rachel Rapoza
Development Assistant
Rachel joined GLAD in September 2010 after graduating from Hamilton College with a degree in Classics. At Hamilton, she was involved in the school’s LGBT alliance, Classics Club, and served as the captain of the varsity ice hockey and softball teams. Her commitment to volunteering introduced her to many non-profit organizations, and she gained previous development experience through an internship working for the Partners and Sustaining Gifts programs at the Human Rights Campaign. In her free time, she enjoys playing sports, exploring the area, and listening to oldies.
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Robbie Samuels
Senior Manager of Events and Donor Engagement
Working with the rest of the development department to keep our major donors invested in and informed about GLAD’s work, Robbie utilizes his extensive event planning experience to improve upon GLAD’s successful annual events. Robbie also co-organizes Socializing for Justice (SoJust), a grassroots group he co-founded in 2006 to build a cross-issue progressive community, network and movement in Boston through fun social events. His background, prior to joining the staff in June 2005, includes organizing on the grassroots, regional and national levels with positions at OUT IN LI, Empire State Pride Agenda, Sustainable Long Island, Fenway Community Health, AIDS Action Committee, The Task Force and The Theater Offensive. His other passions include being a strong advocate for building an anti-racist LGBT movement, his work with the National Organization for Men Against Sexism’s Boston chapter and educating about trans experiences as an openly trans staff member. He holds a BA and an MSW from SUNY Stony Brook.
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Eva Boyce
Chief Financial Officer
Eva has worked part-time as GLAD's Chief Financial Officer since 2005. She has over 25 years of combined experience in public accounting and non-profit financial management, with organizations including Mass Housing Partnership Fund, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and Touche Ross & Company (currently Delloite & Touche). Eva enjoys working with people from a variety of backgrounds, and is committed to sharing her financial and technical knowledge. She holds an Accounting degree from Boston College School of Management, 1977.
As President of ENB Financial Management, Eva provides financial services and training to small businesses and non-profits. Current & past clients include: Multicultural AIDS Coalition; AIDS Action Committee; JRI Health - Management Assistance Program, and U Mass Boston - Small Business Development Center.
Eva is a member of the National Association of Black Accountants and has served on the Boards of Elizabeth Stone House, Victory Programs, and Casa Myrna Vasquez. She loves music, art, and dancing and is an excellent cook, specializing in barbecue.
Marcos Carreño
Operations Manager
As GLAD's Operations Manager, Marcos manages information technology, human resources, and office administration for the organization.
Marcos joined GLAD as a volunteer in December 2003 and became a full time staff member in June 2004. He has both a Bachelors and Masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Carol Marton
Business Manager
Carol has been working as GLAD's part-time Bookkeeper for more years than she can keep track of, and came on part-time staff as the Business Manager in 2006. She handles payroll, benefits, accounts payable and manages GLAD's bank accounts, along with a variety of other work in the fiscal department.
In her other life, she is a musician.
Andy Morgan
Front Desk and Financial/Operations Assistant
Andy joined GLAD in April 2011. He is a 2010 graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, MA, where he studied public policy and sociology with a minor in legal studies, focusing on economic inequality. After receiving his B.A., Andy spent his summer working in Berkeley, CA as a College Admissions mentor for the “SMASH” Summer Math and Science Honors Academy, which prepares high-achieving, underrepresented students for study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at top-tier colleges. He enjoyed connecting his thesis, “Going to College: Who Goes & Why?” to real-world experiences. When he’s not working, Andy can be found sailing, flying a kite or making his own beer (and learning to make wine). Andy brings to GLAD a passion for social-justice and equality, and will soon be playing the mentor role once again in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and continuing his work with Habitat for Humanity.
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