Our Leadership

Meet Some of the People of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

Current Board of Directors

Name Picture Office Email Board Term Expires
Reika Faust President, Development Committee Chair Reika.Faust@sflcd.org or President@sflcd.org or August, 2025
Eric See Vice-President, Fundraising Committee Chair Eric.See@sflcd.org or Vice-President@sflcd.org or fundraising-chair@sflcd.org August, 2026
Alicia (AB) Bee Secretary, Communications Committee Co-Chair Alecia.Burley@sflcd.org or Secretary@sflcd.org or communications-chair@sflcd.org August, 2027
Bob Brown Treasurer,  Communications Committee Co-Chair, Governance & Legislation Committee Chair  Bob.Brown@sflcd.org or Treasurer@sflcd.org or communications-chair@sflcd.org August, 2027
David Hyman Nominations Committee Chair David.Hyman@sflcd.org or nominations-chair@sflcd.org August, 2025
Diablo Diablo@sflcd.org August, 2026
Val Langmuir Val.Langmuir@sflcd.org August, 2026
Jonathan Ojinaga Jonathan Ojinaga  Jonathan.Ojinaga@sflcd.org August, 2027
Stephen Roberts Arts & Culture Committee Chair Stephen.Roberts@sflcd.org, Arts & Culture Committee Chair August, 2025

Current Staff and Committee Chairs:

Bob Goldfarb Executive Director October 2021-current
Cal Callahan Cultural District Manager August 2020 – current
Reika Faust Program Associate April 2023 – current
Paul Dally Land Use Committee Chair
Richard Dupler Associate Board Member May, 2024 – current
Gayle Rubin Historian,
Board Member Emeritus
Gayle.Rubin@sflcd.org		 August 2023 – current

Past Directors and Staff:​

Bob Goldfarb Director and President August 2019-October, 2021
Stephan Ferris Director August, 2019 – August, 2020
Steve Gaynes Director August, 2019 – August, 2020
Beth Hunt Cultural District Manager September 2019 – August 2020
York Ng Director & Treasurer August, 2019 – August, 2021
Erik Will Director August, 2019 – August, 2021
Gene Edmond Director, Diversity and Membership Committee Chair August, 2020 – April, 2022
Beatrice Stonebanks Director November, 2021 – May, 2022
Stan Wong Director May, 2022 – August, 2022
Tessa Antonia Delsener Director May, 2022 – August, 2022
JConr B. Ortega Director August, 2025 – July, 2023
Gayle Rubin Director August 2019 –  August 2023
Byrd Bannick Byrd Bannick Director August, 2021 – August, 2024
Sumiko Saulson Director, Vice-President,
Diversity and Membership Committee Chair		 August, 2022 – August, 2024
Ben Demers Government Affairs Coordinator August 2021 – _____, 2023