Our Leadership

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

Current Board of Directors

Name Picture Office Email Board Term Expires
Bob Brown President, Communications Committee Co-Chair, Governance & Legislation Committee Chair President@sflcd.org or Bob.Brown@sflcd.org or communications-chair@sflcd.org August, 2024
Sumiko Saulson Vice-President,
Diversity and Membership Committee Chair
Vice-President@sflcd.org or Sumiko.Saulson@sflcd.org or diversity-chair@sflcd.org August, 2025
Eric See Secretary, Fundraising Committee Chair Secretary@sflcd.org or Eric.See@sflcd.org or fundraising-chair@sflcd.org August, 2026
Jonathan Ojinaga Jonathan Ojinaga Treasurer, Nominations Committee Chair Treasurer@sflcd.org or Jonathan.Ojinaga@sflcd.org or nominations-chair@sflcd.org August, 2024
Byrd Bannick Byrd Bannick Byrd.Bannick@sflcd.org August, 2024
David Hyman David.Hyman@sflcd.org August, 2025
Diablo Diablo@sflcd.org August, 2026
Reika Faust Reika.Faust@sflcd.org August, 2025
Val Langmuir Val.Langmuir@sflcd.org August, 2026

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
Alecia Burley Communications Committee Co-Chair January, 2024 – current
Stephen Roberts Arts & Culture Committee Chair January, 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
Ben Demers Government Affairs Coordinator August 2021 – _____, 2023
Gayle Rubin Director August 2019 –  August 2023