Boards
Victory Fund Board of Directors
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Susan E. Atkins, San Diego, CA, chair
Steve Elmendorf, Washington, DC, vice-chair
Joe Falk, Miami Beach, FL, secretary
Frank Selvaggi, New York, NY, treasurer
April Ayers, Houston, TX
Gabriel Catone, New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA
Robert H. Gleason, San Diego, CA
Kimberly Hoover, Washington, DC
Paul W. Horning, Atlanta, GA
Harvey Hurdle, Philadelphia, PA
Alex Martinez, Houston, TX
Mona Pittenger, Tulsa, OK
Valerie Ploumpis, Los Angeles, CA
David Wochner, Washington, DC
Chuck Wolfe, Washington, DC (President and CEO)
Victory Institute Board of Directors
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Debra Shore, Chicago, IL, chair
Brandon Hernandez, San Francisco, CA, vice-chair
Alan Roth, Washington, DC, treasurer
Shane Kinkennon, Denver, CO, secretary
John Arrowood, Charlotte, NC
Toni Atkins, San Diego, CA
Truman Edminster, Houston, TX
Linda Kaboolian, Boston, MA
Joyce Newstat, San Francisco, CA
William Rouse, Los Angeles, CA
Rob Saltzman, Los Angeles, CA
Mario Trujillo, Los Angeles, CA
Patrick Von Bargen, Washington, DC
Chuck Wolfe, Washington, DC (President and CEO)
Victory Campaign Board
The Victory Campaign Board (VCB) is a national group of community leaders dedicated to electing more openly LGBT candidates to public office by promoting the work of the Victory Fund in their own communities. To learn more about what it takes to become a member of the VCB, click HERE.
Valerie Ploumpis, (Co-Chair), Topanga, CA
David Wochner, (Co-Chair), Washington, DC
JD Angle, Fort Worth, TX
David Arpin, Houston, TX
Susan Atkins, (Victory Fund Board Chair), San Diego, CA
Kyle Bailey, Portland, ME
Greg Baldwin, Los Angeles, CA
Howard Bayless, Birmingham, AL
Seth Beer, Washington, DC
Christian Berle, Washington, DC
Jack Betts, Denver, CO
David Bower, Washington, DC
Robin Brown, Houston, TX
Ruthanne Buck, Washington, DC
Sue Burnside, Los Angeles, CA
Rob Caballero, Houston, TX
Michael Paul Carey, New York, NY
Justin Carroll, New York, NY
Scott Ceresia, New York, NY
Chuck Chesson, Chevy Chase, MD
Rob Cogorno, Washington, DC
Bill Colburn, Houston, TX
Heather Colburn, Chicago, IL
Katharine Cole, Ukiah, CA
Todd Connor, Chicago, IL
Jeff Cook, Cold Spring, NY
Patrick Davis, Albuquerque, NM
David DeCicco, Long Island City, NY
Bill Dickey, Portland, OR
Donnie Dixon, Los Angeles, CA
Dania Duke, San Francisco, CA
Zoe Dunning, San Francisco, CA
Dee Dee Edmondson, Boston, MA
Heather Elliott, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ritchard Engelhardt, Sacramento, CA
Ben Finzel, Washington, DC
Lou Fischer, San Francisco, CA
John Gallagher, Washington, DC
Angela Giampolo, Philadelphia, PA
Marcia Green, San Diego, CA
Jennifer Gregg, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Grover, Atlanta, GA
Charles Hamm, Mayfield, OH
Cory Heitmeier, New Orleans, LA
Lisa Henderson, San Francisco, CA
Leslie Herod, Denver, CO
Daniel Hill, Henderson, NV
Bryan Hlavinka, Houston, TX
Richard Holt, Houston, TX
Phillip Hoover, Atlanta, GA
Lindsey Horvath, West Hollywood, CA
Timothy Houpt, Salt Lake City, UT
Renee Huff, Oakland, CA
Amy Hunter, Kalamazoo, MI
Iavor Ivanov, Washington, DC
Cathy Jambrosic, Overland Park, KS
Eric Johnson, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hailee Kaliban, Kansas City, MO
Leslie Katz, San Francisco, CA
Dan Kelly, Hartford, CT
John Klenert, Washington, DC
Joel Kopperud, Washington, DC
Mark LaChey, Royal Oak, MI
Mark LaChey, Pleasant Ridge, MI
Sue LaVaccare, Los Angeles, CA
Chrys Lemon, Washington, DC
John Lipsey, San Diego, CA
Timothy Loftus, Springfield, IL
Doug MacKenzie, Phoenix, AZ
Bob Mahlowitz, San Diego, CA
Mickey Martinez, Washington, DC
Chris Massicotte, Washington, DC
Michael Mattmiller, Seattle, WA
Matthew McClellan, Washington, DC
Scott McCoy, New York, NY
Donald McFarland, Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie McLean, Lansing, MI
Josh Meltzer, New York, NY
Scott Milagro-Fotré, San Francisco, CA
Charles Moran, Hollywood, CA
Leigh Morgan, Oakland, CA
Chris Morter, Atlanta, GA
Amie Needham, St. Louis, MO
Ben Needham, Washington, DC
Richard Oberhaus, Palm Springs, CA
Bryan Ortiz, Albuquerque, NM
Rick Palacio, Denver, CO
Troy Patterson, Washington, DC
Daniel Penchina, Washington, DC
Linda Perine, San Diego, CA
Sally Phillips, Tampa, FL
Thomas Pitchford, Seattle, WA
Jenifer Pool, Houston, TX
Greg Porter, Kansas City, MO
Toby Quaranta, Washington, DC
Nii-Quartelai Quartey, Los Angeles, CA
Irwin Rappaport, Los Angeles, CA
Alex Reber, Harrisburg, PA
David Richardson, Miami Beach, FL
David Roady, New York, NY
Patrick Romero, Astoria, NY
Renee Rosenfeld, Washington, DC
Jeff Ross, Boston, MA
Cameron Sasnett, New Orleans, LA
Sarah Scanlon, Little Rock, AR
Dena Scearce, Nashville, TN
Jim R. Schmidt, Nashville, TN
Lynn Schulman, New York, NY
Mark Seifert, Washington, DC
Adam Shapiro, Washington, DC
Heidi Shink, West Hollywood, CA
Hal Shipman, Chicago, IL
Frank Siano, St. Louis, MO
Rob Sikorski, Nashville, TN
Greg Simoncini, Chicago, IL
Hannah Simone, Great Falls, VA
Brett Smiley, Providence, RI
Curt Smith, Seattle, WA
Wendy Smith, San Antonio, TX
Courtney Snowden, Washington, DC
Mark Spengler, Washington, DC
Robert St. Genis, Los Angeles, CA
Mark St. John, Indianapolis, IN
Mattheus Stephens, San Diego, CA
Daniel Stewart, New York, NY
Emily Stewart, Chicago, IL
David Taylor, Nashville, TN
Tom A. Taylor, II, Oklahoma City, OK
Peter Tepley, Birmingham, AL
Marisa Uchin, Washington, DC
Don Uttrich, Washington, DC
Louis Vega, Midland, MI
Robert Vlasis, Washington, DC
Brady Walkinshaw, Seattle, WA
Russell Wallace, Dallas, TX
Kevin Walling, Baltimore, MD
Heather Weiner, Seattle, WA
Heather Weiner, Seattle, WA
Seth Weissman, New York, NY
Daniel Winter, Portland, OR
Cathy Woolard, Atlanta, GA
