LGBTQ+ Victory Fund’s Board of Directors has elected new leadership and has welcomed two new members. The board governs the work of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and guides the organization’s strategy and vision. Members serve two-year terms.
The new board leadership includes Chair Joseph Falk, Vice Chair Paul Feeney, Treasurer Ken Bohan and Secretary Lori Lightfoot. Joining the board as a new member is writer and activist Charlotte Clymer as well as Dr. Jer-Adrianne Lelliott, who joins the board in an ex-officio capacity as a co-chair of the Victory Campaign Board.
Joseph Falk is a licensed mortgage originator and served as president of Metropolitan Mortgage Company. He’s been a member of several organization’s boards as well as presidential commissions, and have served on Victory Fund’s Board of Directors since 2020.
Paul Feeney is an Account Executive at Databricks, a startup data and AI company that is #2 on the 2024 Forbes Cloud 100 list of private tech firms. A Palm Springs resident, Feeney has been a Victory Fund board member since 2021.
Ken Bohan was the founder / CEO / Chairman of The Liberty Group which opened in 1977 and provided full-service executive search and temporary staffing to firms, nationwide, from Fortune 500 companies to small independent businesses. Bohan’s board service began in 2023.
Lori Lightfoot is an attorney and public servant who served as the 56th mayor of Chicago. She was the second woman, first African-American woman and first openly gay person to ever hold that position. Lightfoot joined the board in 2023.
Charlotte Clymer is a writer, communications consultant, transgender activist and military veteran. She writes Charlotte’s Web Thoughts, a bestselling Substack newsletter about politics, religion and culture.
Dr. Jer-Adrianne Lelliott is the executive director of Newcomers Access Center, where she leads organizational efforts to provide housing, employment, medical care, education and household resources to refugee and immigrant families in the Claremont region.
Full biographical information for the new leaders and members can be found at https://victoryfund.org/about/boards.
About LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund works to achieve and sustain equality by increasing the number of out LGBTQ+ elected officials at all levels of government while ensuring they reflect the diversity of those they serve. Since 1991, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund has helped thousands of LGBTQ+ candidates win local, state, and federal elections.
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