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New Leadership and Members Elected to GLSEN's National Board
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2009 - GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, has elected a new leadership slate and three new members to its National Board of Directors. "The staff and current board of GLSEN are happy to welcome new leadership and board members from an impressive array of corporations representing a cross section of America," GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard said. "GLSEN has been working hard to extend its reach by engaging new leaders whose breadth of professional experience and personal commitment to creating and promoting positive change can help propel GLSEN's mission, and these new board members bring just that." GLSEN's new board leadership includes:
Deborah Dagit, Board Co-Chair Deborah Dagit joined Merck & Co. Inc. as Executive Director of the Diversity & Work Environment department in June of 2001. She has initiated 10 Global Constituency Group teams representing global Asian, LGBT, Black, Women, Men, Differently Able, Interfaith Generational, Hispanic and Aboriginal peoples. The teams are made up of executives from all divisions/countries at Merck who help develop breakthrough strategies for diversity. Dagit has earned many awards, including the 2006 Outie Champion Award from Out and Equal, 2000 Exemplary Leader Award from Silicon Graphics, 1999 Advocate of the Year from the Black Employees Network, 1998 Advocate of the Year Award from the Santa Clara Committee for Employment of Disabled and 1996 Tribute to Women in Industry award.
Tony Tenicela, Board Co-Chair Tony Tenicela serves as a Global Business Development Executive in IBM's Global Business Services organization leading cross-tower sales initiatives to identify emerging market opportunities with corporate GLBT and Diversity leaders worldwide. Tenicela advises multinational corporations on how to leverage corporate diversity and constituency relationship selling to more effectively market and sell their products and services to targeted constituencies. Prior to joining IBM, Tenicela was a founding employee of Worldview Systems, a joint venture between Random House Publishing and Ameritech, where he led the creation and development of the initial prototype for the Travelocity online travel service.
Karen Brown, Secretary Karen Brown was appointed Corporate Director of the Office of Diversity for Rockwell Collins in 2006. She is responsible for driving diversity and Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action strategies, philosophy, programs and measurement to gain competitive advantage and "win the war for talent." She also spearheaded the creation and execution of a communication strategy that led to worldwide name recognition of Rockwell Collins commitment to diversity and inclusion. In addition, she led the Diversity Advisory Council and Employee Network Groups. Brown has also just completed serving as interim Executive Director at Diversity Focus, a nonprofit diversity consortium in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City community initiated by Rockwell Collins. Brown also serves on the Corporate Partnership Council for the Society of Women Engineers.
Ryan Pedlow, Treasurer Since August 2000, Ryan Pedlow has been employed by Ziff Brothers Investments in New York where he currently serves as the Sector Head on a team responsible for investing in financial services companies globally. From August 1998 to July 2000, he was employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York as a Financial Analyst.
New board members include:
Timothy A. A. Stiles Timothy Stiles is the Partner-in-Charge of KPMG's Global Grants Program (GGP), and has day-to-day responsibility for delivery of services to not-for-profit organizations and foundations participating in the program. The GGP program engages approximately 350 full- and part-time people in more than 135 countries on six continents. He also sits on the KPMG U.S. Diversity Advisory Board and serves as the National Co-Chair of pride@kpmg, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employee resource group of the firm. In addition to his management responsibilities, Stiles interacts daily with a broad group of Foundations that comprise GGP clients.
Frank H. Smith Frank H. Smith is currently Executive Vice President and head of Business and Legal Affairs for a motion picture production company. He oversees day-to-day operations of business affairs and manages the legal staff. Additionally, Smith is the lawyer responsible for large budget motion picture franchise projects, co-production finance and distribution deals with major studios, as well as structuring corporations for multijurisdictional foreign film production tax incentives. He has served for two years on the board of Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Lawyers Association, and has fundraised for numerous charitable organizations such as Outfest and the Point Foundation. Smith joined GLSEN's Board of Directors in June of 2009 and is currently the Chair of GLSEN's National Leadership Council.
Chris Shyer Christopher Shyer is president of Zyloware Eyewear, a leading family-held supplier of fashion-brand eyeglasses and sunglasses based in Long Island City, New York. He is responsible for negotiating and maintaining relationships with the firm's fashion-brand licensors and manufacturing vendors as well as leading the design and marketing teams. Before Zyloware, Shyer was a brand manager for Lever Brothers Company, managing Wisk and other well-known brands. His memoir, "Not Like Other Boys, Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back," which he co-authored with his mother, was published by Houghton-Mifflin Company in 1996. Shyer joined GLSEN's board in June 2009 and from 2005-2009 was a founding member of GLSEN's National Leadership Council.
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