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Albert Ogle
Major Gifts Officer
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Location: San Diego
- Look alike: Anthony Hopkin’s out-of-wedlock son
Builds relationships with donors and major sponsors for events in Southern California. Albert moved to the U.S. from Ireland in 1982 and began working at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center as Youth Director and Acting Executive Director. He designed the first AIDS service plan for California in 1987 and this experiment became the AIDS Service Center, Pasadena. He recently finished research on the Irish Peace Process at Trinity College, Dublin after working for ten years as an openly gay Episcopal priest/missionary in Orange County.
Amy Mello
Field Director
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Favorite food: Anything Portuguese
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Obsessions: Ray Allen and NPR podcasts
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Aspiration: Dance the tango
Leadership and training development, voter contact, grassroots strategy. Amy has worked for marriage equality in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Former Washington State NARAL staffer and one-time Boston Red Sox Ball Girl, Amy is an avid Boston sports fan. Her favorite canvassing experience was getting Steven Tyler of Aerosmith to sign a petition at Starbucks.
Andrea Shorter
Deputy Marriage and Coalitions Director
Professional Bio
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Location: San Francisco
- Alum: Whittier College
- Member: Board of Directors, Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club; Commission on Status of Women, City and County of San Francisco; NAACP SF Chapter
- Olympic Aspiration: Snorkeling
Coalition building strategist for marriage equality and long term civil and human rights movement work. Occupations have included Director, And Marriage For All; and Deputy Executive Director, Names Project Foundation/AIDS Memorial Quilt. Obsessed student of Bayard Rustin. Studied abroad in Denmark and traveled extensively 'round the world through Europe, Holland, Russia, Israel, Palestine, and South Africa. Andrea loves sushi and has been a proud Castro resident for nearly 20 years.
Chris Moore
Deputy Director of Government Affairs
- Location: Sacramento
- After Work: Local Political Nerd
- Biggest Challenge: Balancing mind, body, and soul
- Favorite Activity: Lifting weights
Coordinates EQCA’s Political Action Committees and pursues opportunities to support candidates and policies that support EQCA’s mission. After growing up in rural Northern California, Chris moved to Sacramento where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at CSU Sacramento. He worked in the California State Assembly Budget Committee prior to joining EQCA and is President of one of the largest LGBT Democratic Clubs in the nation.
Chris Riley
Silicon Valley Field Manager
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Hometown: Motown
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Little known fact: wordsmith and poet
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Passion: dancing and organic pasta with fresh basil
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Aspirations: screenwriter and yoga teacher
Community organizer, volunteer coordinator, coalition builder, campaign strategist, and plotter to take over the world. Chris has been fighting for women’s and queer rights most of her life. When she is not working, she can be found hiking the trails of Northern California.
Daniel Gould
Health Network Coordinator
- Location: Los Angeles
- Favorite Sport: Triathlon
- Teaches: Psychology at Antioch University
- Ideal vacation: a 10,000+ ft mountain, a backpack and no cell phone in sight
- Past life: Firefighter and EMT
Brings organizations together to set health priorities for the LGBT community in California. Master’s degree in social welfare from UCLA. With over 16 years’ work in health and social services, Daniel co-founded and managed health programs for FTMA of Los Angeles and is a member of the California Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Care Advisory Board. He learned to drive on a 1928 Model-A Ford pick-up.
Daniel Shad
Orange County Field Manager
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Favorite Instrument: Piano
- Childhood Career Aspiration: Garbage Truck Driver
- Addicted to: Reality Television
Local coalition building, voter contact, volunteer recruitment and management. B.A. In Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology, Law & Society. Daniel enjoys working with volunteers in his community. He is an avid hookah enthusiast and he enjoys playing the piano in his spare time. Daniel is slowly working up the courage to apply for law school.
Darius L. Kemp
Bay Area Field Manager
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Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
- Previous Occupation: Professional Ex-Patriot
- Famous for: Performing as the voice of the Plant (Audrey 2) while living in England
- Sport: Rugby
Working to recruit volunteers, leaders and winning back the right to marriage for LGBT people. Darius has lived and
worked for the US Peace Corps in Jamaica helping to reduce STI/HIV infections, gender based violence and he has worked with JFLAG (the Jamaican Federation for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays). After receiving his M.A in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Birmingham in England he is glad to be back state side working to help build a more equal state for queer people in California.
Elizabeth Aversa
Orange County Field Manager
Volunteer recruitment, motivation and organizing. Devastated by the LGBT community’s loss of marriage rights, Elizabeth co-founded the Orange County Equality Coalition and served as their activism chair. If she were a candy bar, she’d be Abba Zabba.
Eric Harrison
Development Director
Professional Bio
- Location: San Francisco
- Native of: Twin Cities
- Looks like: Rupert Everett, Captain America
- Also speaks: French, Malagasy
- Favorite wines: Big, bold and red
Responsible for the oversight and implementation of statewide fund development. Leads a team of superheroes, who are passionate about the civil rights issue of our time. Enjoys the diversity of living in San Francisco’s Marina District, working in the Castro and escaping to Sonoma Wine Country to visit old friends.
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The anti-LGBT right-wing is trying to kill EQCA's bill to repeal the California law that instructs health officials to conduct research into the "causes and cures of homosexuality." Why? Because they know that when people learn that sexual orientation is not a choice and cannot be changed they are much more likely to support full equality.
