All Staff Members
Lee Swislow
Executive Director
Lee Swislow has served as GLAD's Executive Director since 2005. Since coming to GLAD, Lee has worked to deepen the organization's work throughout New England by building strong coalitions with state equality organizations to achieve shared goals. She is also strengthening GLAD's presence and impact on national work and strategy.
Lee has a long history of non-profit management, primarily in hospitals and healthcare. Before joining GLAD, she held a five-year position as Vice President of Health Services and the Executive Director for the Sidney Borum, Jr. Health Center under the umbrella of The Justice Resource Institute. While at JRI she oversaw a broad array of services to underserved populations, with a focus on adolescents and young adults, and special services for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
Prior to JRI, Lee served as the chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at the Cambridge Health Alliance where she was responsible for clinical operations and support services, and oversaw a successful merger with Somerville Hospital in 1996.
As a registered nurse, she served on the frontlines during the early years of the AIDS crisis. "AIDS has always affected a diverse population and it has a devastating impact," says Lee, who was the head nurse of Boston City Hospital's AIDS Clinics (1985-1989). "It's a significant piece of my life's work. I am seeing ways that society and the community are trying to distance themselves from AIDS - distance themselves from the pain and pretend that it is no longer a threat. But, we need to be constantly vigilant."
Lee has an undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master's degree from Northeastern University, as well as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Bay Windows April, 2005: A New Leader for GLAD
Gary Buseck
Legal Director
As Legal Director, Gary Buseck supervises GLAD's team of attorneys and sets legal strategy. He served as GLAD's Executive Director for six years, and also served as Legal Director for Lambda Legal from 2003-2004. Before coming to GLAD, Gary spent twenty years in private practice, and co-founded a Boston law firm focusing on the gay and lesbian community. He received both a Masters in Religious Education and a J.D. magna cum laude from Boston College. He has served as an Overseer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as a board member of Victory House, and a member of the Institutional Review board of the Fenway Community Health Center.
Bay Windows article on Gary Buseck's temporary departure for Lambda Legal in 2004
Mary L. Bonauto, Esq.
Civil Rights Project Director
Mary L. Bonauto has been the Civil Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1990. Her practice concentrates on impact litigation for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, as well as people living with HIV or AIDS. She has litigated widely in the state and federal courts and agencies of the six New England states since 1990 on issues of employment discrimination, custody, free speech and civil rights. In 1999, she and two Vermont co-counsel won a ruling that same-sex couples are entitled to all of the benefits and protections of civil marriage in the case of Baker v. State of Vermont. This ruling prompted the Vermont legislature to enact the nation’s first “civil union” law for same-sex couples. Mary was lead counsel in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, which resulted in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's landmark decision that prohibiting civil marriage for same-sex couples is unconstitutional. She is currently leading GLAD's challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in two cases in federal court.
Mary is a graduate of Hamilton College and Northeastern University School of Law. She serves as a Co-chair of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee of the IRR Section of the ABA.
New York Times Magazine May 2004: Toward a More Perfect Union
Mary Bonauto featured in The Advocate, December 2004
The Boston Globe Magazine's People of the Year, December 2004
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Vickie Henry
Senior Staff Attorney
Vickie Henry leads GLAD's Youth Initiative. Vickie joined the legal team as a Senior Staff Attorney in January 2011, after a twenty year history supporting GLAD as a volunteer and co-counsel. She is a skilled litigator who came to GLAD from the law firm Foley Hoag LLP, where she worked for 15 years, becoming a partner in 2002. Vickie focused her career on intellectual property and commercial litigation disputes.
Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Vickie served as law clerk to the Honorable Denise R. Johnson of the Vermont Supreme Court. She is admitted to the bar in California and Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal, First, and Ninth Circuits, as well as U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and Northern and Central California. From 2006-2008 she served on the MassEquality Board of Directors, and from 2003-2005 was co-chair of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association. She earned her BA from Wellesley College, and her JD from Boston University School of Law.
Henry is the recipient of many honors and awards. From 2009-11, she was Chair of the 1,500- member Commercial Litigation Committee of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, the international organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. She was named one of MA Lawyers Weekly's Top Women of Law in 2012. She received the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association Pioneering Spirit Award in 2008. She received DRI's Davis Carr Outstanding Committee Chair Award in 2011. She has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer since 2004, and was one of five named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as “Up and Coming Lawyers” in 2002.
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Bennett Klein, Esq.
Senior Attorney and AIDS Law Project Director
Ben Klein is a Senior Attorney and has been the AIDS Law Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) since 1994. Ben has litigated cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts establishing legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people living with HIV. He was counsel in Kerrigan & Mock v. Department of Public Health, GLAD’s 2008 victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional.
Ben was lead counsel in Bragdon v. Abbott, the first HIV discrimination case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court. The case involved a Bangor, Maine dentist who had a written policy of refusing to treat any patient who had tested positive for HIV. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 1998 established nationwide protection against discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act for all people with HIV. Ben also won a decision before the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance Board of Appeals in 2001 ensuring equal access to liver transplants for HIV-positive individuals under the Commonwealth's MassHealth program.
He is a 1982 graduate of Oberlin College and a 1987 graduate of Boston University School of Law. Prior to joining GLAD, Ben was a litigation associate at the Boston law firms of Kotin, Crabtree & Strong (1990 - 1994) and Gaston & Snow (1987 - 1990). He has been involved in several Boston-area community organizations, including as a “buddy” for the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, a Board member of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association and a founding member of the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY).
Read more about the 2008 Connecticut marriage equality victory
Read about Ben Klein's U.S. Supreme Court Win in The New York Times, June, 1998
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Jennifer Levi, Esq.
Transgender Rights Project Director
Jennifer L. Levi is the director of GLAD's Transgender Rights Project and a nationally recognized expert on transgender legal issues. She co-edited Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy, the first book to address legal issues facing transgender people in the family law context and provide practitioners the tools to effectively represent transgender clients.
Jennifer has served as counsel in a number of precedent-setting cases establishing basic rights for transgender people, including: O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue which established that medical care relating to gender transition qualifies as a medical deduction for federal income tax purposes; Doe v. Yunits, in which she represented a transgender student denied the right to attend school because of the clothing she wore; and Adams v. Bureau of Prisons, which successfully challenged a federal prison policy excluding medical care for transgender inmates who came into the system without a transition-related medical plan, among many others. She also has worked on a number of high profile family law cases including the Miller-Jenkins case establishing full parental rights for a Vermont civil union spouse and cases in Connecticut and Massachusetts that established the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Jennifer is a law professor at Western New England University. She serves on the Legal Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and is a founding member of both the Transgender Law & Policy Institute and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.
Jennifer is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Chicago Law School and a former law clerk to Judge Michael Boudin at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Video: Jennifer Levi talks about GLAD's Transgender Rights Project
Video: Jennifer Levi testifies in Massachusetts in support of transgender nondiscrimination protections
Jennifer Levi interviewed in Tapestry Magazine in 2005
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Katie Shen
Ropes & Gray LLP Fellow
Katie Shen joined GLAD in September 2012 after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law. In addition to volunteering for organizations such as the ACLU Women's Rights Project and Rhode Island Legal Services, Katie was the president of the Feminist Legal Forum and a member of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic during law school. At graduation she was named a National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student and received the Robert E. Goldsten Award. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, where she studied English.
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Allison Wright
Staff Attorney
Allison joined the GLAD team in April of 2012 after moving from San Francisco, CA where she attended and graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2011. Allison was born and raised in Southern California, but moved to Atlanta, GA in 2004 to attend Spelman College where she graduated magna cum laude in 2008 with a B.A. in Political Science. As a strong advocate for human rights, Allison has dedicated most of her educational and bourgeoning career pursuits to advancing and promoting human rights issues. Allison conducted human rights research during her study abroad experience in Buenos Aires, Argentina and worked for Bay Area Legal Aid, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center located in San Francisco, CA.
Allison is excited to be part of the GLAD team and to continue advancing important human rights issues in the New England area.
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Janson Wu
Staff Attorney
Janson Wu joined GLAD’s legal staff in May 2006.
Before coming to GLAD, Janson worked as a coordinating attorney with Tri-City Community Action Program, a multi-service, anti-poverty organization, where he provided legal services to low-income individuals. Prior to that, Janson was an associate at the litigation law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in San Francisco. In California, he volunteered on an LGBT anti-violence hotline, for the Lawyer’s Committee of Civil Rights, and for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. He is a member of the bars of Massachusetts and California, and serves on the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, and on the Legal Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Janson is a graduate of both Harvard University and Harvard Law School and was named a 2011 "Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40" by the National LGBT Bar Association. Janson was also the 2012 recipient of the American Constitution Society’s David Carliner Award, which recognizes one outstanding mid-career public interest lawyer a year whose work best exemplifies its namesake’s legacy of fearless, uncompromising and creative advocacy on behalf of marginalized people.
Read a profile of Janson Wu, "Marriage Equality's Lawyer," in The Progressive
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Anna Kurtz
Senior Legal Assistant
Anna joined GLAD in the summer of 2011. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University, where she focused her studies on the intersection of law, politics, and the rights of minorities. During college, she gained hands-on experience within the justice system as an intern for the Honorable Jeffrey S. Brown of the NY State Supreme Court, and learned the challenges and rewards of advocacy as a volunteer with MERI, Rhode Island’s leading organization dedicated to the passage of a statewide same-sex marriage bill. She was also heavily involved with her campus’ Sexual Assault Task Force, a student group devoted to raising awareness surrounding issues of sexual violence, improving relevant university policies, and creating a safe environment for survivors. Anna is thrilled to be able to combine her interest in law and her firm commitment to LGBT equality as part of the team at GLAD. While not at work, she enjoys making guacamole, practicing guitar, and playing Ultimate Frisbee.
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Anthony Toppi
Legal Assistant
Anthony began working at GLAD in August of 2012, after graduating from Stonehill College with a B.A. in Public Administration. While at Stonehill, Anthony lead the Student Government Association and the Peer Mentor Team in many diversity initiatives that helped promote an inclusive environment for all students. Anthony also penned articles on the state of LGBTQ rights after the repeal of the armed forces’ “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for Stonehill’s Martin Institute Political Review. As part of a yearlong study of immigration law, Anthony researched the treatment LGBTQ individuals seeking asylum in the United States and instances exploitation of sexuality and gender in the process. He has also gained hands on experience working with government offices as an intern for Congressman Stephen Lynch, the government relations firm O’Neill and Associates, and a member of the UK House of Commons during his undergrad years. When not working at GLAD, Anthony enjoys hiking, trying new bars and cafes, and catching up on any and all British television.
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Gypsy Vidal
Legal Assistant
Gypsy joined GLAD in June of 2012. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Brown University, where she studied global security, U.S. American civilization, and queer and feminist theory. During college, she was heavily involved in the Sexual Health Education and Empowerment Council and the co-educational fraternity, Zeta Delta Xi. She was also a member of the Queer Alliance, and worked with Brown University’s Department of Health Education. Currently, she volunteers with The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health, a sexual health education and advocacy organization, where she previously served as a Communications Intern. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading dystopian literature, and learning to become a better advocate of anti-oppression, specifically regarding issues relating to the intersectional nature of race/ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Gypsy is excited for the opportunity to channel her interest in social justice through her work with GLAD.
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Carisa Cunningham
Director of Public Affairs and Education
Carisa Cunningham is a long-time non-profit communications professional specializing in AIDS, public health, and LGBT issues. She has been director of public relations for AIDS Action Council (Washington), Wheelock College, and AIDS Action Committee (Boston), and worked in public relations for Gay Men's Health Crisis in the 1980s. She most recently worked for the Harvard AIDS Institute in Botswana, handling communications surrounding the first HIV vaccine trial to take place in Southern Africa. She is a graduate of Oberlin College, and has taught non-profit public relations at Boston University's College of Communications.
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Bruce Bell
InfoLine Manager
Bruce Bell oversees the Legal InfoLine, which provides information and resources to people throughout New England regarding legal issues related to their sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression. Before joining GLAD in 2004, Bruce spent 33 years at Cape Cod Community College-the first 11 as a mathematics professor and the last 22 as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of both Clark University and Brown University. He is also a volunteer for the Gay History Project.
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Amanda Johnston
Manager of Integrated Media
Amanda manages web, email, social media, multimedia and print communications for GLAD’s Public Affairs and Education department. Prior to joining GLAD in March 2007, Amanda served for six years as the Managing Director of The Boston Jewish Film Festival, where she oversaw all print and electronic communications, as well as all festival logistics. She first discovered the power of the internet in the mid-90s through her work with the Austin, Texas-based grassroots media training center Women’s Access to Electronic Resources, and through her work designing the first website for the Feminist Bookstore Network. Amanda is a former Board Member of Women in Film & Video/New England, and served as the Programmer/Coordinator for the Boston LGBT Film Festival at the Museum of Fine Arts from 2005-2009. She holds a Masters Degree in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Kenyon King
Web Developer
Kenyon is responsible for the coding of the GLAD website, supporting its infrastructure, and working with the Public Affairs & Education Department to develop and deploy new web strategies. He brings to GLAD over ten years experience working in media and education for social change. At Northampton MA's Media Education Foundation, Kenyon edited the classroom video "Speak Up!", a look at bullying and reclaiming safe space for LGBTQ students. Since then, he's worked on commercial, non-profit and municipal websites, acclaimed political documentaries, and some not-so-acclaimed apolitical rockumentaries. Kenyon received his B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001.
When not at GLAD, Kenyon can be found working as a Technical Director for Harvard University's Extension School, or in the balcony of the Brattle Theatre.
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Laura Kiritsy
Manager of Public Education
Laura is an award-winning journalist with 10 years experience covering LGBT issues. Beginning in 2000, Laura worked for Bay Windows, New England’s largest LGBT newspaper, as reporter, associate editor, and finally as editor-in-chief. Most recently, she held the position of communications coordinator at Mass Equality, an LGBT political organization that has often teamed up with GLAD in advancing the cause of LGBT equality in New England. Laura holds a BA degree in communications from Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT. When she’s not strategizing ways to share the stories of LGBT people, she enjoys reading a good non-fiction book, hanging out with her family or enjoying the area's best hiking and walking trails (just not in the winter).
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Maryse Pearce
Community Engagement Coordinator
Maryse joined GLAD in September 2011. She received a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in History and minored in Theater. As Co-President of Wash U's Pride Alliance, Maryse spearheaded initiatives to foster LGBT community and led educational and social awareness campaigns to ensure the safety and comfort of LGBT students. She also served as a Safe Zones Educator and led workshops on queer issues for campus faculty, staff, and students, and directed a production of The Vagina Monologues to raise money for a St. Louis women's shelter. Maryse is fluent in French, and spent a year teaching English in Paris to French elementary school students. A native New Yorker, Maryse is excited to be in Boston, and thrilled to be working for LGBT equality at GLAD.
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Michelle Weiser
Public Affairs & Education Assistant
Michelle joined GLAD in June 2012. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations from Boston University, where she focused on the intersection of communication, gender, sexuality and activism. Serving as the PR Coordinator for BU's Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism, Michelle was instrumental in leading a successful campaign to establish a sexual assault prevention and response center, which opened Fall 2012. Michelle was also the Founder and President of Boston University’s Queer Activist Collective. Michelle is a native Southern Californian and has lived abroad in Belgium and Australia. Michelle is excited to further explore the connections between law and communication and to continue serving the LGBTQ community.
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Marie Longo
Director of Development
Marie joined GLAD's development team in 2005, bringing 20 years of revenue-generating experience from a variety of nonprofit and for-profit environments, and was promoted to Director in 2011. In this role, she leads a department of 8 professionals and supports an active volunteer board to ensure GLAD has the necessary resources to accomplish our critical work. As a member of the management team, she also participates in strategic planning for the organization. Prior to joining GLAD, she was Director of Annual Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and before that, Deputy Director of the Federal Club at the Human Rights Campaign. She has also held marketing, sales and strategic planning positions within the hotel, technology and real estate industries. Marie earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her masters degree in arts management from The American University.
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Janet Lawn
Director of Leadership Giving
Janet Lawn joined the GLAD staff in February 2002 as Director of Development. Working from a vision of strengthening GLAD’s capacity for success during a time on growth and innovation, Janet involved a broad array of GLAD’s many donors and constituents in understanding and supporting our work. Under Janet’s leadership, GLAD’s revenue quadrupled through individual, corporate, foundation and special event fundraising and GLAD took an increasingly prominent role on the national scene and throughout New England. In 2011, Janet moved into the Director of Major and Planned Gifts position in order to focus on the opportunities and need for GLAD to grow in these areas. Janet has a strong background in non-profit development and management including as Interim Director of Development and Assistant Director of Development at Horizons for Homeless Children, Director of Development at the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Chapter Services Director at RESOLVE, and experience in children’s services and community organizing. She holds a BA from Binghamton University and a Graduate Certificate in Community Organization Management from Tufts University.
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Kemi Alabi
Development Assistant
Kemi joined GLAD in October 2012, bringing her experience in political and non-profit fundraising to the Development team. Pursuing a BA in Philosophy & Political Science, she currently organizes civil rights and economic justice public education efforts as a Boston University Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar. Kemi is also a strong believer in the arts as a vehicle for change. As a writer and touring spoken word performer, she facilitates workshops, leads writers groups, and produces events that encourage social examination and empowerment through culture.
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Kristen Bokhan
Foundation Officer
Kristen joined GLAD in March of 2012 as a Legal Assistant, and became GLAD’s Foundation Officer in May of 2013. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a bachelor’s degree with high honors in Government and International Relations from Clark University. As a Master’s student, Kristen researched the prevalence of youth homelessness in Central Massachusetts and examined best practices for creating safe and welcoming spaces for LGBTQ youth in shelter environments. Before she joined GLAD’s staff, Kristen worked as the primary grant writer for Henry Lee Willis Community Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and also wrote grants for the YMCA of Central Massachusetts. In her spare time, Kristen likes to sing, cook and relax with her pet rabbits, Simon and Fox. Kristen is excited to use her joint interests in the law and in grant-writing and foundation relations to achieve equality for New England’s LGBT community!
Beth Grierson
Senior Manager of Development Operations
As Senior Manager of Development Operations, Beth is primarily responsible for department operations and systems, direct mail, and supporting the Major Gifts program. She also oversees and coordinates information technology within the department. Ms. Grierson holds a Masters Degree in American Studies from Boston College, and for the past twelve years has been involved in running “Wilderness Heals,” a fundraising hike for the Elizabeth Stone House. She joined GLAD in 1998.
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Scott Krave
Development Assistant
Scott joined GLAD in January 2012 as an events intern, before being hired as a Development Assistant in July 2012. He received a bachelor’s degree from Aurora University, where he majored in Political Science and minored in International Studies, Sociology and Spanish. His studies focused on the implications that different methods of development have on the state of human rights and environment. Scott is also an active writer and has had pieces featured in a number of online and print publications.
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Mo Pepin
Database Manager
Mo holds an MA in International Development and Social Change with an emphasis on Transformative Education from Clark University, as well as a BS in Math/Science Education from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining GLAD in February 2010, Mo served as a Development Intern at Grassroots International, a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects. Mo is keenly interested in the factors that motivate individuals to become involved in social change, and thus finds herself at home in GLAD’s development department. When she’s not processing donations or otherwise supporting the development team, she may be found steaming up gourmet coffee beverages, playing guitar out on the town, or venturing to the peak of a remote mountain.
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Robbie Samuels
Senior Manager of Events and Donor Engagement
Working with the rest of the development department to keep our major donors invested in and informed about GLAD’s work, Robbie utilizes his extensive event planning and fundraising experience to improve upon GLAD’s successful annual events. As development’s liaison he engages with donors motivated by GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project.
In 2011, his work at GLAD and within Boston’s progressive community was recognized, when his birthday, September 16, was named “Robbie Samuels Day” by the Boston City Council. Robbie co-organizes Socializing for Justice (http://www.SoJust.org), a grassroots group he co-founded in 2006 to build a cross-cultural, cross-issue progressive community, network and movement in Boston based on the philosophy of abundance. He also provides trainings on the Art of the Schmooze, Fundraising: Getting Past the Fear of Asking, QPR: Suicide Prevention for Community Leaders, and Intercultural Awareness. Robbie's background, prior to joining the staff in June 2005, includes organizing on the grassroots, regional and national levels with positions at OUT IN LI, Empire State Pride Agenda, Sustainable Long Island, Fenway Community Health, AIDS Action Committee, The Task Force and The Theater Offensive. His other passions include being a strong advocate for building an anti-racist LGBT movement, his work with the National Organization for Men Against Sexism’s Boston chapter and educating about trans experiences as an openly trans staff member. He holds a BA and an MSW from SUNY Stony Brook. Learn more about him at www.robbiesamuels.com.
Watch Robbie’s I Am: Trans People Speak video
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Eva Boyce
Chief Financial Officer
Eva has worked part-time as GLAD's Chief Financial Officer since 2005. She has over 25 years of combined experience in public accounting and non-profit financial management, with organizations including Mass Housing Partnership Fund, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts and Touche Ross & Company (currently Delloite & Touche). Eva enjoys working with people from a variety of backgrounds, and is committed to sharing her financial and technical knowledge. She holds an Accounting degree from Boston College School of Management, 1977.
As President of ENB Financial Management, Eva provides financial services and training to small businesses and non-profits. Current & past clients include: Multicultural AIDS Coalition; AIDS Action Committee; JRI Health - Management Assistance Program, and U Mass Boston - Small Business Development Center.
Eva is a member of the National Association of Black Accountants and has served on the Boards of Elizabeth Stone House, Victory Programs, and Casa Myrna Vasquez. She loves music, art, and dancing and is an excellent cook, specializing in barbecue.
Marcos Carreño
Senior Manager of Operations and Administration
As GLAD's Operations Manager, Marcos manages information technology, human resources, and office administration for the organization.
Marcos joined GLAD as a volunteer in December 2003 and became a full time staff member in June 2004. He has both a Bachelors and Masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Molly Girton
Accounting Manager
Molly joined the GLAD family as Accounting Manager in February 2012.
Molly has been involved in Boston’s LGBT scene her entire life and is a living example of what GLAD has accomplished. Adopted in 1983 by two incredible lesbians Molly was legally cross-adopted by her parents in 1995, thanks to GLAD’s case regarding two parent adoptions. While a student at Brookline High School, she was an active member of SpeakOut, ran workshops at GLSEN, and was her GSA’s treasurer. A BAGLY alum, Molly now serves on the organization’s Board of Directors.
Molly began working full-time as a bookkeeper and then as an accountant while attending Northeastern University. She received her Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Financial Management, with high honors, in May 2007. Molly worked as a Staff Auditor at Ernst & Young until she left Boston for San Francisco in 2009. But she couldn’t resist that dirty water and moved back two years later. She is a certified Quickbooks pro-advisor and runs her own company, Dapper Financial Solutions, providing accounting consulting to small businesses.
In her free time, Molly plays women’s flag football and enjoys building her own furniture and solving jigsaw puzzles.
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Carol Marton
Business Manager
Carol has been working as GLAD's part-time Bookkeeper for more years than she can keep track of, and came on part-time staff as the Business Manager in 2006. She handles payroll, benefits, accounts payable and manages GLAD's bank accounts, along with a variety of other work in the fiscal department.
In her other life, she is a musician.
Andy Morgan
Finance & Operations Assistant
Andy joined GLAD in April 2011. He is a 2010 graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, MA, where he studied public policy and sociology with a minor in legal studies, focusing on economic inequality. After receiving his B.A., Andy spent his summer working in Berkeley, CA as a College Admissions mentor for the “SMASH” Summer Math and Science Honors Academy, which prepares high-achieving, underrepresented students for study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at top-tier colleges. He enjoyed connecting his thesis, “Going to College: Who Goes & Why?” to real-world experiences. When he’s not working, Andy can be found sailing, flying a kite or making his own beer (and learning to make wine). Andy brings to GLAD a passion for social-justice and equality, and will soon be playing the mentor role once again in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and continuing his work with Habitat for Humanity.
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