Joyce Kauffman
President

Joined January 2012
Joyce Kauffman is a lawyer with Kauffman Law & Mediation in Cambridge, MA. She is a 1992 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and previously worked as a psychotherapist and director of an after-school arts program. She was Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Lawyer of the Year” in 2009, and is a member of Boston Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association, and the National LGBT Bar Association. She is also a member of the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ National Family Law Advisory Council, member of the Family Equality Emeritus Board, and a volunteer with Senior Partners for Justice. Her articles on the importance of securing legal protections for LGBT families have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Bay Windows.

Darian M. Butcher
Vice President

Joined March 2014
Darian Butcher is an Associate at Day Pitney LLP where she practices complex commercial litigation. She earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and clerked for Massachusetts Appeals Court Justice R. Malcolm Graham (ret.). Darian previously served as Clerk of the Board from 2016 to 2018 and has been a Board member since 2014.  Darian also serves on the board of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Marlene Seltzer
Treasurer

Joined May 2016
Marlene B. Seltzer recently retired after 10 years as President and CEO of Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that is focused on improving education and economic mobility for low income communities and individuals. She consults and speaks on systemic education reform and and innovative workforce development practices and policies aimed at improving education systems and labor market outcomes.  Prior to JFF, Marlene held a number of prominent positions in nonprofit management, government and workforce development.  She has served on numerous national and nonprofit boards boards over her career and currently serves on several boards aimed at improving economic and social mobility.  Marlene holds an M.A. in labor economics from Northeastern University.

Joseph Garland
Clerk

Joined May 2016
Joseph Metmowlee Garland is the Medical Director of the Infectious Diseases and Immunology Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University. His focus is on clinical HIV care for low-income individuals. He is a Board Certified physician in Infections Diseases and Internal Medicine, and a Practicing HIV Specialist of the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Prior positions include serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases Division at the University of Pennsylvania, and as a staff physician at a federally qualified health center, Philadelphia FIGHT.  He holds a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School.

Jean-Phillip Brignol

Joined August 2020
Jean-Phillip Brignol works as Assistant Counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where he assists the legal team and advises the business teams on a variety of legal, contractual, and operations matters. The son of Haitian immigrants, Jean-Phillip is originally from the south suburbs of Chicago. Jean-Phillip earned his B.A. in Political Science at Yale University, his Ed.M. at Boston University School of Education, and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers (retired) at the Connecticut Supreme Court.

During his time as an Associate at the law firm Holland & Knight LLP, he focused his practice on general litigation but also had an active pro bono practice, which included representing a LGBTQ asylum applicant through deportation proceedings in Boston Immigration Court and parents of English Language Learners in federal court. Jean-Phillip was selected to be in the Top 40 Under 40 Massachusetts list of the National Black Lawyers in 2019, and a Holland & Knight Pro Bono All Star from 2017-2019.

Jean-Phillip began his time with GLAD as a GLAD Answers volunteer during law school and now serves on the Spirit of Justice Dinner Host Committee. He continues to bring to the organization a career-spanning passion for the law and a commitment to civil rights, racial equity, and social and economic justice.

Edward Byrne

Joined May 2016
Edward F. Byrne is the Student Diversity Programs Coordinator in the Cambridge Public Schools, serving as an advisor to school and city leaders on equity and inclusion issues. He has held positions as Aide to the Mayor of Cambridge, MA for education and equity initiatives, Project Manager, Sametz Blackstone Associates and Managing Director, Project 10 East. Edward served two terms as vice-chair of the MA Commission on GLBT Youth, and serves on the New Leaders Council Boston Board of Directors and previously, the Board of Visitors at Fenway Health. He holds a Master of Public Policy from Simmons College.

Ray Cheng

Joined May 2020
Ray Cheng is a Senior Manager at Deloitte Tax, LLP and assists clients with state and local tax matters. He earned his Bachelors in Business Administration and his Masters in Professional Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, and is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts and Texas. The son of immigrants from Hong Kong, Ray grew up in Texas and lives in Boston with his husband Jeff and their three children adopted through foster care. Ray is passionate about social and racial justice that directly and indirectly impacts the LGBTQ community. He has served on the boards of SMART Team and COLAGE and currently serves on the Executive Board of Deloitte’s LGBTQ employee resource group and as a Board Advisor of COLAGE.

Liz Doherty

Joined May 2018
Liz Doherty is currently Senior Director & Associate General Counsel at Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, the global leader in content delivery network (CDN) services. Liz was a founding leader of Akamai’s first employee resource group for LGBTQ employees and allies, out@akamai, and currently sits on the company’s global Diversity & Inclusion Executive Steering Committee. In addition to serving as co-chair of GLAD’s Spirit of Justice Dinner in 2017 and 2018, Liz has served as a Co-Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth. Liz is a graduate of Tufts University, received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco, and began her legal career at Bingham McCutchen LLP (now Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP).

Shane Dunn

Joined December 2014
Shane Dunn is Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Brandeis University. Prior to beginning his tenure at Brandeis in April 2019, Shane worked to advance the missions and goals of charter public schools in Massachusetts, first as Managing Director of Strategic Growth and Development at Excel Academy Charter Schools in East Boston and then as Director of Advancement Strategy and Regional Development at Uncommon Schools. Earlier in his career, he worked in a variety of alumni affairs and development roles at Harvard University, Tufts University, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Shane is an active volunteer alumni leader for his undergraduate alma mater, Cornell University, and previously served on the SPARK Boston Council, the City of Boston’s millennial advisory cabinet. Shane first got involved in GLAD as a volunteer for the Spirit of Justice dinner committee. The son of a lesbian mother, Shane is originally from Waterville, New York. Active in city and political activities, Shane lives in Boston with his wife Elizabeth and young son Liam. He is a graduate of Cornell University and earned a master’s degree in higher education administration from Boston College.

Jessyca Feliciano

Joined September 2019
Jessyca Feliciano is a Vice President of Employee Relations at State Street Corporation, helping manage the relationships between the organization and its employees. Prior to joining State Street, Jessyca held positions of increasing responsibility in corporate and non-profit organizations, most recently with Mass Mutual as a Human Resources Business Partner supporting the Data Science and Digital Design corporate groups and their leaders. In addition to her primary responsibilities, Jessyca also served as a diversity and inclusion liaison, holding the business accountable for implementing diversity best practices and strategies. She started her career in social work working with at risk youth in underprivileged communities, always focusing on creating opportunities of inclusion, which is still something very close to her heart. Jessyca earned a Master of Education with a focus on Organizational Development and Leadership from Cambridge College’s Graduate School of Education, and a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Roberts Wesleyan College.

George Hastie

Joined May 2016
George Hastie, MPH has been a passionate HIV and GLBTQ community organizer, advocate and educator for over 25 years, cultivating extensive networks in these communities and in the nonprofit sector. George manages a project with Community Research Initiative’s HIV Drug Assistance Program, providing training to health care and social service providers across Massachusetts to ensure that more people living with HIV have comprehensive health insurance coverage and access to medications. As Principal of Hastie Consulting he provides capacity building training, including GLBTQ cultural competency, to nonprofits. George holds a Master of Public Health from Boston University, a BA from Harvard College, and co-chairs the GLAD-led coalition working to pass legislation in Massachusetts requiring insurance coverage to treat HIV-associated lipodystrophy.

David Hayter

Joined July 2015
David has held high-level executive and finance positions at Liberty Mutual, Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan and Manulife/John Hancock. While at Liberty Mutual, he was the founding co-executive sponsor of the company’s first LGBT Employee Resource Group. Holding an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, David brings to GLAD a wealth of knowledge and experience in investments, accounting and finance and has served on the boards of Wave Accounting, Community Servings, St. John’s Hospital Foundation, and the Wilfrid Laurier University Board of Governors. David brings a personal passion for GLAD’s mission and a commitment to furthering education around LGBT issues.

Spencer Icasiano

Joined September 2019
Spencer Icasiano is a product designer at HubSpot, and a user experience specialist who has held previous positions at Care.com and Wayfair. Spencer has consulted on and designed tech platforms that create seamless experiences for clients and customers. In addition to their day job, they work as a contributing writer for 90.9 WBUR, covering primarily QTPOC (queer and trans people of color) artists and activists whose cultural impacts are directly shaping the future of Boston. The beginning of Spencer’s connection to GLAD was as a resource – GLAD provided support to Spencer through a violent and transphobic landlord situation, as well as gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment instances in their career. Spencer’s natural inquisitiveness and pursuit of justice has spilled over into other areas of their life and thanks in part to GLAD’s impact they’ve been able to successfully advocate for employee environment and policy improvements and consulted on inclusive hiring practices at public tech companies. Spencer’s public speaking skills have been cultivated at professional conferences, engineering bootcamps, and local institutions—from world-class universities to Fortune 100 corporations—where they lead talks and workshops on topics of cultural competency and organizational change.  Spencer earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Writing from Emerson College.

Matthew McGuirk

Joined September 2019
Matthew McGuirk is a Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley. He has worked in asset & wealth management for over 20 years, currently focusing his practice on serving the LGBTQ community. In his public service life, he serves on several boards & committees that support this community and is honored to begin work on the Development Committee of GLAD’s Board. Matt particularly looks forward to building bridges between organizations with which he has ties, such as the MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce where he is a founding partner, and other non-profits such as Community Research Initiative where he is a member of the Board; Fenway Health where he is a member of the Board of Visitors; and the Human Rights Campaign, where he is a member of the New England Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Federal Club for New England. While he is committed to all areas of GLAD’s work, he has a particular interest in protecting children and the elderly and has been involved with organizations such as the LGBT Community Center and SAGE. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, and holds an Executive Certificate in Financial Planning from Georgetown University and a Master of Science in Financial Planning from Bentley University.

Rev. Irene Monroe

Joined May 2020
Rev. Irene Monroe (pronouns: she, her, hers) can be heard on the podcast and standing Boston Public Radio segment ALL REV’D UP on WGBH 89.7 FM. Monroe is the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and History UnErased. Also, Monroe’s syndicated religion columns appear in Bay Windows, Cambridge Chronicle, Dig Boston, Curve, and in several cities across the country and in the U.K, and Canada.

Monroe describes her public ministry as following: “My life’s work has been grounded in an intersectional anti-oppression activism and praxis. I try to inform the public of the role religion plays in discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. Because homophobia is both a hatred of the ‘other’ and it’s usually acted upon ‘in the name of religion,’ I aim to highlight how religious intolerance and fundamentalism not only shatters the goal of American democracy, but also aids in perpetuating other forms of oppression, such as racism, sexism, classism, homo/transphobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, to name a few.”

Monroe is a founder and now member emeritus of several national LGBTQ+ black and religious organizations. As an activist Monroe has received numerous awards. Her papers are at the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College’s Research Library on the History of Women in America.

Mario Nimock

Joined August 2020
Mario Nimock is a civil defense attorney at Coughlin Betke LLP in Boston, where he handles employment and other complex litigation matters. He earned his Bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and his J.D. from the University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth in 2013. At UMASS-Dartmouth, Mario received the Massachusetts’ Black Judges Conference Book Award, was the President of OUTLaw, and Student Representative to the MA LGBTQ Bar Association. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Frederick Brown (retired) at the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. Mario previously served as Co-Chair of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association and has been active with GLAD for many years as both a member and former co-chair of the Spirit of Justice Committee.

Lee Swislow

Joined May 2018
Since Lee left her role as executive director of GLAD in 2014, she has been working as an interim CEO for non-profits in transition, where she draws on her expertise in strategic planning, financial management, organizational development and program development. Previously she served for five years as Vice President at JRI Health, providing a variety of services to people living with HIV/AIDS as well as LGBTQ youth. Lee is thrilled to return to GLAD, where she led the organization as Executive Director for nine years. She is proud of the progress GLAD has made in securing rights for the LGBTQ community and people living with HIV/AIDS, and knows how much work is yet to be done.