Our team

Board Chair

Liz Bradbury (She/Her) - Allentown,PA

Liz Bradbury was co-founder of the Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Alliance for Political Action (1994). She led the effort to pass the first Pennsylvania municipal civil rights law’s inclusion of Gender Identity (along with Sexual Orientation) in 2002, in Allentown. She has worked to craft and successfully pass 14 other municipal and state pieces of LGBTQIA+ equal rights legislation in Pennsylvania. Publisher of the Valley Gay Press Newspaper for 18 years. Founder and CEO of Pennsylvania Diversity Network for ten years until it became Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBTQ Community Center (BSC), in 2014. Until 2023, she served as Director of the BSC’s Training Institute where she’s trained over 300 organizations - over 17,000 people - on LGBTQIA+ issues. She is a certified SAGE trainer.

Liz ran the Lehigh Valley’s LGBTQ+ Infoline for 25 years. She served the Allentown Human Relations Commission for 15 years (3 years as Chair) where she created the guidelines for investigation and trained commissioners. She is a longtime member of Pennsylvania State Juvenile Justice SOGI Committee and is also a PA National History Day LGBTQ+ Judge.

She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Lehigh County Human Relations Advisory Council, and is Chair of its Legislative Committee, where she crafted a groundbreakingly inclusive countywide model non-discrimination ordinance with passed into law in February of 2024. This Lehigh County Ordinance is the most inclusive and progressive non-discrimination law in Pennsylvania. She is also CEO and Senior Trainer D.E.I. Associates.

Liz has written over 400 published articles on LGBTQIA+ issues and has been called in as an expert on television and radio news debates and interviews, and to speak to government committees and legislative bodies. She is a national award winning artist and is the national award winning author of the Maggie Gale Mystery series. Bradbury has lived in Allentown with her spouse Patricia Sullivan, EdD., since 1987. They were the 1st same-sex couple from Pennsylvania to get a civil union (2000), and were legally married in Connecticut in 2009. The LGBTQ Community Center in Allentown was named after them for their decades of work in the LGBTQIA2+ community.

Contact: lizbradbury9@gmail.com 610-432-5449

Board Vice Chair

Moira Kaleida - Pittsburg, PA

Moira Kaleida is the National Coalition Director for the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS), an education justice coalition that strives to unite union and community organizations in coalition to realize an equitable, just, and transformative public education system.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Moira has a degree in education from Penn State University, and has combined her academic knowledge and lived experience (as a student, teacher, parent, school board member, and wife of a teacher) to beat the drum of public education across Pennsylvania. She is excited to lead the important work of AROS at a national level.

In 2015, Moira was elected to serve on the Pittsburgh Public School Board, leading the policy and government relations committees. As a school board member, Moira was able to pass critical policies at the local level, with the help of the local AROS affiliated group (Great Public Schools Pittsburgh), including providing LGBTQIA+ protections for students, a “Sanctuary Schools” policy, a pre-K to 2nd grade suspension ban, and the creation and implementation of the first Community Schools Policy and corresponding opening of the first three community schools in the city.

Professionally, Moira has served as a Chief of Staff for a City Council member and a State Representative in PA. She has also worked in a variety of organizing roles in the political, electoral, and education justice settings. Most recently before arriving at AROS, she was proud to organize with Pittsburgh’s own 412 Justice. In 2022, Moira was excited to join the inaugural board of Keystone Equality, advancing civil rights for LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians through voter mobilization, electoral advocacy, and political organizing.

Moira resides in Pittsburgh with her husband, two children, three cats, and too many goldfish. In her free time, Moira enjoys watching government meetings (yes, really), doing jigsaw puzzles, reading anything she can get her hands on, bad karaoke, and tap dancing.

Board Secretary

Wendy Cheesman - Lancaster, PA

  • Applications Committee

  • Former Board Chair, Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition

  • Former Family Planning Coordinator, Alder Health

Treasurer

Robert DiGangi-Roush - New Columbia, PA

Robert has been active in the LGBTQIA+ community since 1981 when he joined the LGB student organization at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he obtained his BFA in Music (1986) and MAH (1988) in nonprofit administration. Robert became Executive Director of the AIDS Services Center in Bethlehem PA in September of 1991. He also founded, along with Steven Olofson, his partner and future husband, the Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus in 1995. Sadly Steve passed away in 2018, after 30 years with Robert. Robert also more recently served as the Executive Director of GLYS Western New York Growing LGBTQ+ Youth Support. He has spent his professional career in nonprofit administration and fundraising, helping to keep marginalized groups and individuals in their best mental and physical health.

These days, Robert’s main interests include the importance of ritual and ceremony, especially as it applies to marriage, and the recognition and celebration of becoming one’s true self as an LGBTQAI+ individual. 

Robert lives with his current husband, Jay, in New Columbia PA in the Susquehanna Valley where they run a dog grooming, notary public and marriage and life celebration business called Moondoggie Spas, LLC.


Board Member

Anthony Bullett (HE/HIM) - Huntington, PA

Endorsement Committee

Bullett is a native of Huntingdon. He is a founding member of Keystone Equality and serves as the representative for Huntingdon, Blair, Centre, Bedford, Fulton, Mifflin and Juniata counties. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.A. in Government Finance from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He began his career as a state government intern in Harrisburg and moved to New Jersey where he served in public finance roles in both the private and public sectors.

Bullett was the co-founder of the group Diversity Huntingdon – We Welcome Everyone! leading its successful efforts that resulted in the adoption of an inclusive non-discrimination ordinance in Huntingdon - the first rural community in Pennsylvania to adopt such an ordinance - and now serves as the chair of the Huntingdon Human Relations Commission. 

Bullett has been an equality advocate since his undergraduate days at Penn where he assisted in growing programs for underrepresented populations. As an alumnus, he was a founding member of the James R. Brister Society, an alumni group organized to advise the Trustees at Penn and named after Penn’s first African American graduate, and served as Treasurer for many years of the former Urban League of Metropolitan Trenton. He was active with several LGBTQIA2+ groups in New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania including the Trenton Gay and Lesbian Civic Association in which he successfully resurrected CapitolRainbowfest, Trenton’s PRIDE celebration. Bullett was a delegate to the Annual General Meeting of InterPride in 2007 that was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also wrote for Out in Jersey magazine. 

 After returning to Pennsylvania, he assisted in gathering religious backing for the former Pennsylvania Equality in support of The Fairness Act. He attended the 2009 National Equality March which was life-changing. Currently, Bullett is a member of Keystone Queers, a Huntingdon County based social and support group and a longtime volunteer for Hometown Hearts, Inc.

Board Member

Corinne Goodwin (She/They) - Orefield, PA

Endorsement Committee

Corinne is the founder and Executive Director of Eastern PA Trans Equity Project a rapidly growing non-profit organization which has a mission of empowering transgender individuals throughout the eastern region of Pennsylvania.  Previously, Corinne led Lehigh Valley Transgender Renaissance an organization that provides supportive services to transgender individuals.

An award-winning community leader and in-demand speaker, Corinne actively works on issues impacting the lives of LGBTQ Pennsylvanians.  In addition to her role at Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, she also serves on the Board of Keystone Equality and volunteers and works in coalition with other organizations including the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, the ACLU Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Youth Congress, the United Way, various LGBTQ+ Chambers of Commerce, and more.

Corinne’s activism and commitment to serving the LGBTQ+ has been recognized by the Bradbury-Sullivan Community Center, the Lancaster LGBTQ Coalition, The Pride Center at Lehigh University, the Reading Pride Celebration, Ricky’s Pride, YWCA Bethlehem and others. She also serves on the Community Advisory Committees at Lehigh Valley Health Network, St. Lukes School of Nursing, and the LGBTQ+ Advisory Panel for the Veterans Administration hospital in Coatesville, PA.

Professionally, Corinne was a senior executive in the retail and telecommunications sectors working for companies that included Sprint, Vonage, Best Buy, and RadioShack.  Corinne now works as a self-employed business consultant. 

 A parent to one son who works in New York’s theater industry, she lives in Orefield PA with her wife Debbie, a grumpy cat named April, and a model railroad that takes up way too much space in her basement. 

Board Member

Douglas Hearn (HE/HIM) - Warren, PA

Doug Hearn says that most importantly he is a proud Gay Man, and he is married to the love of his life of 33 years. He is the dad to 3 wonderful children and 8 outstanding grandchildren.

Doug is a recent graduate of Penn West Academy and an honors graduate of Michigan State University in Math and Education. His postgraduate career began in education.

After an extensive career in executive leadership in transforming and growing some of the best known proprietary menswear brands in the nation, Douglas Hearn brought his considerable executive business background and over 35 years of advocacy for the LGBTQ community with him, when he moved to Pennsylvania.

Doug was elected and served as a Warren City Councilman from 2020 to 2022. There he championed bipartisan efforts to amend the Fair Housing Act of Warren by adding Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, through resolution 3128. He is involved in various community roles, including serving as the Treasurer for the Warren Concert Association; serving on the Board of Directors of Jefferson DeFrees Family Center, and contributing to the WCCBI Trestle to Trestle project.

Doug is also engaged in the city’s Comprehensive Plan rollout. He is a key figure in initiating Warren Front Porch Days, and he serves as a board member of A Safe Place, the organization providing support for victims of domestic and sexual violence 24/7/365 days a year. Currently, as Treasurer of the Warren Redevelopment Authority and Blighted Property Commission, Doug plays a crucial role in the city’s development. Additionally, he is an active volunteer in the Hospice Community of Warren County.

Doug’s commitment to the LGBTQ+ community includes promoting Pride as a celebration of achievements and a vision for the LGBTQ community’s future in Warren. This extends to Doug’s involvement with the founding of Warren County Pride Day, INC., witnessing its significant growth from 45 attendees in 2020 to nearly 4000 in 2023. Doug has attracted notable speakers to the festival including Lt Governor and Senator John Fetterman, State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, and Dr. Tyler Titus who became the first openly trans-identifying person to win elected office in Pennsylvania.

Doug serves on the Endorsement Committee of the Keystone Equality Board and does extensive outreach to the community to promote Keystone Equality’s mission.

Board Member

Alex Olson (HE/HIM) - Philadelphia, PA

Alex has been deeply involved in both local politics and LGBTQ+ advocacy for over a decade. In 2018, he was appointed to serve as chair of the Liberty City Democratic Club, Philadelphia's LGBTQ+ political organization, doubling the number of members and working with the organization's volunteer base to elect candidates that were supportive of policies pertaining to our community. He has also served as Communications Director of the Pennsylvania Young Democrats, Mid-Atlantic Treasurer for the Young Democrats of America, the Philadelphia Police-LGBT Community Liaison Commission.

 By day he works in the Local Government Affairs Department at Comcast, working to manage the company's regulatory relationships across over 6,100 communities. Before Comcast, Alex worked as the finance director of the political action committees of Secretary Patrick Murphy, 32nd Undersecretary of the Army and former Congressman from Bucks County, PA. Alex has also worked in the Pennsylvania State Senate in the office of Sen. Sharif Street.

 

Board Member

Morgan Selkirk (She/Her) - Abington, PA

A native New Yorker living outside of Philadelphia, Morgan Selkirk has been dedicated to equal rights for over twenty years as an LGBTQ+ advocate, queer equity educator, public speaker, community representative and political activist.

Morgan’s focus has been transgender justice for many of those years. Focusing on LGBTQ+ understanding and equity, she has facilitated trainings and conferences for multiple organizations and companies, been a guest speaker and panelist at events around the country and after becoming a Fellow under the Union for Reform Judaism’s Jew’V’Nation Fellowship in the North American LGBTQ+ Leadership cohort she began focusing on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Reform Jewish movement.

Morgan has travelled throughout the United States training synagogues, Jewish camps and other Jewish spaces in the importance of LGBTQ+ Equity and Inclusion and how to help them weave this into the fabric of their own Jewish communities. She helped shape LGBTQ+ policies and procedures within the URJ and externally continues this among the spaces she works with.

Morgan serves on the Board of Directors for Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, a non-profit that serves trans and gender expansive folks in a 33 county region of Pennsylvania; Keystone Equality, a statewide organization that connects leaders in the LGBTQ+ movement together and helps advocate and navigate activism within the commonwealth as well as supports candidates for public office, and is the Vice-Chair of the Montgomery County Equality Caucus, the only MontCo based LGBTQ+ Democratic PAC solely dedicated to strengthening, supporting and increasing representation of LGBTQ+ candidates in Montgomery County, PA.

Morgan also co-chairs Congregation Kol Ami’s Rainbow Alliance, which won a 2017 Belin Award for a regional conference the committee created on transgender inclusion in synagogues as a follow up to their first successful conference on the broader topic of LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Morgan currently works as the Chief-of-Staff to a member in the PA House of Representatives where she brings her activist roots to help generate equal rights priorities within state government. Morgan’s motivation to create change is her family. She currently lives in Huntingdon Valley, PA with her spouse, two children and three dogs. In her spare time, she enjoys the beach, creating art (both edible and not), and baseball.

Board Member

Alex Sphon

  • Applications Committee

  • President, NWPA Pride Alliance

  • Secretary, City of Erie Mayor’s LGBTQIA+ Advisory Council

  • Chair, Erie County Human Relations Advisory Council

  • Member, Erie County HIV Taskforce

Board Member

Bre Reynolds (She/Her) - Lockhaven, PA

Applications Committee

Bre resides in Lock Haven, Clinton County, with her wife, two children, dog and cats. She's been involved in LGBTQ activism since 2015 and is the founder of Clinton County Pride Alliance. Additionally, Bre has been involved in the President's Commission on LGBTQ Affairs at Lock Haven University. She is a SafeZone Ally Trainer and offers free training to the community. She has recently been elected as the Chair of the Clinton County Democratic Committee and has aspirations to run for School Board. She is also a member of the Clinton County Democratic Women, a board member of Millbrook Playhouse and a committee member for Downtown Lock Haven, Inc.