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FOUNDERS
FOUNDERS
In response to a 1993 attempt to ban municipal nondiscrimination ordinances across the state, South Florida LGBTQ+ community leaders gathered to oppose the measure and renew calls for local protections. As a result, Safeguarding American Values for Everyone, or SAVE, was founded by the following luminaries, whose work resulted in an enduring organization that continues to fight for equality to this day.
MARCH 24, 1993
Juan Carlos Espinosa
FOUNDER
Joyce Harrington
FOUNDER
Jorge Mursuli
FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Fran Bohnsack
FOUNDER / CO-CHAIR
Joan Schaeffer
FOUNDER / SECRETARY
Damian Pardo
FOUNDER / CO-CHAIR
Ignacio Marinez-Ybor
FOUNDER / STAKE-HOLDER
Richard Gonzalez
FOUNDER / TREASURER
Clark Reynolds
FOUNDER / STAKE-HOLDER
Steve Shafor
FOUNDER
Yvette Torres
FOUNDER
Claralina Armenteros
FOUNDER
Heidi Pred
FOUNDER
FOUNDERS NOT PICTURED
Lorenzo Lebrija
FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
STAFF
In the years since our founding, so many have dedicated their time and energy to supporting SAVE, and in that time, our dedicated staff members have served as the organization's backbone: leading the charge and directing that willpower to the places it can have the greatest impact.
Kirk Arthur
Field Director
2007-2008
Jacqueline Baker
Field Organizer
2002-2003
Pat Baker
Office Manager
2004-2012
Jameer Baptiste
Field Director
2012
Jonathan Barrio
Development Manager
2017-2018
Brenda Barron
Deputy Campaign Manager (Field)
2002
Maria Barth
Deputy Director
2012-2014
Jaime Bayo
Development Director
2013-2014
Kim Blandon
Field & Community Organizer
2022-
Pru Chelwick
Bookkeeper
2001-2002
Devin Cordero
Development Manager
2013-2017
Julia Dawson
Political Director, Fundraising Coordinator
2001-2002
Joshua Dunkelman
Director of Development
20011-2012
Kelley Dupps
Deputy Director, Field Organizer
2002-2003
Julie Eisenhardt
Field Organizer
2002
Pi Fong
Field Organizer
2016
Vincent Foster
Director of Development
2015-2016
David Fuller
Receptionist
2002
Sean Garcia
Field Coordinator
2001
Tommy Gomez
Marketing Manager
2017-2019
Orlando Gonzales
Executive Director
2008, 2019-2023
Maria Guerreros
Executive Assistant
2000-2001
Pete Halpern
Deputy Campaign Manager (Administration)
2002
Terrance Harmon
Event Coordinator, System Administrator
2002
Francesca Hawthorne
Field & Community Organizer
2022-2023
Belky Hernandez
Field Organizer
2000
Carlos Hernandez
Associate Director
2008
Ted Howard
Development Organizer, Administrative Assistant
2000
Timothy Higdon
Executive Director
2002
Justin Klecha
Deputy Director, Director of Campaigns, Field Director
2013-
Lorenzo Lebrija
Executive Director
1993-1995
Tony Lima
Executive Director
2013-2019
Erik Ludwig
Campaign Manager
1999-2000
Eddie Marti Kring
Field & Community Organizer
2020-2022
Aurelio Hurtado de Mendoza
Deputy Director
2015
Ines Molleda
Associate Director
2011-2013
Joseph Mooradian
Community Coordinator
2009-2010
Jorge Mursuli
Executive Director
1996-2001
CJ Ortuño
Executive Director
2008-2013
Bren Pantilione
Campaign Manager
2017-2018
Heddy Peña
Executive Director, Political Director
2002-2008
Lynne Sachs
Executive Director
1995
Belen Sassone
Field Organizer
2017-2018
Andrew Singer
Field Organizer
2011
Alex Spriggs
Chief of Staff, Membership & Events Coordinator
2015-2019
Charo Valero
Field Organizer
2013-2017
David Valk
Field Officer
2010-2012
BOARD MEMBERS
● SAVE Inc ● SAVE Foundation
Ariana Aboulafia
Board Member
2023- ●
Brian Adler
Chair
2011-2014 ●
2013-2023 ●
Claralina Armenteros
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Carlos Alzate
Board Member
2015-2019 ●
Christopher Anderson
Board Member
2011-2015 ●
Alicia Apfel
Board Member
1998-2002 ●
2000-2002 ●
Rodolfo Arauz
Board Member
2001-2003 ●
2003-2004 ●
Cris Asunce
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Rossana Baeza
Board Member
2022-2023 ●
2023- ●
Jerome Baker
Board Member
2000-2002 ●
Greg Baldwin
Board Member
1994-1995 ●
Brian Beasley
Board Member
2014-2015 ●
Ron Bilbao
Board Member
2013-2019 ●
Amy Bloom
Board Member
2023- ●
2023- ●
Merry Bodner
Board Member
2009-2010 ●
Nate Bodner
Board Member
2009-2010 ●
Fran Bohnsack
Chair
1993-1997 ●
Shed Boren
Board Member
1995 ●
Nancy Brodzki
Board Member
2018-2021 ●
2018-2021 ●
Tony Brooks
Board Member
2001 ●
Cindy Brown
Board Member
1998-2002 ●
Maria Bures
Board Member
2010-2015 ●
Harvey Burstein
Board Member
2003-2004 ●
Charlie Buscemi
Board Member
2015-2016 ●
Mark Canzio
Board Member
2022- ●
Owen Carhart
Board Member
2016-2017 ●
Leticia Carrazana
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Helena Castro
Chair
2018-2020, 2022- ●
2019-2022 ●
Jose Franc Castro
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Monica Cepero
Board Member
2013-2014 ●
Bob Cole
Board Member
2001-2004 ●
Abby Corbet
Board Member
2009-2011, 2019-2021 ●
Arthur Curtis
Board Member
2001-2004 ●
Julie Dalzell
Board Member
2001-2003 ●
Julia Dawson
Board Member
1999-2001 ●
Mike De Cossio
Chair
2004-2010 ●
2004-2010 ●
Juan Del Hierro
Board Member
2011-2015 ●
2009-2010 ●
Jorge Diaz
Board Member
2006-2008 ●
Bill Dollaway
Board Member
2023- ●
Chester Dowdy
Board Member
2016-2021 ●
David Draigh
Board Member
2014-2016 ●
Juan Carlos Espinoza
Board Member
1993 ●
Joe Falk
Chair
2004-2022 ●
2011-2013 ●
Rob Feland
Board Member
2001-2003 ●
Jonathan Freidin
Chair
2018- ●
Andrew Friedman
Board Member
2006-2009 ●
Liebe Gadinsky
Board Member
1998-2002 ●
Douglas Garber
Board Member
2003-2007 ●
2004-2008 ●
Judd Goldberg
Board Member
2005-2009 ●
2008-2009 ●
Orlando Gonzales
Chair
2008-2012 ●
2008-2011 ●
Pavel Gonzalez
Board Member
2020-2022 ●
2020-2022 ●
Richard Gonzalez
Board Member
1993-1999 ●
Emilio Guerra
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Michael Guss
Board Member
2006-2008 ●
Joyce Harrington
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Jeffrey Hecht
Board Member
2007-2009 ●
Belky Hernandez
Board Member
2001-2003 ●
Luis Hernandez
Board Member
2003-2004 ●
Alfredo Iglesias
Board Member
2007-2009 ●
Neisen Kasdin
Board Member
2003-2004 ●
Glenn Kaufhold
Board Member
20010-2011 ●
Sharon Kersten
Board Member
2001 ●
Georg Ketelhohn
Chair
2000-2004, 2006-2011 ●
2003-2004, 2010-2011 ●
Giselle Kovac
Board Member
2016-2019 ●
Joseph Krauss
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Frank Kruszewski
Board Member
2006-2007 ●
Jessica Lam
Board Member
2010-2015 ●
Matthew Land
Board Member
2015-2016 ●
Michael Larkin
Board Member
2014-2015 ●
Tony Lima
Board Member
2013 ●
Paula Lewis
Board Member
2020- ●
S.F. MaHee
Board Member
2001-2003 ●
Ignacio Martinez-Ybor
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Cristy McClelland
Chair
2013-2015 ●
Mindy McNichols
Board Member
1994-1995 ●
Kendrick Meek
Board Member
2022- ●
2023- ●
John Messer
Board Member
2001 ●
Richard Milstein
Board Member
1999-2003 ●
1998-2004 ●
Roberto Molina
Board Member
2004-2005 ●
Jim Moon
Chair
2018- ●
2018- ●
Adam Morris
Board Member
2022- ●
Jorge Mursuli
Chair
1993-2001 ●
Eddie Padilla
Board Member
1998-1999 ●
Alexander Palenzuela
Board Member
2013-2019 ●
Damian Pardo
Chair
1993-1998, 2014-2015 ●
Ed Pascoe
Board Member
2013- ●
2022- ●
Heddy Peña
Chair
2000-2008 ●
Joe Peña
Chair
2022- ●
Maria Prados
Board Member
1998-1999 ●
Heidi Pred
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Zach Randles
Board Member
2006-2008 ●
Trelvis Randolph
Board Member
2015- ●
2023- ●
John Ratliff
Board Member
2000-2003 ●
Liz Regalado
Chair
2005-2021 ●
Javier Reynaldos
Chair
2003-2004 ●
2003-2004 ●
Clark Reynolds
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Cheryl Roberts
Board Member
2003-2004 ●
Lauren Rodriguez
Board Member
2022-2023 ●
Raul Rodriguez
Board Member
2014-2016 ●
Michael Roman
Board Member
2023- ●
Evan Romero
Board Member
2021- ●
Judy Rubenstein
Board Member
2021-2023 ●
Joan Schaeffer
Board Member
1993-1996 ●
Steve Shafor
Board Member
1993-1995, 1998-2000 ●
Richard Sherman
Board Member
2001-2002 ●
Adam Slosberg
Board Member
2008-2009 ●
2009-2010 ●
Mark Steinberg
Board Member
1998-2004 ●
Gregg Stott
Board Member
1998-1999 ●
Pamela Sweeny
Board Member
2008-2011 ●
Juan Talavera
Chair
2006-2009 ●
2005-2009 ●
Toby Thompkins
Board Member
2001-2002 ●
Matthew Tisdol
Board Member
2021-2023 ●
Hansel Tookes
Board Member
2014-2015 ●
Yvette Torres
Board Member
1993-1995 ●
Mark Trowbridge
Board Member
2010-2011 ●
Christian Ulvert
Chair
2010-2016 ●
Oliver Von Gundlach
Board Member
2014-2015 ●
Dave Wallace
Board Member
1995 ●
Rachel Weiss
Board Member
2022- ●
2020-2022 ●
Christopher Wheeler
Board Member
2021-2023 ●
2021-2023 ●
Rosemary Wilder
Chair
1997-2002 ●
1998-2002 ●
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