BIOS

STEVEN ECKMAN 
Director/ President 

Steve G. Eckname was president of the Gay & Lesbian Student Union at San Jose State University. He continued his work in the community by serving as an event planner for APLA (Aids Project Los Angeles) as well as volunteering for the American Express Passport Fashion Show while employed with Macy’s. Steve will serve as President of LGBT-Foundation, helping to shape and promote strategies to raise awareness of, as well as assistance for, the issues of an aging LGBT community.

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PAT BRANCH
Director/ Secretary 

Pat Branch is a long time volunteer with the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center & also serves as a founding Chair of  the Center's LAWN - Los Angeles Women's Network. She has also volunteered for Teenline Online, a suicide prevention hotline run by teens for teens.

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RICHARD MORGAN
Director/ Treasurer

LGBT-Foundation Founder, Richard Morgan, has been active and committed in his support of the LGBT community for the past forty years, working to improve the lives of those living out loud in mainstream society and of those forced to the fringe for living out loud. He advocates for all of the letters in LGBT, hoping to improve their emotional, financial, and residential circumstances.