Some of New England’s best leaders in inclusion and equity and advocates of LGBTQ+ professionals make up the Pride in Our Workplace Board of Directors. Meet our leadership team below.
Introducing PIOW’s new President, Cheryl Katon.
Cheryl has an extensive background leading LGBTQ+ initiatives through her work with the Trans Community of New England, First Event Conference, and now in her role at Fenway Health. We are thrilled to have her leadership on our team.
Joining PIOW’s executive leadership team are Bryan Vermes as Vice President and Dimitri Makris as Treasurer.
Learn more about this leadership transition:
Read Cheryl’s introductory post and hear from former President John Basile.
Cheryl Katon
(she/her)
PIOW President and Board Member
Vice President of Resource Development and Donor Engagement at Fenway Health
Bryan Vermes
(he/him)
PIOW Vice President and Board Member
Global Internal Communications and Employee Experience Lead at Mimecast
Dimitri Makris
(he/him)
PIOW Treasurer and Board Member
Branch Lead and Systems Engineer at Odyssey Systems
Kameelah Benjamin-Fuller
(she/her)
PIOW Board Member
Chief Diversity Officer and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leader at PTC
Dr. Kiera Penpeci
(she/they)
PIOW Board Member
Principal Consultant, Primed OD
Jamie Bergeron
(she/her)
PIOW Board Member
Assistant Director, Americas Diversity, Equity, & Inclusiveness Center of Excellence at Ernst & Young, LLP
Karen Young
(she/her)
PIOW Board Member
Leadership, Business Strategy and Inclusion Consultant and Executive Coach
Matt McTygue
(he/him)
PIOW Board Member
Partner at Hogan Lovells
Jonathan L. Allen
(he/they)
PIOW Board Member
Co-founder & Director of Development at Leadership Brainery
Katie Martell
(she/her)
PIOW Board Member
Marketing & Communications Consultant
Advisory Board
Pride in Our Workplace has recently launched an Advisory Board!
Members of this new team are listed below.
Abhishek Verma, Alicia Sweeney, Gavin Alexander, Janson Wu, Javier Barrientos, John Basile, Tim Smith-Gerding, Tony Martin, Wendell K. Chestnut, Winson Wang