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

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