Meet Our Board
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Angel Moran (he/him)
Board Chair
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Alan Reese (he/him)
Treasurer
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Raymond Pescaro (he/him)
Clerk
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Beth Donnell (she/her)
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Sue Lowcock (she/her/ 她)
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Vivian Meranda (she/her)
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Stacy J Ott (they/them)
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John Tweeddale (he/him)
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Eugene Zakharov (he/him)
Join the GBPFLAG Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic and financial direction of the organization. For more information, email our chairperson,
Angel Moran.
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Angel Moran is a Vice President at JPMorgan Chase in the Corporate & Investment Bank's Investment Middle Office Operations where he is the global training lead for his department. Angel has been in the finance industry for 15 years with the majority of his experience in investment fund administration.
Angel currently serves on The Board of Corporators, and their investment committee, for his alma mater, The Norwich Free Academy. He is also a co-lead for the Advancing Latinx Talent program within JPMorgan's CIB's Security Services Operations line of business.
His commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts along with his long tenure as an uncle, that started before he was even born, are what drive him to advocate for a more equitable world.
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In his role as Wealth Manager and Director of Financial Planning for U.S. Wealth Management, Al provides financial planning and investment management services to a wide variety of clients. Before joining U.S. Wealth, Al spent many years as a senior-level financial and operations executive. He most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Operations for Berkeley Point Capital, overseeing commercial loan servicing, asset management, and special asset management activities. Al also has extensive experience in public accounting, having served as a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand in their Boston office.
Al takes pride in supporting his community, having served as Trustee and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Berklee College of Music for more than 20 years and as Board member and Treasurer of Circle of Hope in Needham for 10 years.
With a daughter in a same sex marriage, many gay friends, and friends with gay and trans children, Al believes it is critically important to support PFLAG and its community in a time in which they are routinely and cruelly marginalized. He proudly supports PFLAG’s mission to promote and maintain a safe and inclusive society.
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Ray is the current Head of External Research Resources for Fidelity Investments. With almost 30 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, Ray has consistently developed new skills and led many firmwide initiatives with a focus on Compliance, Legal, Trading, and Research. At Fidelity, Ray has been a motivated participant in both the department level D&I program, as well as an active participant in the Fidelity LGBTQIA+ organization called PRIDE, focused on promoting and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community.
Ray is excited to join the amazing team of professionals on the Greater Boston PFLAG Board and to support the organization with his passion for inclusivity and equality, as well as his corporate skills and experience.
Prior to working with Greater Boston PFLAG, Ray was a member of the Boston HOPE Foundation, an organization centered around raising funds for the Aids Action Committee, as well as women’s health initiatives. Additionally, Ray and his husband have been supporting members of the Human Right’s Campaign for over 25 years and are also advocates for animal rights through their support of the MSPCA in Jamaica Plain, MA.
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Board Member Since 2024
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Beth is currently a Director of Talent Management at Fidelity Investments with a focus on supporting the organization in building greater inclusivity in the workplace. Beth brings over 16 years of experience working in various roles from Legal Operations to Learning & Development to more recent roles in People Analytics, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion. Beth is highly engaged with the employee resource groups and special interest groups at the firm and helped found a group supportive of working parents and caregivers called Raise. Over the past 5 years she has been instrumental in building the D&I strategy and built programming and supported adjustments to HR practices to better enable an inclusive workplace.
Beth is thrilled to be joining Greater Boston PFLAG and is excited to support their initiatives, offering her corporate experience and creative flare.
Beth draws upon her upbringing as a member of the Unitarian Universalist church where she learned through the OWL curriculum about the LGBTQ+ community. She feels it’s a priority for LGBTQ+ individuals to feel recognized, respected, safe, and to have a greater sense of belonging in the community so they can thrive as their authentic selves. As an ally, she feels it’s a great duty to continue to learn more, be open to coaching, and to support others on their journeys. As the parent of a young child, Beth strives to increase opportunities to read children’s books and watch media that depicts and has strong LGBTQ+ characters.
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Sue is an immigrant from Hong Kong and is a professional in the non-profit & philanthropy sectors for decades, in both the US and Hong Kong. In addition to her work as the Director of Grants Administration at a community health center, Sue is also currently an Advisory Council member at the Newton Food Pantry; and she was previously on the board of the Newton Cantonese School; and a member of the Human Rights Commission for the city of Newton. As a queer woman with a mixed-race heritage and as a parent to a gender-nonconforming child, Sue is passionate to help elevate the voices of folks who are historically excluded. She marched in her first pride parade in Boston as a BAGLY youth in the early 90’s.
Sue is excited to bring her professional knowledge in development and DEI to help support & improve the work of PFLAG to ensure more families like hers can be supported in the future!
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Board Member Since 2023
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Vivian is a Senior Mortgage Loan Officer at Cambridge Savings Bank and has been in sales for many years.
Over the years she has supported many LGBTQ organizations and is excited to be joining the Board of GBPLAG. GBPLAG is her way of giving back.
She is part of the Pride ERG at Cambridge Savings Bank.
She grew up in Jamaica Plain and currently lives in Hyde Park with her partner, Maritza and their dog Sofie and cat Mosca.
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Board Member Since 2024
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Stacy is an experienced Psychotherapist with over 14 years of experience in the field of social work. Stacy is the founder of Waves of Change Counseling Group in Needham, a private practice focusing on providing gender affirming care and a safe space for all LGBTQ+ individuals and families. Stacy’s practice also focuses on treating adults with addiction, supporting those struggling with mental health disorders, and providing couples counseling for traditional and non-traditional relationships. Stacy obtained her bachelor’s degree in human services from Cambridge College and their MSW from Salem State University.
Prior to working with Greater Boston PFLAG, Stacy was a member of the NASW Mass Chapter Board, a membership association that advances professional social work practice throughout the Commonwealth and advocates for equity and justice for all people.
Stacy is excited to bring her personal, professional and clinical knowledge to advance PFLAG’s mission. As a self-identified queer individual, Stacy knows the importance of advocating, educating and strengthening families and communities.
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John leads a global higher education professional services team at Pearson providing a suite of comprehensive services to customers aligned to the customer life-cycle and has led numerous successful business transformation and organizational change efforts. Prior to his current role, he has held senior leadership roles in sales, marketing, and product management in North America and in Europe.
He is deeply committed to equity and inclusion and has served for more than four years as the Global Executive sponsor for Pearson Spectrum, an employee resource group supporting LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies and was recognized in 2020 and 2021 by Yahoo! Finance and OUTstanding as one of their top 50 Global Executive Allies. John also leads Pearson’s disability mentorship program in partnership with the National Federation of the Blind.
John holds degrees in Economics and International Relations and continues to pursue new educational opportunities as a committed life- long learner. He has held board positions in a local community organization and a national charity organization and has volunteered as a coach, mentor and leader for youth sports and community organizations.
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Board Member Since 2022 -
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