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Leadership Team

Seattle Black Pride Board members are responsible as a collective for developing organizational policies and procedures, fundraising, overseeing organizational structure, coordinating year-round organization functions, and fundraising & community relationship building among other duties. Along with input from community members, Seattle Black Pride's Board of Directors decides how to market Seattle Black Pride and selects the following year's Black Pride event schedule.

If you are interested in joining a team of people committed to addressing important issues within the Black GLBTQ community, please contact us.

The Seattle Black Pride Board of Directors is a "working" board. Board members are typically involved in all aspects of the organization. Seattle Black Pride is currently recruiting Board members with specialties in Marketing/Advertising, Membership, and Capacity Building.

Kiantha Duncan-Woods - President

kiantha@seattleblackpride.org

Kiantha Duncan–Woods brings a wealth of leadership experience with diverse communities. As a successful business owner in Wisconsin and Arizona, Kiantha has developed programs and curriculum for many disproportionately served communities. She has worked tirelessly to organize the Black Gay community and to identify allies while creating community collaborations. She is a very strong and compassionate woman. Kiantha has great passion for community and the cause of Seattle Black Pride. She is very excited to work with the other officers, members, and advisors and promises to guide the strength and vision of Seattle Black Pride.

Darrell Goodwin - Vice-President

Bio coming up soon!

Dale Peace - Treasurer

Bio coming up soon!

Tyrone Brown - Secretary

Tyrone Brown is a theatre director and producer. He is currently the Artistic Director and Founder of BROWNBOX, an African-American theatre company. Tyrone brings his passion for the arts and experience with event planning/production to Seattle Black Pride. He is a graduate of Project LEAD, a non-profit board training program offered through United Way of King County. He also holds a BA in Theatre from Western Washington University and will be getting a MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University.

Harnik Gulati, MPH, MSW - Chair of Public Relations Committee

harnikg@aol.com

Harnik has been involved with organizing Seattle Black Pride from the beginning of the movement in 2005 as both a facilitator and community organizer. He was born in India and raised in the US—mostly Portland/Seattle. Harnik completed his graduate studies in public health and social work and has been working within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and care. His passion both personally and professionally is social justice, especially as it relates to the physical, mental, and emotional health of communities of color. Harnik has been involved in numerous health research projects, organizations, and grassroots organizing efforts within the African-American community in Portland and Seattle. "I believe that we as people of color need to work together, respect our differences, recognize what we have in common and our strengths, in order to become visible and mobilize change." For both people living in Seattle and those moving here from other areas, there needs to be a more visible, vibrant, cohesive community for Black people, and people of color to feel welcome. This is why I am excited to be involved with Seattle Black Pride.

Trammell A. Woods - Chair of Development Committee

twoods@seattleblackpride.org

Trammell comes to our Board of Directors with a wealth of experience and expertise working with security management and logistics. She has worked with various Law Enforcement Agencies during her 12-year career in Law enforcement/corrections. Trammell currently works as a Patrol & Logistics Officer for the Port of Tacoma. She is committed to community service and is excited to be a part of Seattle Black Pride Board of Directors.

Isaac Payne - Chair of Entertainment Committee

ipayne@seattleblackpride.org

Isaac has been an active leader in the Seattle Black community for over a decade. His passion and vigor as a leader were brilliantly displayed with his proposal and work with the group in helping to make our first fundraiser Halloween Carnivale a success. While Isaac admits to being a very strong and commanding voice giving value to accountability and commitment, he also brings compassion and caring qualities for the community that will be amazing for making Seattle Black Pride a reality. If you don't know Isaac already you will very soon!

Organization Staff

Heath T. Bouldin - Body & Soul Retreats Co-Facilitator

heathb@seattleblackpride.org

Heath has served in the LGBT community for over 20 years. Strong communication, people skills, and determination have made Community Service one of Heath's strong points and desires. "Diversity and Community mean everything to me," he says. Having worked in many LGBT establishments, events and councils, Heath saw the need for Community Diversity.

Heath lived a challenging life in the Chicago projects and learned early on the importance of self-determination and the need to help others. He is also a very devoted, loving single gay father and his sense of spirit precedes him. He exhibits a strong determination to pursue a better, more meaningful life for himself, his son, and others.

Heath is very creative and committed to making a positive impact in the lives of those around him. With a passion for Social Justice, Heath plans to pursue a degree in that field. He was trained by The People's Institute on "Undoing Racism" in 2004, which improved his abilities and desires to work with others. Currently a student at Edmonds Community College, Heath and his 21yr old son act as leaders on campus.

Heath has held the positions of Student Event Programmer, Coordinator of the Conversation Partner Program, and served as President of the Black Student Association and Vice-President of the Hip-Hop Coalition. He also served as Student Government President in 2005 as he sat on the Diversity Council at EdCC, helping to bring light and understanding to the need of diversity among students. Heath is not one to shy away from a position of leadership because he believes in helping others. His skills as a leader are self-evident as is his hunger to learn more.

Heath is the newest elected member that sits on the Seattle HIV/AIDS Planning Council and gives a lot of his time to sub-committees that deals with issues that directly affect our LGBT community members. Heath has been an active member and volunteer of the Seattle Black Pride organization since 2006 and co-facilitates the Body & Soul Retreat outreach program.

Tamu Nyasha - Volunteer Coordinator

tamu@seattleblackpride.org

Tamu is a single parent of two beautiful young children. Having been raised by a community activist, she has been involved since childhood in grassroot organizations and worked professionally for non-profits, in fields as diverse as community development, arts & education, and radio broadcasting. Tamu has been involved with Seattle Black Pride since June 2006, and was instrumental in managing the volunteers during our first Annual Pride Event in July 2006. She also contributes to SBP behind the scenes in many ways and at special events. As the Volunteer Coordinator for the organization, she has had the opportunity to work closely with our Board and volunteers to help support and broaden our community.