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Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
elects new chair, vice chair
South Carolina's Chris Ray
new treasurer
by Dave DeCicco
WASHINGTON, D.C.
November meeting in
Seattle, the board of the
Gay & Lesbian Victory
Fund elected new officers,
including Brian A. johnson
of Virginia as chair and
Paul’ W. Horning II of
Atlanta as vice chair. South
Carolinian Chris Ray was
elected as treasurer and
Janine Brunjes of Texas was
elected to her second term
as secretary.
South Carolina resi
dents should be familar
with Ray. He purchased
Fastco Threaded Products,
Inc. in 2003 and immedi
ately redirected the activi
ties of the company result
ing in year-to-date sales
increases of 46 percent and
net profit increases of 4,250
percent. Since 1999, he has
focused his efforts on sever
al gay and lesbian related
issues — primarily in the
area of fundraising. In 2000,
at the request of S.C.
Clockwise: Brian
Johnson vrill
serve as the
Victory Fund's
new chair, along
with Paul Homing
as vice choir and
Chris Ray as
treasurer.
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Governor Jim Hodges, he led the initiative
that raised over $ 10,000 in support of for
mer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
Brian Johnson, who has served on the
board since 2000 including one term as
treasurer, is a retired chief financial
officer of Resource Consultants, Inc., a •
northern Virginia-based government
services provider. Johnson has an exten
sive history of leadership within and
beyond the LGBT community. He is a
member of Whitman-Walker Clinic’s
audit committee, a member of the
National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)
and Equality Virginia.
He was founding co
chair of the Bridge
Builders Fund, a
board member and
treasurer of the
Northern Virginia
AIDS Ministry and
past president of the
American University
Alumni Association.
Johnson is also a for
mer board member and treasurer of the
Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute, the
nonprofit sister organization to the
Victory Fund.
“With vast experience in the pri
vate sector and a longstanding com
mitment to Victory and the LGBT
community, Brian is the ideal choice to
lead a revitalized board of 36 leaders from
across the United States,” said Chuck
Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay &f
Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership
Institute.
Paul Horning is a senior vice president
at Smith Barney in Atlanta and has
served on the board of Victory Fund since
1997, including three terms as fundrais
ing chair. He is an active member of the
Atlanta LGBT leadership community,
serving as a member of Project Open
Hand’s Atlanta advisory board, a found
ing member of the Democratic National
Committee’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership
Council and a member of HRC’s board of
governors.
Johnson and Horning succeed board
co-chairs Cindy L. Abel of Atlanta and
Scott Widmeyer of New York.
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