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meet the yffn board!
A native Idahoan, Amy
Herzfeld has been active in statewide progressive movement building for over
ten years. Her organizational and campaign involvement, as both employee and
volunteer, includes the Boise State University Women's Center, Take Back the
Night, El-Ada Community Action Agency, Bob Huntley for Governor, and Idaho's
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Survey Project. Amy holds a degree in
American History and Gender Studies from BSU and is a recent graduate of
Western State Center's Western Institute for Organizing and Leadership
Development. Currently, Amy can be found working at the Idaho Nonprofit
Development Center and serving on the board of directors of the Idaho
Women's Network. She is also busy working as campaign
manager for legislative candidate and ally Sean Spence, in his bid for
Boise's 17th district, which includes the central bench and BSU. Amy
is honored to be the newest board director of YFFN and a member of Boise's
queer community.
Jim is happy to finally join the board after being on the receiving side for
many years of support and information from YFFN. Jim has lived in Boise
since 1992 and is a professor in the Biology Dept. at Boise State University
where he serves as the faculty advisor for BGLAD. Jim has been with his
partner Steve for 6 years. They celebrated a commitment ceremony in
Boise in 1998 and hold a Civil Union License from the state of Vermont.
Bob McDiarmid moved to Idaho with his
partner, Jon, in the fall on 1999. He was fired from his first job here in
Idaho for being homosexual. As a result, he got immediately involved in the
community, first as Editor of Diversity (Idaho's gay newspaper), and at the
end of his term at the paper joined the board of YFFN. He is our webmaster and designs all of
our publications and brochures. He is also the chair of the Fund Development
Committee. He brings a focused passion to the board
for educating the greater community to break down stereotypes about all types
of people. He is proud to be part of an organization that is forward-thinking
and always looking for new ways to serve the community. bio forthcoming
bio forthcoming
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