Our team

 
 

Lauren Todd | Managing Director

Lauren Todd is Stonewall’s longest-tenured staff member and, second to the executive director, has been chiefly responsible for the financial and operational administration of the foundation since April 2011. With almost two decades of experience in nonprofit management, Lauren has a well-rounded skillset to meet the day to day operational needs of the foundation from Human Resources, to fund administration, to budget management. During the recent period of transition, she worked closely with board and staff to ensure organizational stability. Just prior to her work with Stonewall, she served as Director of Operations for a theater company for children with disabilities.

In her spare time, Lauren served as Board Co-President for a small educational nonprofit; seeing it through a transitional period to renewed stability. Lauren holds a BA from Scripps College and is a San Francisco Bay Area native. She’s lived in Brooklyn since 2006.

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Kazem Ghouchani | Major Gifts Officer

Kazem Ghouchani joined Stonewall Community Foundation in May 2023. Kazem is a Brooklyn-based development and marketing professional with over six years of experience in community building and cultural programming. They hold an MBA from Hult International Business School and have a passion for raising funds to develop programs for LGBTQ grassroots initiatives and communities. Social/racial/environmental justice has always been a driving force pushing them to look for ways to use social and cultural programs as a medium to build up diverse communities.

As a queer atheist from Tehran, Iran, Kazem also serves as a fundraising and development consultant for the Emruz Festival. They served the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly known as The Actors Fund) as a Major Gifts Manager and Rattlestick Theater as a Development Manager before joining the Stonewall team.

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Gattlin Miller | Director of Communications & Partnerships

Gattlin Miller started his work with Stonewall in January of 2017. Prior to joining the Stonewall team, Gattlin provided development, operations, and event support to organizations like AIDS Walk New York and the United States Fund for UNICEF, and led alumni giving programs at various higher education institutions throughout the country. With over a decade of experience in the nonprofit development sphere, Gattlin is thrilled to put his dedication to the LGBTQ community into action for an organization as innovative and vital as Stonewall.

Originally from Minnesota, Gattlin came to New York to attend Fordham University, where he studied Sociology and Humanitarian Affairs. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his partner (and hopefully, soon, a dog).

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Maryse Pearce | Program Director

Maryse Pearce joined Stonewall in April 2019. She brings over a decade of experience in LGBTQ advocacy and organizing. Previously, Maryse was the Community Engagement Coordinator at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), where she created and executed outreach strategies. During graduate school, she held fellowships at Unbound Philanthropy, a foundation that supports immigrants and refugees in the US and UK; and the Equality Federation, a coalition of statewide LGBTQ advocacy organizations. Before coming to Stonewall, Maryse worked as an analyst at HR&A Advisors, an economic development consulting company.

Maryse earned a Master of Public Policy and an MBA in Nonprofit Management at Brandeis University and a BA in History and Theater from Washington University in St Louis. A native of Queens, she lives with her spouse in Brooklyn.

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Kalli Flores-Lyon | Operations & Executive Assistant

Kalli Flores-Lyon joined the Stonewall team in August 2022. Previously, they served the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice as a Legal Services Coordinator, overseeing a remote legal clinic for detained immigrants. Before that, they were a Program Fellow at the Al Otro Lado Border Rights Project, where they coordinated shelter and transportation for most vulnerable persons, including LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. During that time, Kalli is proud to have launched a pro se asylum clinic and court observation program for people subject to MPP stuck at the US/Mexico border. They are passionate about advocating for all members of the LGBTQ+ community and are thrilled to continue that work as part of Stonewall.

Kalli holds a BA in Global Justice from the University of Oklahoma. They currently reside in Washington Heights with their Boston Terrier, Lupe.

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Tenzin Saldon | Program Assistant

Tenzin Saldon became a member of the Stonewall team in August 2022. Their experiences prior to Stonewall include internships at the University of Chicago Urban Labs and Machik, where their focus was dedicated to various projects centered on racial justice and gender equity. A recent graduate of Cornell University with a BA in Sociology, she spent her time on campus leading organizations that centered marginalized student populations, such as first generation students and BIPOC LGBTQ students.

Tenzin is proud to be from the beautiful city of Chicago and currently resides in Brooklyn.

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