SF Pride Team
The power behind the world's largest LGBTQ+ celebration
San Francisco Pride commands the nation's most influential platform for LGBTQ+ visibility and power. Our organization operates year-round with strategic precision, executing the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ community and allies in North America.
At the helm stands the Board of Directors—elected community leaders who govern with unwavering commitment to our mission. Their oversight ensures every decision, every partnership, every action advances equality and justice.
Our executive team and professional staff architect and execute an operation of massive scale: mobilizing over 200 parade contingents, coordinating dozens of stages and venues, managing complex security operations, and delivering an experience that sets the global standard for Pride celebrations.
This is the leadership that makes history happen.
Board of Directors
Elected community leaders governing the nation's premier LGBTQ+ organization
Joshua Smith
he/him
President
Maceo Persson
he/him
Vice President
Jupiter Peraza
she/her/hers
Secretary
Jack Beck
he/him/his
Treasurer
Ronnie Jones
he/him/his
Michelle Meow
she/her/hers
Samuel Favela
they/he
Joshua Smith
he/him
President
Maceo Persson
he/him
Vice President
Jupiter Peraza
she/her/hers
Secretary
Jack Beck
he/him/his
Treasurer
Ronnie Jones
he/him/his
Michelle Meow
she/her/hers
Samuel Favela
they/he
Board Governance
Regular Meetings: First Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM
Public Access: Community members are welcome to observe board proceedings. Meeting dates and locations are subject to change.
Our Staff Team
San Francisco Pride is powered by a dedicated team of professional staff who work year-round to execute the nation's largest LGBTQ+ celebration.
In recognition of the heightened risks faced by LGBTQ+ professionals—particularly those from marginalized communities—we prioritize the safety and privacy of our team members. We do not publicly list individual staff names or roles to protect them from targeted harassment, doxxing, and violence that disproportionately affects LGBTQ+ individuals, especially trans people and people of color working in visible advocacy positions.
This policy reflects our commitment to worker safety and our understanding that visibility, while powerful for our community, can also expose individuals to serious harm. We believe in celebrating our collective work while protecting those who make it possible.
For organizational inquiries, please contact info@sfpride.org
Safety First
Our staff protection policy is part of our broader commitment to:
- Digital Safety: Reducing online attack vectors and protecting personal information from malicious actors
- Physical Security: Minimizing exposure to threats, stalking, and harassment at work and home
- Mental Health: Supporting staff wellbeing by limiting public-facing vulnerability
- Equity: Recognizing that marginalized team members face disproportionate risks from public exposure
We believe strong organizations protect their people.
Our Staff
We prioritize staff safety and privacy. Individual staff profiles are only published when a team member has explicitly opted in. Profiles shown on this page are opt-in; all other staff roles are listed without personal details. For organizational inquiries, please contact info@sfpride.org.
Suzanne Ford
she/her
Executive Director
Executive Director
Deputy Executive Director
Executive Producer
Silverback Pacific executes the operational backbone of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ gathering.
Orchestrating over 200 parade contingents, managing twenty-plus stages and venues, and coordinating massive-scale logistics requires elite-level production expertise. Silverback Pacific delivers that expertise with precision and power.
Their mastery of event design, production architecture, and execution excellence makes them an indispensable force multiplier for San Francisco Pride's mission.
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