The NAGLY Board is comprised of the following members:

• Deric C. LePard
• Margot Abels, M.A
• Coco Alinsug
• Kirsten Freni
• Karen “Mal” Malme’s
• Susan Marine, M.A.
• Jim Maynard
• Alishia Ouellette
• Dianne Ouellete
• S.G.
• Abraham Leon Jr.
• Jim Nemeth

Deric C. LePard (President) , has been working in the social service field for the last 17 years. For the last 7 years he has mentored children through the Department of Mental Health.  He has been involved with a multitude of community organizations, including those working toward ending discrimination for people of varying gender expressions. 

Margot Abels, M.A, (Vice President) has over 20 years of experience in the health, education and prevention fields beginning with women's health work and HIV crisis counseling in New York City. After coming north, she was one of the original collaborators on the pioneering Massachusetts initiative, the Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students. In addition, for close to seven years, she coordinated the HIV/AIDS and sexuality education program for the Commonwealth's Department of Education. In this capacity she co-authored an HIV prevention curriculum for members of school-based gay/straight alliances. Currently, she lives at the beach in Lynn with her wife, Bridget, and her daughter, Makayla.

Coco Alinsug (Director) is the new Executive Director of NAGLY as of June, 2007. A native of the Philippines and now a resident of Lynn, Coco is a linguist who speaks 9 languages. He is working on a creation of an Asia-Pacific Islander Gay Organization which will cater to gay-related issues within the Asian community on the Northshore. A multi-awarded youth and civic leader and a world traveler, Coco attended International youth conferences abroad to many nations including Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore as an exchange student. At present, Coco is the Recruitment Manager of Fenway Institute at Fenway Community Health Center and a Consultant  for a HIV/STD pevention and education program for gay and bi Men on the Northshore. He is also an active organizer of various shows and events at several clubs on the Northshore.

Kirsten Freni is an active leader involved in various community and GLBT causes. She is the first female Outreach Educator for an HIV/STD Prevention and Education Program for Gay and Bi Men on the Northshore and received the "Certified Male" title due to her unprecedented involvement with the gay male community. She also works for a leading pharmaceutical company that is working on the development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine.  She has been an active volunteer at NAGLY for several months before becoming a board member.  Kirsten has a passion for travel, continuing on her path for self awareness and spending time with family and friends.

Karen “Mal” Malme’s background includes work as an HIV/AIDS educator for Healthcare of Southeastern Massachusetts, a Safe Schools trainer with GLSEN, a speaker with SpeakOut, a marriage equality activist and canvasser for The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and MassEquality, and an adult advisor for The North Shore Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (NAGLY). Mal is a co-founder, producer, writer and performer with Queer Soup Theater, which has produced original works including “Buffy the VampireSlayer's High School Reunion”, “Invasion of Pleasure Valley”, “My Yolanda Love”, and the critically acclaimed “Home”.  She has also been performing LGBT educational comedy shows in middle and high schools for over seven years. Her latest work “Still Married” received a grant from The Cambridge Arts Council. For the past nine years, Mal has been clowning around as a clown doctor with Big Apple Circus Clown Care™ at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Susan Marine, M.A. is the Director of the Harvard College Women's Center and has worked for 14 years as an educator, advocate and counselor in the movement to end sexual and domestic violence. Susan is also a doctoral student at Boston College where she is studying gender in higher education.  She lives in Medford with her wife, Karen, and beloved dog Tanner.

Jim Maynard has been a board member since 2003 and has been running youth groups for the past 29 years, but his best experience has been raising his two teenage sons that live with him and his husband in Salem. He manages recruitment, education, and prevention programs in the research department at Fenway Community Health and much of his time is spent working on clinical trials to find an effective vaccine against HIV.  He is also an ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches and is the former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Salem.

Alishia Ouellette is a firefighter/EMT with the Danvers Fire Department. She also worked as a small business owner/mechanic for over 25 yrs repairing trucks, heavy equipment and emergency vehicles. She is an active member of the transgender community and a political activist. She serves NAGLY as a board member, intern adult advisor and Outreach and Education director. Alishia also serves as board member of the First Church of Danvers and a board member and diversity trainer for the Gay Officers Action League of New England. She is a founding member of the North Shore Transgender Alliance, a member of the Mass Transgender Political Coalition and assistant director and camera-person for Gender Education and Media (Gender Vision). Alishia is a past member of Speak Out Boston, a volunteer speakers bureau. She has receiving training from the Massachusetts Commission on Discrimination and is working on becoming a professional diversity trainer and educator.

Jim Nemeth has been working as a consulting technical writer in the fields of computer software and biotechnology for over eight years, with additional experience as a technical trainer. Also a freelance writer, he has had articles, reviews, and one short story published in a variety of genre magazines. A long-time community activist, Jim is particularly committed to the causes of breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, and LGBTQ youth. He is equally passionate about his involvement in animal rescue. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in Marblehead with his husband. He is currently working on a book that will help people who are subjected to bigotry and hate on a daily basis.