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Sonelius Kendrick-Smith (He/Him)

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Sonelius Kendrick-Smith is Head of Portfolio Management – Corporate Treasury and Fixed Income Solutions for Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche Bank’s asset management group). In this role, he is responsible for the management of investment portfolios and developing investment solutions for institutional clients, the alignment of business strategies with Deutsche Asset Management’s Client Group, as well as serving as client-facing portfolio manager. Sonelius began his professional career in 2000 at Scudder Kemper Investments in Chicago through its graduate analyst program before joining Deutsche Bank (New York City) in 2002 as a trader.

Sonelius serves on the board of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center and is currently its chair. BCPC provides support and services to the borough’s LGBTQIA community through original programming and partnerships with community organizations. Sonelius has served on the Out on the Street Leadership Board. OOTS is the first global LGBT+ leadership organization for the financial industry recognizing that LGBTQUIA equality is both a civil rights and business issue. Sonelius also served on the National Board of Governors of Equality Forum, whose mission is to advance national and international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender civil rights with an educational focus. Sonelius is a past president of GALA Choruses. GALA is an international choral movement dedicated to cultivating the development of nearly 200 choruses to leverage the liberating power of singing to create harmony and equality for all.

Sonelius has one adult daughter living in Atlanta. He and his husband, Joe Plutz, have been proud residents of Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan for almost 25 years. Prouder, still, are they of their seven-year-old theater-kid granddaughter.

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Sonelius Kendrick-Smith (He/Him)

Member at Large

Sonelius Kendrick-Smith is Head of Portfolio Management – Corporate Treasury and Fixed Income Solutions for Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche Bank’s asset management group). In this role, he is responsible for the management of investment portfolios and developing investment solutions for institutional clients, the alignment of business strategies with Deutsche Asset Management’s Client Group, as well as serving as client-facing portfolio manager. Sonelius began his professional career in 2000 at Scudder Kemper Investments in Chicago through its graduate analyst program before joining Deutsche Bank (New York City) in 2002 as a trader.

Sonelius serves on the board of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center and is currently its chair. BCPC provides support and services to the borough’s LGBTQIA community through original programming and partnerships with community organizations. Sonelius has served on the Out on the Street Leadership Board. OOTS is the first global LGBT+ leadership organization for the financial industry recognizing that LGBTQUIA equality is both a civil rights and business issue. Sonelius also served on the National Board of Governors of Equality Forum, whose mission is to advance national and international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender civil rights with an educational focus. Sonelius is a past president of GALA Choruses. GALA is an international choral movement dedicated to cultivating the development of nearly 200 choruses to leverage the liberating power of singing to create harmony and equality for all.

Sonelius has one adult daughter living in Atlanta. He and his husband, Joe Plutz, have been proud residents of Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan for almost 25 years. Prouder, still, are they of their seven-year-old theater-kid granddaughter.

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Julie Harris (she/her)

Member at Large

Julie Harris is the Chief Administrative Officer and Global Head of Operations for Asset & Wealth Management at JPMorganChase. She joined the firm in November 2017, bringing nearly 40 years of experience across multiple industries, with a primary focus on financial services. Since arriving at the firm, Harris has led a bold transformation in how Operations deliver value—driving innovation, introducing scalable solutions and eliminating inefficient processes.

Her vision for the Operations organization of the future is design-led, data-driven, agile and controlled, with a focus on scale and reusability. Harris is a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. She is a founding member and the first Executive Sponsor of the J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management LGBTQ+ Network and co-chairs the firmwide LGBTQ+ Executive Forum. She also serves as the Senior Sponsor of JPMorganChase’s team for Cycle for the Cause – The Northeast AIDS Ride, which she has participated in for over a decade. Outside the firm, Harris served for eight years on the Board of The Center, NYC’s LGBT Community Center, including two years as President. Earlier in her career, she was active in LGBTQ+ initiatives at Goldman Sachs, including as Co-Head of the Americas LGBT Network during its early years.

Prior to joining JPMorganChase, Harris was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where she oversaw Liquidity & Collateral Operations, Global Regulatory & Tax Operations, Firmwide Reference Data Operations, and Client Onboarding. She also served on several key governance and strategy committees, including the firmwide Asset Liability, Finance & Credit Policy Committees, and the Executive Committees for Technology Strategy and Financial Reform in Operations. Before that,

Harris spent 12 years at Diamond Management and Technology Consulting as a Senior Partner, helping build the firm from its startup phase. She began her career at Arthur Andersen/Accenture, focusing on management information consulting and supply chain strategy.

Harris holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Western Michigan University and an MBA in Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She resides in Montclair, New Jersey, with her wife, Shari. Their four sons have left the nest but visit often.

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Sharon Callahan (She/Her)

Member at Large

Sharon Callahan is an executive coach, strategic advisor, and board director with deep experience in healthcare communications and LGBTQ+ advocacy. She brings a former CEO’s perspective to leadership, organizational growth, and the relationship between business performance and workplace culture. Through her company, What’s Possible, Inc., Sharon helps CEOs and leadership teams navigate growth, strengthen collaboration, and lead through change. Sharon previously served as CEO of TBWA/World Health and The CDM Group, two leading healthcare communications agencies. As Chief Client Officer of Omnicom Health Group, she led relationships with some of the world’s largest healthcare companies. Her nonprofit leadership includes serving as vice chair of GLAAD and chair of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. These roles reflect her longstanding commitment to LGBTQ+ visibility, representation, and equality. She currently serves as a trustee of Wheaton College in Massachusetts and a board member of Lily House. Lily House provides compassionate end-of-life care at no cost and helps the Cape Cod community meet death with less fear and more love. Sharon teaches in the School of Visual Arts’ master’s program in branding. In 2025, she was inducted into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Sharon brings a personal commitment to SAGE’s mission. She believes older adults deserve to age with dignity, remain connected to the community, and have their lives and contributions honored. Sharon lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and is the mother of four wonderful children.

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Anna Coltrane (She/Her)

Member at Large

Anna Coltrane is a commercial real estate professional currently in the acquisitions group at Jamestown, where she leads investments into development and value add transactions. She previously held development and capital markets roles at Space Craft, Juno Co, Related Companies, and Eastdil Secured Wells Fargo, working across multifamily, office, hospitality, and senior living. Anna is a board member of the Real Estate Pride Council, a global association of CRE professionals dedicated to LGBTQ+ visibility, representation, and advancement. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with an immersion in Business and Law from UNC Chapel Hill.

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Martin Sellers

Member at Large

Marty Sellers is the Executive Chairman of the Board at Sellers Dorsey, where he previously served as Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer for nearly 25 years.

As CEO of Sellers Dorsey, Marty Sellers drew upon four decades of health care innovation and government affairs expertise to propel the firm’s growth and solidify its reputation as the nation’s leading health care Medicaid consulting firm. Under his leadership, Sellers Dorsey became a trusted partner for bridging the complex relationships between health care providers, state governments, and federal agencies, delivering tailored solutions that shape health care policy and finance nationwide.

Before co-founding the firm in 2000, Marty helped to create one of the nation’s largest state-based healthcare government relations firms. His early career in the legislative and executive branches of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided him with a deep understanding of the intricacies of health care policy and public administration. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Pennsylvania State University.

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Jeff Englar (He/Him)

Member at Large

Jeff Englar is a seasoned leader with 34 years of operations and risk experience in financial services. Jeff has a genuine passion for SAGE’s mission, brings deep experience in governance and board service, and demonstrates leadership in diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout his career. He is based in Washington, DC and brings a helpful national and policy‑informed perspective. His background includes serving as a founding board member of Charlotte Pride and also the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center, where he served as Secretary, and nearly 30 years at Wells Fargo focused on governance, risk management, and compliance.

Englar is currently Senior Vice President in Consumer Banking & Lending (CBL) at Wells Fargo. He serves as the leader of the CBL Chief Administrative Office’s Risk Transformation, Policy and Compliance Risk Programs team. He is responsible for risk transformation and implementation of strategic initiatives across CBL and the enterprise. Further, Englar proudly served as the leader of Well Fargo’s company-wide LGBTQ+ ERG for several years. Prior to Wells Fargo, he held other compliance and operations leadership positions at leading financial services companies, including Standard Federal Savings Bank (now part of Citi), Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae.

Englar earned his Bachelor of Science in Management from the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. He looks forward to expanding his service and support for the LGBTQ+ community to a national level and ensuring our luminaries get the recognition they deserve.

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Barbara Smallwood (She/Her)

Member At Large

Barbara Smallwood is an accomplished financial services professional with over 40 years of experience on Wall Street. Widely regarded as a leader in the industry, she has built a distinguished career across major markets, delivering expertise in institutional sales, strategy, and team development. Barbara spent 37 years at Citi, most recently as an Institutional Sales Manager until her retirement in 2023. She has overseen top-tier institutional accounts while playing a key role in talent acquisition, mentorship, and analyst training—strengthening the next generation of market professionals.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Barbara has also championed inclusion within the financial industry. She played an early role in LGBTQ+ recruiting efforts and contributed to launching one of the first pride networks and work streams within the markets division. She has also supported corporate initiatives for women and people of color.

In addition to her financial career, Barbara has a long and meaningful history of nonprofit and LGBTQ+ community engagement. Her advocacy began in Dallas in the early 1990s as Co-Chair of Leadership Lambda, where she contributed to leadership development and civic engagement for LGBTQ+ professionals across the Dallas Metroplex.

In 2003 she was an active board member with the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center (now the Los Angeles LGBT Center), supporting programming and services for one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ organizations.

Since 2019, Barbara has been on the board of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center (BCPC), helping strengthen community connections and expanding local LGBTQ+ initiatives.

Barbara holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 53, and 24 licenses. Her academic studies include business from University of Florida ‘84 and design from College of the Canyons ‘96, reflecting her creative interests and multidisciplinary background.

Barbara is a proud “Bibi” to her two-year-old grandson. She and her wife are retired and currently reside in Atlanta, Georgia, where they enjoy life with their two rescue pit bulls, Brinlee and Archer.

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Lisa Middleton (She/Her)

Member at Large

Lisa Middleton is the first openly transgender person elected in California for a non-judicial position. She served on the Palm Springs City Council from 2017 to 2024 and was Mayor of Palm Springs from 2021 to 2022. Lisa has a background in political science and public administration, having graduated from UCLA and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She has also completed the UCLA LGBT Leadership Institute.

Lisa was appointed to the CalPERS Board of Administration by Governor Newsom in September 2025, as the representative for the insurance industry. She previously served on the CalPERS Board of Administration, as the representative for local government elected officials from 2019-2024 as a member of the Palm Springs City Council.

Prior to her Palm Springs City Council election, Lisa served as a member of the Palm Springs Planning Commission and as chairwoman of the Organized Neighborhoods of Palm Springs. In addition to serving on SAGE’s Board, she is a member of the board of directors and treasurer of the Equality California Institute and has served on the board of the Desert LGBTQ Center. In 2014 she was the Center’s interim executive director.

Lisa retired after serving 36 years with California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. At her retirement she was the senior vice president of Internal Affairs with executive responsibility for internal audits, fraud investigation, public records, and governance. Lisa was also a member of California’s Fraud Assessment Commission, which she chaired in 2010.

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Elliott Sernel (He/Him)

Member at Large

Elliott Sernel rejoined the SAGE Board after previously serving a seven year term that concluded in October 2024. Elliott was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and attended law school at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.

After clerking for Senior United States Appellate Judge Stanley N. Barnes, Elliott joined the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) as a Deputy District Counsel. Elliott spent his legal career at the SCAQMD, where he retired as a Senior Deputy District Prosecutor, responsible for both civil and criminal prosecutions of environmental rules and regulations.

Elliott served on the board of Lambda Legal for eight years including service on its Executive Committee. He also serves on the board of the Center Theater Group, one of the largest not for profit theater companies in the country, which operates three theatres in the Los Angeles area – The Ahmanson, The Mark Taper and The Kirk Douglas Theaters. This has given Elliott the opportunity to engage in his passion for theater and enabled him to participate in the workings of theater management. During his previous SAGE Board service, Elliott served as Chair of the Development Committee and served on the Executive Committee.

Elliott lives with his husband, Larry Falconio, and their dogs, and enjoys splitting his time between their homes in Palm Springs, Los Angeles and New York City.

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Michael Lombardo (He/Him)

Member at Large

Michael Lombardo is an entertainment executive based in Los Angeles. Michael is the former President of Global Television at Entertainment One (eOne), where he oversaw eOne’s Scripted and Unscripted television departments across businesses in the US, the UK and Canada. Prior to eOne, Michael served as President, Programming, at Home Box Office (HBO) for 12 years. During his tenure at HBO, Michael was responsible for overseeing all of HBO’s and Cinemax’s programming initiatives. He also oversaw the Marketing, Business Affairs, Legal, Scheduling, Research and Production Departments.

Michael Lombardo was appointed a member of the National Council on the Arts by President Biden in 2022, and to the Board of Trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President Obama in 2014. Michael has served on the boards of The Los Angeles LGBT Center, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), Project Angel Food, and the Saban Community Clinic.

Michael has an AB degree from Cornell University and JD from the University of California at Berkeley. Michael resides in Los Angeles with his husband, Charles “Sonny” Ward, and two children.

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Lynn Faria

Lynn Faria (she/they)

Chief Executive Officer

Faria was SAGE’s Executive Vice President for a decade before becoming CEO. In that capacity, she was instrumental to SAGE’s growth from a New York-focused non-profit to a national organization recognized for its expertise on LGBTQ+ aging-related education, training, advocacy, direct services, and virtual programming. Prior to their time at SAGE, Faria held senior leadership roles at other non-profit and community organizations, including instrumental roles in the LGBTQ+ movement. They served as Deputy Executive Director at Empire State Pride Agenda, where Faria led and contributed to critical statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy efforts, including winning the freedom to marry in New York State and launching the first-ever statewide transgender rights campaign in New York.

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Laurie Peter (She/Her)

Member at Large

Laurie Peter rejoins the SAGE Board after previously serving a 7.5-year term that concluded in October 2022. She brings 25 years of nonprofit board leadership experience to the organization. Her previous board roles include Vice Chair of the National AIDS Fund, Vice Chair of DigDeep, and board member of JBWS, an organization focused on providing safety, support, and solutions for those affected by abuse. She currently serves on the AMA Foundation Commission for LGBTQ+ Healthcare and the JBWS Leadership Advisory Council.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both New Jersey and Colorado, Laurie maintains a private mental health therapy practice and works with clients through two online platforms. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from Smith College School for Social Work.

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Roy Jimenez (He/Him)

Executive Committee

Roy Jimenez is the Secretary and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee for the SAGE Board of Directors. He is a Partner at TLD Law and has over 25 years of experience in business and real estate litigation. Jimenez has extensive experience in resolving or litigating large, small, and complex business disputes. He is successful in economically and favorably settling real estate disputes affecting title, transfer, and use of real property, and in lending issues. In this capacity, he works with agents, buyers, sellers, lenders, and escrow officers.

Jimenez has been an active member of the LGBTQ+ community for many years supporting various organizations throughout his career. He is a donor and supporter of the LGBTQ Center Long Beach as well as the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Center. Jimenez is a Past Co-President of the LGBTQ+ Lawyer Association of Los Angeles and the current President of the LGBTQ Attorneys & Allies Section of the Long Beach Bar Association. He is active in the Diversity of the Profession Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association, as well as a former Trustee. Jimenez is a founding member of the first LGBTQ+ Provisors networking group, a founding member of the Pride Real Estate Professional Association of Los Angeles, and a charter member of the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance. He is also a long-time member of the Great Los Angeles Softball Association, one of the largest LGBTQ softball associations in the United States. Through all his involvement and commitments, Jimenez focuses on giving back to the community by volunteering his time to help and encourage homeless youth, mentor high school, and law students, mentor new lawyers, provide pro bono services to those in need and promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

A native of Southern California, Jimenez is also a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Mexican American Bar Association, and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Jimenez is a member of the Beverly Hills Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors, and a member of the Order of Distinguished Attorneys for the Beverly Hills Bar Association. He has acted in leadership roles in these various organizations and others. In 2019, Jimenez was installed to the Board of Trustees of the LA County Bar Association (LACBA). LACBA has close to 20,000 members and provides countless services to the legal and non-legal community in LA County.

Jimenez is rated “AV Preeminent” by his peers through Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating that can be achieved and is only obtained by 10% of attorneys. In 2018, he was rated a “SuperLawyer” in the categories of Business Litigation, General Litigation, and Real Estate.

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Mark Sexton (He/They)

Member at Large

Mark Sexton is a retired tax professional, having most recently held the position of Senior Vice President, Taxes at Revlon, where he worked for 19 years. Before Revlon, Mark worked as an international tax counsel with Bristol Myers Squibb and as a tax associate at two New York law firms.

Mark has also been active in LGBTQ+ philanthropy for years. Mark has served on the boards of the National LGBTQ+ Task Force, which he co-chaired for three years, and the National LGBTQ+ Task Force Action Fund, which he chaired for six years. He also served on the board and grants advisory committee of the Stonewall Community Foundation, as well as the governance committee of the New York City Anti‐Violence Project and strategic-planning committees for AVP, SAGE and the Task Force.

Mark is a graduate of Yale College, with a law degree from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Law in Taxation from New York University. Mark and his husband, Kirk Wallace, lived in New York City for more than 30 years and, since 2017, have lived in Portland, Oregon.

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Scott Bennett (He/Him)

Executive Committee

Scott Bennett is the Secretary and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee for the SAGE Board of Directors. Bennett is also the Chairman of the Board of Our Fund Foundation, the LGBTQ+ community foundation of South Florida. Our Fund is the second largest LGBTQ+ community foundation in the U.S. He is a volunteer with Equality Florida, which seeks to further the LGBTQ+ political agenda in Florida.

Educated at the University of Michigan and Cornell University Law School, Bennett worked at Standard & Poor’s (formerly the McGraw-Hill Companies) for 37 years. He served as senior vice president, associate general counsel, and corporate secretary and provided legal counsel to the board’s finance committee, nominating and corporate governance committee, and executive compensation committee. Bennett founded the corporation’s LGBTQ+ employee affinity group.

An active supporter of many national and Florida-based nonprofit and political LGBTQ+ organizations, he was previously a member of the board at Empire State Pride Agenda. His volunteer experience extends to reviewing films for Outshine, South Florida’s LGBTQ+ film festival.

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David de Figueiredo (He/Him)

Executive Committee

David de Figueiredo is the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the SAGE Board of Directors. David has over 32 years of experience working in the financial services industry. He retired from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., where he was responsible for all facets of Credit, Operational, and Compliance Risk for Wells Fargo Practice Finance, a $2 billion division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Before the acquisition of Greater Bay Bank by Wells Fargo & Company, David was Chief Credit Officer for the Specialty Finance Division of Greater Bay Bank, N.A. (which included Matsco, Greater Bay Capital, SBA Lending, Greater Bay Funding, Greater Bay International, and Greater Bay Residential Mortgage). Before joining Greater Bay Bank, N.A., David held Credit and Risk positions with other banks and other Wells Fargo business areas.

David was elected to the SAGE Board in 2023. He also serves on the Board of Lincoln Families a 142-year-old agency serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, where he has held the positions of Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair. David termed off the Board of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. in 2022 after serving as its Treasurer and then Vice Chair. David recently joined the Board of the Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley to assist with board governance and financial oversight.

He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.

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