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OUR SUPPORTERS

Persad Center is grateful for all of the support from our donors. It is because of these people, corporations, businesses, and foundations that we are able to offer mental health and community services for our LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS-impacted communities.

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Below you will find a list of our contributors. Please note this list includes in-kind contributions.

Donating Money
CORPORATIONS, BUSINESSES, & FOUNDATIONS

5801 Video Lounge and Cafe
Aladdin's Eatery
All In Good Taste Productions
Amshel Charitable Foundation
The Andy Warhol Museum
The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc.
Bike PGH
Blue Moon
Body Euphoria Inclusive Massage Therapy
Branding Brand 
Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.
Brown Productions, LLC
California Cycle Path
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Centaur Motorcycle Club
Centene Management Company LLC
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
The Church of the Redeemer
Citizens Charitable Foundation
City Grows
Commonwealth Charitable Fund
Cooper-Siegel Family Foundation
Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation
Driftwood Oven
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

First Presbyterian Church
Food For Thought
Gateway Clipper Fleet
The Giant Eagle Foundation
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Herb Ritts Foundation
Highmark Matching Funds
Honeywell International Corporation
Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
John R. McCune Charitable Trust
Key Bank
Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh

Laser Hair & Skin Center of Monroeville

Laurel Highlands River Tours
Metropolitan Community Church of Pittsburgh
Mindscapes PGH
New Hazlett Theater
P-Town
Peace of Time Wellness
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Pittsburgh Chapter of PFLAG
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Pittsburgh Glass Center
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
PNC
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Premier Imaging and Camera
Presbyterian SeniorCare Network
Reed Smith, LLP
Roberto Clemente Museum
Rothman Gordon, PC
Salon Vivace
Senator John Heinz History Ctr
Shadyside Inn All Suites Hotel
Shepherd Wellness Community
Sixth Presbyterian Church
SkyZone - Monroeville
St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Staunton Farm Foundation
Talent Group, Inc.
Threadbare Cider House & Meadery
TIDES Foundation
Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Hills
United Way of Rhode Island
University of Pittsburgh
Vanguard Charitable
WiesnerMedia LLC
Wild Card
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Edward Abes and Sheila W Rathke
Fran Abraham
Robin Acklin
Geri Adamosky
Gary R Adams
Larry Allen and Scott Bell
Brenton Allison
Dr. Zandrea Ambrose, Ph.D.
Ed Amori
Gail B Amshel
Christopher Anderson
Tasha Anne
Dianne L Arnold and Michele Bertini
Norma Artman
Edward D Augustine
Howard V Austin
Harry and JoAnn Avery
Jeffrey and Georgette Ayres
Terrence L Bachman
James W Baird, M.D.
Keith Bajura and Kwok Min Hui
Jessica Baker
Owen Baker
Elizabeth Baldoni
Erin Balke
Paulette J Balogh, Esq.
Mark R Banister
Cristina Baraky
Darlene and Marlene Bark
Jane Barnes
Loretta and Robert Barone
Milena Barr
James E Bartley
Robert Bauer and Joseph R Brell, Jr.
Fred Bean and Edward Burau
James T Becker, Ph.D. and Mary Amanda Dew
Ann L Begler, Esq.
Rebecca Beichner
Rachel Bekelja
Steven Bend
Saul R Bendersky
Dennis Bergevin
Shawn M Berta
Megan Bertholomey
Don Bertschman
Donald Younkin Bigelow
Berni Bishop Pirollo
Amy Blackmond
William Blansett
Jennifer Blatz
Paul E Block, CPA, JD
Dennis Bloom
Janet Blystone
Dr. W. Bryan Boak, D.M.D.
Mary Bockovich

Cheryl Boeckmann and Linda Puechl
Lowell H and Gay Boman
Robert Bonesso and Gary B Burdick
Michael Boninger and Judy Wertheimer
Daniel I and Deborah Booker
Clayton Z Bornemann and Jennifer Morse
Dr. John M Bornyas
Kevin Bosley
Jerrelle A Boston
Robert L and Diana Bowden
Carl Boyd
Kathi Boyle and Betty Hill
Keith and Alisa Braho
Sandra Brandon and Annette Carlson
Rorry Brenner
Joshua Breslau and Elizabeth Miller
Kevin Brewer and Jose Licon
Conrad Bricker
Leslie Brockett
Sharon Brody
Claudia Broman
Norman Brown
T. C. Brown
James J and Noel Browne
Gloria Brusoski, Ph.D. and Sharon Juli
David W Bubas
Edward Burau and Fred Bean
Kenneth S Burk, Jr. and Gary Eichner
Kathleen K Burk
Donna Byrne
Cynthia Cable
Cynthia M Callaghan
Anne Candreva and Anita Landreau
Joseph Caretto
Joanna and Albert Caruso
Jacquelyn K and Glenn Cavanaugh
Robert D and Lydia Cessna
Nathan Chaffin
Eric Chaffin
Bobby Cherry
Stephen and Andrea Christian-Michaels
Robert Christmas and Tony Kopczynski
Dr. Nancy Chubb, MBA, PhD.
Thomas Cihil
Franklyn Cladis and Joseph Losee
Dora Clavell-Powers and Edward Powers
R. Douglas Clewett
Kelly Clouser and Linda Malley
Dr. Carole J Coffee, Ph.D.
Rosemary K Coffey
Earl M Cohen
Jared L and Maureen Cohon
Shelagh F Collins
Lisa M Conard
Barbara Conner

Lauren Connolly
Ade Conway
Margaret E and William Cooper
Lynn Corbett
Harry Corrin
Luke Coryea
Donna Coufal
Dr. Penny W Crary, Ph.D.
Darla Cravotta and David Weber
Michael S Crawmer and Jim Harris
Gwyn Cready and Lester Pyle
Mark Crisci and Scott Ludwick
Paul Croushore
Shirley Culyba and Nancy Treskovich
Justin Cummings and Harmony Sullivan
Maria G Danaher
John Daniels and Ty Williams
Nick Dastolfo
Vicki Davis
Ada G Davis
Robert Davis and John Klein
Jean Davis
Gilda DeFerrari
Kathleen Deis
Jim DelBianco
Renee DiMichiei Farrow
Hugh M and Ruey Dempsey
Barrie Denmark
Lisa C Dennis and Joan Maser
Lily dePoutiloff
Sean and Tricia DeYoung
Mary L Dimmick
Sally Dininny
Tom Rihn and Richard DiTommaso
Dr. Judith C Diven, MD, P.C.
Hal E. Dixler
Eileen K and Nicholas Dobratz
John Doughty and Brian Keller
Victor Dozzi
Charles J and Deborah Drummond
Mark K and Wendy Dunbar
Patricia Dunkis
Bill and Kathy Ebner
Che Elias
Kenneth Elliott
Dana J Elmendorf
Ronald R Emerick
Jim English
Kathleen Entenmann
Jonathon and Judith Erlen
Zora Fabian
Dr. Morgan Faeder
Kendall Fairley
Lyn Ferlo
Rina Ferrarelli

Richard Field and Brian Borne
Robert Z Fierst
Gary Fischer
Mario Fischetti, Ph.D.
Dr. Elizabeth J Fisher
Jonathan Fobear
Leigh and Dean Focareta
Matt Foreman
Linda Forrester
Dr. Craig D Fox
Courtney Francis and Ian Insect
John Francona
Leigh and Tim Frank
Frederick N Frank, Esq.
Jeffery Freedman
Monteze G Freeland
Debra A Freeman
Susan Freer
William Friedlander
Joanne Friedman
Raymond Yeo and Mark Friedman
Carolyn Fronapel
Molly Frounfelter
Gregory R Fuhrman
Elizabeth Gailey
Mary B Gallagher
Michael Gallagher
Kathleen Gavigan and William B Dixon, Esq.
Adele R Georgetti and Jess Dale
Marcie Gerson and Maurice Strul
Joseph R. Gette and R. Michael Kellar
Judy Gettle
Mary Jo Geyer
Robert Giancola
Ronald Gigliotti and Jake Sung
Amanda Gilchrist and Whitney Menarcheck
Nancy Glazener
William E Goehring, Esq.
Nachum Golan and Stephen Hough
Barbara Broff Goldman
Taray and Kimberly Ann Golightly
Christine D Gonzalez
Vivian L Good
Marcia and David Gordon
Dorothy and Michael Gordon
Todd R Goss and Richard Frederick
Pamela Grabowski
Brenda A Graham and Harriet Schwartz
James C Greco and Dean Keenan
Lee Grice
Trudy Grotzinger
Hanna Gruen
April Gunn and Dorothy Drennen
Max Gutierrez
George Haddad
David K Hale

Dr. Thomas Hales
Stephen Hallam
Philip Hallen
Elise Hamilton
Nancy L Hammond and Olivia Isil
Diana Harbison
Meighan Harding
Frances Harpst
William R Harrison
Ronald G and Leslie Hartman
Edward T Harvey
Sabrina Haskell
Richard C Hawkinberry, Jr. and Evan Aiello
Martin J. Healey
Joseph H Hearn
Paul Heckman
Matthew Henkel
Gary Hennon
Kim Henry
Elaine A Herald
William Hergenroeder
Matthew Herron
Susan Hetzer
Sharon and David Hicks
Dr. Benjamin E Hicks
Jessica Viglione
Bernard N Highling
Ginny Hildebrand and Jan Neffke
Alan Himes
Ken S Ho and Keith Stowell
Peter Hoegel
Garnet Hoffman
Michael Holland
Meghan Holohan
Kara Holsopple
Timothy J Holt
Rebecca and Steve Hooman
Kevin Hoover and Chuck Reposky
Mark Hopkinson
Brandon Howard and Jeffrey Hildebrand
Terry L Hudon
Dr. James Huggins and Gary Sadler
James R Humbel, Jr.
Bonnie Humphrey
Joan F Humphrey
Linda Humphreys
Anne S and Jno Hunt
Michael Hunter
Kenneth Huntly
Angela Hutchins
Daryl D Hutson and Pasquale Navarro
Randy Hyland
Roy and Judi Ickes
Charity J. Imbrie
Rev. Susan A Irons
Jeff Jackson

Valerie Jamison
Robert Jennings and Barbara H Bott
William Johns
Penny Jones
Tim Joy
Michael Joyce
Christine R Kaczkowski and Charlotte Shannon
Robert Kamin and Vicky McElroy
Susan and Greg Kaminski
Brenda Kanar and Dina Costa
Jay Kardon
John R Kasper
Dr. Chad Kauffman
Susan Keaney
Brian Keller
Amy H Kellman
Kathleen Kennedy
Dr. Charles Kent
Randall K Kesterson and David March
June A Kielty and Carol Pace
Annette L Kilian
Christopher J King
Carol A Kinney
Dale B and Carol Kirkpatrick
Jeffrey Kirsopp
Claire Kmetz
Melinda Knappenberger
Lindsey Knight
Stephen Kohr
Michael W Kolakowski
Dr. Roksana Korchynsky, Ph.D. and Cynthia L Abbott
Janet Korenich
Ronald Korenich and Patrick A Gray
Myra Kourkoulis
Carrie Koza
David Kozloff and Mark Meaders
Rita Kramer
Carl and Elaine Krasik
Taylor Kraus
Maggie Krell
Molly Krichten
Richard Krug and William Gebauer
Susan G and Eric Kruman
Carol Krupski and Eris K Atar-Krupski, Esq.
Branden Kueshner
Anthony Kuhar
Joan S Kuiken and Sarah Bailey
Kenneth Kulak, II
Scott Kunce
Ed LaBalle
Sally A Lapiduss
Mary LaPorte
David and Diane Lassman
Earl M and Marilyn Latterman
Alan R and Vivian Lawsky
Larry P Leahy, D.M.D. and John Van de Grift

Quinn Leary
Paul Lebovitz and Mark J Caldone
Ann LeCuyer
Kate Ledford
John and Mary Lee
Mitchell H Leib and Michael Ferraro
The Honorable Lisa P Lenihan
Kenneth Levin
Leslie J and Richard Levine
Joyce Light
Elsa Limbach
Nancy E and Thomas Link
Emily A Lippert
Alexander Lisowski
Nicholas Litz
Emily Loeb
Eileen R Londino
Rafael Lopez
Jane M and Michael Louik
Max Louis
Sharon Lowery
Martin Lubetsky
Robert Lucas
Michael J Lucci
Janice and Steven Lydick
Dr. Charles A Lynn, M.D.
Zhiwei Ma
Donald MacLeod and Edward Grubach
Michael A Madden and Ron Senerius
Shawn Maddey
Heath E Maksin
Michael P and Louise Malakoff
Noelle Manda
William F Manifesto, Esq. and Eleanor R Siegal
David March and Randall K Kesterson
Jordan P Marckisotto and Brian Markus
Lee Marcuzzi and Joanne Bostjanick
Penelope Markle
Nina Markovic and Michelle E Danielson
Pam Maroon
Kevin E Marpoe and Gabriel Zenarosa
Lawrence Martin and Matthew Wensel
John Martine
Cari Maslow
Cassandra Masters
John A Matta
Lora and Roy Matway
Luca Maurer
Robert G Mayer, Jr.
Jessica and Lindsay Raye McArdle
Thomas and Lisa McChesney
Jennifer McCleery
Daniel T Vogel and Douglas McCloskey
Jaime McCoin
Edward Mccord
David McDougal

Kelly McElhattan
Janice McGrath
Karen McKee and An Lewis
Marjorielu and Dennis McManus
Alistair McQueen
Martin J McSweeny
Robert Raczka and Melissa McSwigan
Anne and Thomas Medsger
Susan and Barry Merenstein
Terra L Merkey
Nancy Mikus
Tom Milberger
Katherine Millard
Danny and Nancy Miller
Mark and Carol Minnerly
Ronald A Mitcheltree
Virginia and David Monroe
Mathew Monroe
Daniel Moon
Eric Moore
Barbara A Moore
Amy B Morgan
Dr. Richard W Moriarty, M.D.
Peter N Moshein
Joseph Moss
Kathleen Mulligan
Mary Murphy
Christopher Murphy
George Mycoff
William D Myerburg
Janice L Myers-Newbury
Helen Naimark and Joseph Nardi
Charlene and Stephen Nass
Jeff Natale
Robert Neft and Thomas Wyse
Dale R Newman
Richard H and Betty Nimtz
Robert and Susan Nitzberg
Mark Nordenberg
Adam C Novak
Timothy Nye and Chris Kouklis
Colleen O'Neil
Alison B and Paul Oehler
Shirley Olander
Robert Olszewski and Alon Lavie
Dee Jay Oshry
Allis Oswell
James Page
Judith Palkovitz
Frank Palmer
Russell J Parkinson
Philip B Parr
Bridget Pascal
Clifford Pastel
Jamie Patten
Jamie Pavlovsky

Arch Pelley and Patrick Lenz
C. Alicia Perez and Jorge Vazquez
Patricia Perhacs
Melissa Perkins and Elizabeth A Connors
Linda L Perkins
Marlo Perry
William P Pfahl
Judith Pherson-Nolan and Steve Nolan
Jamie L Phillips
Mark Phillis and Mark Power
Douglas Pickens
James W Pierce
Lisa Platt
Steven Plummer
Kathryn E Podvia
Nancy Polinsky-Johnson and David Johnson
Margaret L and Anthony Polito
Beverly K Pollock
Carole Popchock
Veronica M Pratt, M.D. and Linda Shab
Ian Price and Will Wenger
Julian W and Monique Proctor
Anne Prosseda and Martin Bernstein
Pam Pucky
Linda Puechl and Cheryl Boeckmann
Dr. Joseph Pusateri, Jr.
August Pusateri
Garry Pyles and Atticus Adams
Mary Rabinowitz
Bonnie and Gerard Rack-Wildner
John T and Marirose Radelet
R. Keith Rager
Robert and Pamela Rak
Joseph R Rapp
Karen and Jeff Rasmussen
Michele Rawson
William Real
Paul Reardon, Jr.
David Reed
Andrew Reed
Susan Regan and Michele Organist, M.D.
John Reilly
Arthur Reitmeyer and Junko Higashibeppu
Daniel Reitz and Alex Rodriguez
Mary Ann Reynolds
Charles Reynolds and Ellen Gay Detlefsen
Gale Richardson
Denise Rickenbrode
Robert Riddle
JoAnn Rizzo
Christy Rodibaugh
Julie and Patrick Rooney
G Naoma Roos
Tanner Rose
Jim Rosenbloom
Robert Rosenstein

Richard and Carol Rosenthal
Nikolyn Roumm and Mary Jeanne Serafin
James Rupert
Arlene M Rusnak
Geno Russo
Judith Ruszkowski and Kenneth Regal
Ann and Claude Sadler
Brian Saghy
James Sahovey and Nick Miskovsky
Jan Salpietro
John Salveson
Linda Sanders
Dorothy J and Kurt Sandstrom
Lisa A Scales
Thomas R Scheid
Paul Schifino
Tammy Schnarrs
Penny Schnarrs and Melissa Tavarez
Kathleen Schneider and Patricia M Hayes, Ph.D.
Michael C Schrecengost
Raymond Schutzman and Scott Buehrle
Judi Scinico
Robert and Sheri Sclabassi
Bob and Lori Seelman
Joseph Seletyn
Erik Selinger
Karen Sellers
Howard J Seltman, M.D. and Kathy McIntyre-Seltman
Morton A and Rita Seltman
Janet F and Martin Seltman
Brian Setzer
Marilyn Sgarlata and Roberta Dunn
Cynthia L Shaffer
Sherry Shaffer and Fred Duranti
Samira Shaheen
Virginia A Shannon
William Sheers and Bill Boyer
Gretchen Shelesky
Patrick-Andrew Shuey
Lyndsey Sickler
Eleanor Siegal
Nancy Simpronio and Charles L Culbertson
Nadean Sitter
Jean Slusser and James Galik
Susan Small and Ken Joseph
Johanna Smith
Shawn Smith
Patricia O and Wallace Smith
Keith Smith
Darin Smith
Martin Smrek
Bart Smyth
W. Henry and Mary Snyder
Steve Sokoloski and Derick Stalker
Gary Sorock, RN, MS, PhD and Eleanor Shimkin Sorock
Douglas Sortino

Frank and Laura Sottile
Wesley E Sowers and Sara Hamel
Tom A Spanedda and Joe Hostetler
Joseph M Spirer
Stuart H and Murial Spitz
Joanna Spontak
Mary Jean Stabile
Mary Staples
Judith Starr
Tj Stauffer
Alan Steinberg
Tim Steinhauer
William Steinmetz
Kelly Stephens
Gilbert L Sterner
Hunter John Stewart
Marshall Stewart
Lori Stiefel
Zack Stiegler
Flaccus M and Elizabeth Stifel
Kenneth R Stiger
Michael D Stone
Neill C Stouffer and Bruce Harshman
Mona and Edwin Strassburger
Melea Strimple
Daniel Strinkoski and Eric Worthing
Sean Sullivan
Alexander and Carole Sutlic
Lowell and Rachel Swarts
R. Gerald Sweeney, M.Ed.
Dr. Mark Swift
Carol Tabas
Molly Tarbell and Eitan Freedenberg
Betty J Teeters
Robert W Teitt, II
Dr. Martha Ann Terry
Michael J Testa
Barbara C and Robert Thaw
Claire Thomas
Edward Thomas and Gary Murray
James Thompson
Ann Thompson and Karen L Christman
Frederick L Tillman
Ryan Tinn and James E Clossin
David F Toal and Charlotte Oliwa
Susan Tomsic
Joseph Toney
Grace Tongue
David Torrey and David Wilson
James A Tortella and Richard Roberts
Nancy and John Traina
Emily Trauernicht
Kristy Trautmann
Barbara and Emil Trellis
Guy Tressler III
John and Kathy Trichtinger

Alice Troup
Devin Tucker
Dr. Marcia R Turbiner, Ph.D.
Eric Turcovski
J. Alan Urik and Daniel K Summerville
Dr. Ronald O Valdiserri, M.D.
Francine Vandenberg
Sybil P Veeder, Ph.D.
Patricia Verdi
Keli Vereb
Matthew Waggett
Aimee Wagner
Derek Wahila
Iris Walker
Monica Walker Payne
Bernard Wallace
Carole G and David Wallach
William M Aiken, Jr. and Eric Wallis
David A Walton
Molly Warsh
Thomas C Waters
Diane Watson and Ray Anne Lockard
James Weaver
Douglas R Weimer
Raymond G Weinbrenner
Debra Weiner
Gerard H and Nancy Weiss
Gene Welsh
Judy Wertheimer and Michael Boninger
Irene J and Ronald West
Michael L and Ruth Wetzel
Michael White and Rick LeBeau
Rene Whiteman
Kevin Whitfield
Darren Whitfield
Linda Williams
Rev. E. P. Wilson
Frank Winn and Ian N Syphard
Jessica Winter
Dr. Selma Witchel, M.D.
Paul Witkowski
Donald G Wolfkill and Mark Albright
Allen L Wolk
Barbara Y and Michael Wollman
David Wyatt
Ralph Yearick
Christine Yockel
Jay Yoder
Sherrie Young and Nanette Mancuso
Roger Zahab and Robert Frankenberry
Kathy Zecchino
Kathleen Ziegenhine
David Zimmerman and Bryce Beeghley
Jeanne S Zoellner
H. J. Zoffer
Dr. Edward Zuckerman, Ph.D.

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