TCNE

Board of Trustees

Irene Brank

TCNE President

Irene is a storyteller, consultant, and advocate for the transgender community. She specializes in transgender education, transition at work consultation, and leading gender transitions in the workplace. Irene is a frequent speaker for corporations and non-profit events, often partnering with her transgender daughter who is promoting change as a social media influencer and content creator. Irene brings her unique experience in Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion together to create a memorable impact for the transgender community.

olivia werth

Director of Finance

Olivia Werth is a trans woman who finally began transitioning two years ago after a lifetime of denial. Since then she has been looking for opportunities to put her skills to use to help the community.  With a Masters in Accounting and over twenty years of experience in the field, she is looking forward to putting her professional experience to use for the community as TCNE’s Director of Finance.

Gabe Rodarte-Miller

Director of Education & Workshops

At TCNE, Gabe coordinates workshops and social programming for First Event and throughout the year. 

Marceline Friedman

Director of Logistics

 

billie charles

Director of Marketing

 

Lila Baxter

First Event Co-Chair

As the co-chair for First Event Lila, through the volunteer First Event team, is responsible for the program, financial performance, communication, logistics, customer service and the overall First Event experience.

danica wiles

First Event Co-Chair

As the chair for First Event Danica, through the volunteer First Event team, is responsible for the program, financial performance, communication, logistics, customer service and the overall First Event experience.

Carmen Alvaro Jarrín

Director of Volunteers

Carmen Alvaro Jarrin (she/they) is an anthropologist and a professor specializing on trans and non-binary identities in Brazil and the United States. She’s the author of The Biopolitics of Beauty, they have published in Transgender Studies Quarterly and she is working on a new book called Our They/Them Future. At TCNE, Carmen has served as the Director of Outreach, as the Director of Volunteers and as the Chair of the Nominations Committee.  They have pushed TCNE to better integrate people of color and non-binary folks into the organization, thus serving the needs of younger generations of gender nonconforming people.

david bedrin

Director of Outreach