Juan Barajas, Deputy Director of Development
Juan Barajas is an accomplished LGBT community leader and nonprofit executive. Most recently, Mr. Barajas served as the Executive Director of the Pacific Center for Human Growth, an award winning LGBT community center in Berkeley, CA. During his tenure with Pacific Center, he led the organization towards sustainable growth by more than doubling the individual fundraising program, overseeing a major facility renovation, strengthening existing programs, implementing new communications and branding strategies, and developing an expert team of staff and volunteers to deliver high quality services for the local LGBT community.
Prior to working with Pacific Center, he led the successful development of the Outlet Program, a LGBT youth organization in Mountain View, CA. Under his leadership, the Outlet Program grew from a weekly youth group into a multi-service youth organization reaching thousands of people each year through direct service and advocacy. The Outlet Program continues to serve as a powerful support, training, and leadership resource for LGBT youth and their allies in achieving LGBT youth inclusion and visibility in the local community.
Mr. Barajas earned his degree in psychology from Stanford University, and currently serves on the Board of the National Association of LGBT Community Centers. In 2007, he was recognized by Out Now magazine as one of the 20 most influential LGBT people in the Bay Area and by ABC7 News Hispanic Heritage Salutes as a successful Bay Area Hispanic leader.
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Snapshot of Our Work
A GLAAD-trained couple is interviewed by a network
GLAAD at Work on First Day of Marriages in New York
On July 24, New York State began to legally allow marriage for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples. GLAAD's imprint on this monumental day was highly visible, and will remain visible indefinitely as the most influential national and international media continue to report on the significance of marriage equality in New York. GLAAD provided media training to many of the couples who married on July 24, couples we then pitched to numerous local, national and international media. Included among them were Alan Miles & Drew Glick and Tiffany Peckosh & Meredith Soffrin – both of whom shared their story with GLAAD shortly after we issued a call for couples on July 13.
