LEADERSHIP
VALERIE NICOLE GREENÂ (SHE / HER)
Founder & Co-Chair
Founding member Valerie Nicole Green is a transgender woman who is active in her ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Missouri. Before transitioning, she was married for 34 years and is now widowed. She is a parent to five children and grandparent to six grandchildren. After five decades of waiting, she has been fully socially transitioned since January 1, 2019.
JOHN GUSTAV-WRATHALLÂ (HE / HIM)
Founder & Co-Chair
Founding member John Gustav-Wrathall is a published scholar and teacher in the fields of LGBTQ history and American religion and a former president and executive director of Affirmation. He is active in the Lake Nokomis Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his husband of almost three decades are parents of a gay foster son and live in south Minneapolis.
ERIKA MUNSON (SHE / HER)
Founder & Co-Chair
Erika is a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a descendent of Mormon pioneers. She received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Harvard College where she met her husband Shipley; together they have raised their five children in the northeast United States and Europe. In 2012 she co-founded Mormons Building Bridges. Now living in Sandy, Utah, she is an English teacher and Library Chair at the Waterford School.
KRISTINE COONS (SHE / HER)
Board Member
​Dr. Coons is a board certified internal medicine physician practicing as a hospitalist and medical director. She received her bachelor of science degree from Brigham Young University in 2007, and her doctor of osteopathy degree from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. Dr. Coons is married to her wife, Laura Coons, and together they have four children. In 2014, Dr. Coons came out as transgender. Dr. Coons has written and spoken many times on transgender topics, particularly the emerging science behind gender dysphoria and the transgender experience.
DIANE ROLDÁN (SHE / HER)
Board Member
Diane is a proud member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a straight ally. She graduated from B.Y.U. and received her law degree from Stanford Law School. Diane currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where she works as a public interest lawyer. She serves in her ward as 1st Counselor in the Relief Society.
SYTSKE WOODHOUSE (SHE / HER)
Board Member
Sytske is a life-long member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She played collegiate volleyball at U.V.U. and graduated from B.Y.U. She is a Certified Life Coach who guides people through religious and LGBTQ spaces. Currently single, open to a relationship, and raising four boys from two different marriages, Sytske lives in Utah and enjoys studying psychology, philosophy, and spiritual development.