Eric Concha, Acting President

Jessica Morrison, Vice President for USAID and Other Agencies

Jessica Morrison (she/her) is the LGBTQI+ Program Officer with the USAID Inclusive Development Hub. Prior to this, she served as Director and Deputy Director of the Program Office (PRO) in Jordan, a PRO Officer in Haiti, and a Democracy and Governance Officer in Nicaragua. Prior to joining USAID in 2011, Ms. Morrison worked for The Protection Project, a human rights research institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (JHU-SAIS), where she managed USG-funded programs in Egypt. She also served as a Maternal and Child Health Volunteer with Peace Corps Morocco, where she fell in love with the region and met her wife. Jessica has a BA from the University of Akron and a MA from JHU-SAIS. She and her wife are the proud mothers of Nora (9) and Clyde (7), and she is an avid runner and adventure junkie with a deep love of foreign languages and a passion for human rights.

Seth Wyngowski, Director of Policy

Seth Wyngowski (he/him) is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State.  He is currently posted to the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia as a Political-Economic Officer, and has also served in Seoul, Republic of Korea and Lima, Peru.  Seth began his career in the civil service and held various positions in Washington, D.C., including as part of the team that worked to reestablish U.S.-Cuba ties from 2014 to 2017. 

This is Seth’s second term as glifaa’s Policy Director, and he was recognized on Out in National Security’s 2023 Out Leaders List.  He has B.A. degrees from American University in Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Georgetown University.  Seth speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and Estonian.  He has received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award twice.

 

Brian Bolton, Secretary and Treasurer

Brian Bolton, a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, is glifaa’s Secretary and Treasurer. He currently serves as Deputy Political Unit Chief in a country office within the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Brian’s previous diplomatic assignments include postings in London, Tel Aviv, Guayaquil, and Guatemala City. Outside the Foreign Service, his primary focus has been in international exchange, to include directing student programs at three universities and serving as a regional coordinator – based in Mexico City – for EducationUSA, the Department of State’s network of international educational advising centers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and cognitive science from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in public policy from Tel Aviv University.

Anthony Musa, Social and Outreach Director

Anthony is a Foreign Affairs Officer at the Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation at the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. Anthony joined the State Department in 2021, coming from the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Department of the Treasury. Beyond his work at glifaa and State, he is the Vice President for Capital Pride Alliance which manages the pride celebration in Washington, D.C., he also serves on the Board of the DC Latino Caucus, representing the Latino community in Washington, D.C. to local government leaders. He has served on various Commissions for the D.C. Government including the Latino Community Development Commission and the Concealed Pistol Licensing Review Board. He previously served as the Chair of Pride in Federal Service, working with LGBTQ+ federal employees to ensure their needs are addressed by government leaders. He looks forward to taking this experience to broaden diplomatic accreditation for LGBTQ+ FSO’s and civil servants abroad working out at post. Anthony is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Anthony received his Masters from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies in 2017 and his Bachelors from Arizona State University in 2015. Anthony lives in Washington, D.C. with his two dachshunds.

Benjamin Stevenson, Director of Communication

Stevenson completed degrees in Music Composition and Oboe Performance from the University of Texas at Austin and the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, as well as a masters degree in International Affairs from American University. They enjoy running with Melissa Applesauce – their three-year-old corgi – and exploring museums.

Dan Buchman, Post Representative Program Director

Dan Buchman is a second-tour Foreign Service Officer serving as the Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  Dan recently completed his first tour at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  There, he led the citizen services and consular information units.  He also served as the glifaa Post Rep, a coordinator for the First and Second Tour Professionals Program, and secretary on the American school and employee association boards.  Prior to Dhaka, Dan also spent a few months as the Bangladesh Desk Officer in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. 

Before the Foreign Service, Dan interned at nonprofits advocating for refugee communities in Europe and Arab American communities in the United States.  Dan has spent time living, studying, and working in Jordan, Morocco, Senegal, China, Taiwan, Belgium, and Spain.  Dan hails from Brooklyn, NY — just a few blocks from Coney Island — where his family immigrated from the former Soviet Union.  Dan believes in glifaa’s capacity to challenge the Department to be more welcoming and more supportive of the LGBTQI+ staff who serve it.  He sees glifaa’s post reps as the fabric holding our global organization together and hopes to provide them with the resources and information they need to be force multipliers of our community’s collective power. 

Dan is an aspiring, too often failing, vegan and a proud cat dad to Diesel (because she sounds like an engine when she purrs).

Angela Palazzolo, Parent and Family Members Coordinator

Angela is an ardent and devoted advocate for LGBTQIA+ colleagues and eligible family members (EFMs) within the Department.  She has worked for years to advance the Department’s recognition, services for, and understanding of EFM LGBTQIA+ children and young adults.  She led staff drafting of U.S. Congressional legislation (S. 3004 (116th Congress), S. 1996, H.R. 3008 (117th Congress)), to improve inclusivity, non-discrimination policies at overseas schools, and post and school information for LGBTQI+ EFM adults and children.  Angela looks forward to working with her fellow glifaa board members on these important issues for our colleagues and their families.

Prior service includes:  Deputy Political Counselor at Embassy Lima; Foreign Policy Advisor and Pearson Fellow on the staff of U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey; Director, Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Economic, External Affairs, and Trade Officer, U.S. Embassy, Warsaw, Poland; Negotiator/Advisor, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Economic Advisor, Bureau of International Organizations; Border Affairs Officer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs; Economic Officer, Matamoros, Mexico, and Consular Officer in Warsaw, Poland.  She is an alumna of the Foreign Service Institute’s mid-career Economics course and served as a research fellow at the Advanced Cyber Security Center.

She is married to Gene Morris, who works remotely for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, and they have two children. 

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