Duties of the Board
The Board’s duties fall into four main functional areas:
STRATEGIC PLANNING
The GCAP Board of Directors sets the strategic direction, purpose, and vision for the organization.
FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
The board is in charge of approving the yearly budget and any adjustments in order to maintain effective financial management. In addition, the Board is responsible for ensuring that the Organization has sufficient resources to function and achieve its objectives. As a result, the Board plays a crucial role in fundraising.
PRIDE DAY OVERSIGHT & PLANNING
The board is responsible for planning, executing on and delivering the necessary components for a successful and effective Pride Day.
VISIBILITY
The Board represents GCAP in our community both collectively and individually. The Board of Directors must be able to properly express the Organization’s mission, vision, accomplishments, and aspirations to the public and gain community support.
In addition, the Board assures organizational legal compliance, ethical integrity, and responsibility. The Board is ultimately accountable for ensuring that legal requirements and organizational principles are followed.
Meet The Board
President
Walter Pitts
Walter retired from the Harrison County Sheriff’s office after 30 plus years of service as a Captain from 1984-2018.
Walter was born in Paterson NJ. His family moved to Gulfport, MS when he was 2 years of age. Walter has worked with several non-profits over the years and was a board member for the South Mississippi Aids Task force (SMATF).
Walter loves to travel is his spare time.
Treasurer
Kathy Snow
Kathy Snow has been on the Board for three years and was recently promoted to Treasurer. She works as a Table Games Supervisor at IP Casino Resort & Spa and has been in the gaming industry for all of her 23 years on the Coast.
Originally from NJ, she feels like the ability to live near the beach but also enjoy the beautiful southern hospitality is why she calls the Gulf Coast her home.
Kathy lost her brother Steven to AIDS in September of 2005 and has been a huge support system for the LGTBQ community since his diagnosis in 1987, involved in volunteerism in NJ, LA & now here in MS. As a straight advocate/ally, her feelings were that if she couldn’t cure AIDS, she would do whatever she could to fight for & protect in the LGTBQ community.
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Board Member
Michelle Cuevas
Michelle is from Memphis, TN, and moved to the Coast in 2004. She was a Phlebotomist and Emergency Room Technician before joining the Memphis Police Dept. in 1998 as a Police Officer. Now retired, Michelle spends her days managing her farm of horses, cats, dogs, and mini pigs when she is not riding her Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Michelle is married and has one daughter.
In 2002, she lost her best friend and brother, Keith, to AIDS-related leukemia. Michelle has always been a supporter and ally of the LGBTQ+ community, with several family members who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community here on the Coast and beyond.
Board Member
Mat Magandy
Mat's Bio
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Board Member
TJ LaFollette
TJ studies at USM and recently relocated to the Gulf Coast from NYC, where he was an active member of ACT UP NY and Break The Patent.
