Kevin A. Marvin, Board Chair

Kevin Marvin joined the Denver Gay Men's Chorus in January 1995 as a singing member. Since then he has served as RMAA/DGMC Vice President and President, GALA Choruses, Inc. as a Board Member and three term President, and is currently a Trustee for the Colorado Symphony. In addition, he has served on various non-profit Board of Directors through out the Metropolitan Denver area. Professionally Kevin is the Regional President for Heartland Bank, Denver Regional Office and a Senior Vice President for the Corporate Bank headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a an active member of Park Hill United Methodist Church. He grew up in Fowler, Colorado and is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. One of his favorite things to do is spend quality time with his Boston Terrier, Scout. He says "Being a member of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus changed my life, gave me the courage to live my life with dignity, and provided a greater sense of community than I could have ever imagined.

Kevin Whatley, Immediate Past Chair

Kevin was raised in Colorado and has been a cosmetologist/business owner for 25 years and enjoys traveling, playing golf, yoga, music and spending time with his family and friends. He has always been proud of being a gay man and believes that we should all be who we are and work towards acceptance for all. Kevin's involvement with RMAA allows him to give back to our greater community by expanding our mission of building community not only through music, but through the power of bringing positive light to the entire community. Kevin has been singing with DGMC for 9 years and has shared his life for the past 12 years with partner Todd and resides in Stapleton with their two dogs.

Cecilia Thomas, Vice Chair

Kareen McCollough, Board Secretary

Kareen McCollough holds a B.B.A. from Baylor University in Marketing and has a record of involvement in community oriented organizations. Prior to joining the RMAA Board, Kareen served on the Board of Directors for Denver Women's Chorus and The Lambda Community Center in Fort Collins. Kareen has been a member of Denver Women's Chorus for three years and helped facilitate the chorus' joining RMAA as a program. Currently Kareen serves as the President of Denver Women's Chorus and its RMAA Program Council.

Alexander Hornaday, Director

Edward Gray, Director

Edward R. Gray is a former senior program officer at the Gill Foundation. He was responsible for a $1million grant portfolio in human services, arts, education, and public broadcasting throughout Colorado before starting GRAYMatter Solutions for Nonprofits. Previously, he was the founding president of The Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Community Foundation. In this role, he regularly convened the executive directors of LGLBT organizations, started the Former Chairs Forum, advised philanthropists on high-impact giving, and provided capacity-building expertise. As Executive Director of YouthPride, a youth organization, he grew the organization to the largest LGBTG organization in Georgia, increasing staff from one to five. He also doubled the budget, instituted outcomes-based performance management, and secured new funding from individuals and foundations. Under his leadership, YouthPride was recognized as Atlanta’s best nonprofit by editors of Southern Voice.

Gray holds a doctorate from Emory University and is the co-editor of Gay Religion, a collection concentrating on the religious practices of LGLBT individuals. Gray has published articles on gay religious life, on catastrophe as a transcendent event, and op-ed pieces in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He serves on the National Advisory Council of the Faith and Religion Project of the Human Rights Campaign and on the board of directors of The Murie Center, a nationally recognized environmental organization in Jackson Hole, Wyo. He served for 6 years as a big brother for a youth in Georgia's child welfare system.

Justin Ball, Director

Peter DiLeo, Director

Peter Di Leo is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has volunteered for several non-profit, social-justice and governmental agencies over the past 25 years. He has served on the governing board of Project Angel Heart and on the Colorado State Domestic Violence Offender Management Board, among others. He sang with the Denver Gay Men's Chorus during its first few seasons (1983-86) and has now rejoined (2002-present). He also frequently teaches workshops and conducts seminars on innovations in counseling and psychotherapy.

Dale Britt, Director

Originally from Waco, TX, Dale started to love making music in the first grade, with piano lessons. Throughout his life he has carried the music with him, from piano lessons, concert band, marching band, and to an area church choir A few short calendar years (and eons of change) later he arrived in Colorado, and then Denver. Dale was again singing in a church choir, this time with the U.C.C. The love of creating music he had was in the background until singing again moved it to the forefront. Dale joined RMAA during a time of exciting transitions for the Denver Gay Men's Chorus. In addition to serving on the board, Dale is also President of the DGMC Chorus Council, following in the footsteps of a succession of men and women who, for over 27 years, have put time and talent into securing the success of RMAA and DGMC.

Pam Duke, Director

Michael Backman, Director