Advocacy

Creating education and safe school programs with the Gay/Straight Alliances in high schools

Education

Providing workshops and guidance to Bay Area organizations and corporations. Booklets from PFLAG about family and coming out issues are always available, along with information from other resources in our local communities.

Support

And of course, providing our vital support group, monitoring our help line, organizing activists, and participating in the many events that take place in our city

Robert Costic

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President

Robert Costic has dedicated twenty years to volunteering and supporting members of the LGBTQ community. He is an attorney for Fronteo USA, Inc., where he trains and monitors a team of thirteen attorneys who provide Google LLC legal compliance in handling requests from law enforcement. Previous to this position, he worked in law enforcement for six years with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC. In that capacity he worked with the Special Liaisons Branch, where he responded to calls of service involving LGBTQ community members, including incidents involving hate bias, domestic violence, and mental health assistance.

Bruce Rosepapa

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Secretary

Bruce has worked forty years in the Human Resources field and held various positions in high-tech and insurance companies, most recently at Comcast/NBCUniversal for ten years. He recently retired and is focusing on giving back to the community and traveling to his favorite vacation destination, Paris! Bruce fundraises with various bookstores and nonprofit schools in the Bay Area to ensure each child has books to read. Bruce is also following his dreams to be in the film industry, staying active in two Bay Area indie film companies to learn the craft.

Bruce is excited to partner with PFLAG SF to ensure members of the LGBTQ+ community have support and are taken care of.

Seán Ó Cinnéide

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Treasurer

Seán has over 20 years experience in the Professional Services industry. For the last 12 years he has focused on Business Operations for an organization providing global ERP implementation and support services, managing their Account Receivable, Resource Management, Travel Operations and internal systems implementation teams over the years.

Originally from Ireland, he is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. Seán's passions include travel and languages and he only needs half an excuse to hop on a plane to explore a new destination. He has also dabbled in local musical theater in the Bay Area. He is a strong believer in equal rights for all and is excited to partner with the PFLAG organization to help support and advocate for those in his community.

Seth Frohman

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Board Member

Seth had a long career in healthcare operations and management, most recently as VP of Operations for a small managed care company focusing on catastrophic work related injuries. Retired since January 2023, Seth has had the opportunity to lead high functioning, cross discipline teams toward providing optimal care to injured workers and serving the mission of a growing company. Seth has a Masters in Social Work and worked as a clinical social worker and manager in a variety of health care settings.

Seth is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. He and his husband of 44 years raised two daughters both adopted from China. He has served on boards for Families With Children from China, Kehilla Community Synagogue, KidsChance and Jewish Youth for Community Action (JYCA).

Celeste Hopcraft

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Board Member

Celeste is a leader in brand marketing, with eight years of experience shaping global brand strategies for companies across both Australia and the United States. Hailing originally from Melbourne, Australia, Celeste’s journey has taken her across continents, where she spent the last two years serving as the Director of Marketing for Brookfield Properties in Chicago and New York. Celeste now resides in San Francisco acting as the City Strategist for JLL.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Celeste is a passionate volunteer, contributing to various organizations over the years. From the Inclusion Foundation, a dance school dedicated to children and young adults with Down Syndrome, to her role as a wish granter at the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A fervent supporter of inclusivity and a lover of all people, Celeste is a passionate ally and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.

Mark Doty

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Board Member

Mark's professional work has wandered through ad agency work, digital marketing and direct marketing for fintechs, insurance, healthcare, banking, online genealogy, and more. Along the way he has received awards for work in digital marketing, general advertising and direct response fundraising. Currently Mark is fundraising for the SF SPCA. Mark has been a member of the LGBTQIA+ community for many, many, ahem, many years and is excited to serve on the board of SFPFLAG.

Sandhya Ramakrishnan

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Board Member

Sandhya is a data analytics leader with over ten years experience across banking, consulting, engineering and big tech industries at global companies. She is currently a Data Analytics Manager at PwC within the Data Risk & Privacy practice leading teams to develop and implement cross-functional analytical solutions to solve complex regulatory and strategic challenges. Prior to moving to San Francisco two years ago, the majority of her career was spent in Zurich, Switzerland across various banking and engineering technical and PM roles.
 
Sandhya has been a lifelong ally of the LBGTQ+ community and has been an active volunteer with multiple charity organizations through the years focusing on empowering our local communities through education and sustainable support. She is excited to work with PFLAG to ensure that all members of the LGBTQ+ community along with their loved ones have the network of support they need.

Nate Mueller

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Board Member

Nate is a multi-disciplinary entrepreneurial director of digital with over eleven years of experience in a digital-first approach to brand development, brand identity, new product technology, publications, mobile/tablet apps, websites, video content, and cross-channel campaigns. He is a graduate of RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) and holds a Master’s degree in Digital + Media and a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the University of Akron.

Tali Pinkham

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Board Member

Tali Pinkham is a Bay Area native. Living in San Francisco and the East Bay all of her life, she appreciates the diversity and progressive, humanistic values of many of the area's residents. As a registered nurse and public health nurse, Tali has worked for forty years in a neonatal intensive care unit and for the past ten years has also been the clinic coordinator of a high risk infant follow-up clinic, where the NICU graduates engage in developmental screening until the age of three. She especially likes to work with underserved families to counsel and connect them with early intervention services and other resources to help their little ones develop to their full potential. Tali and her husband have raised three children. Introduced to PFLAG in 2022, she is navigating her role as a supportive parent to their non-binary eldest. After serving on several school parent boards and UCS Benioff Children's Hospital Branches, she is looking forward to serving on the PFLAG board as an ally and proud parent of a trans young adult.

Karen Rhein

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Board Member

Karen was born and raised in San Francisco, where she was shaped by being at the epicenter of the gay liberation movement. She began her first career as a teacher in her 20s, and in response to the AIDS epidemic, formed a class for adolescents that first focused on sexual health. Over the next few decades, her class grew to encompass topics from sexuality and gender issues to emotional health and drug education. With a few others, she opened a high school counseling center to meet the emotional needs of her many students. 

A few years ago, Karen left teaching to begin her second career as a beekeeper, co-running a small business called Bee Chicks Hive Services. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, dog, cat, chickens, and bees, and her beloved son lives just a mile away.

Molly Hoyt

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President Emeritus

Molly is a Principal Program Manager for PG&E where she leads development of the company’s programs to bring energy resiliency to rural, tribal, and low-income communities. She has been with PG&E for 16 years, primarily leading the development of the company’s voluntary green power and community solar programs.

Molly’s current passion is supporting and cultivating allies for the LGBTQ+ community. As the proud spouse of a transgender person, Molly appreciates offering her perspective to others to help build awareness and understanding, and support other allies. Molly served as Board President of PFLAG San Francisco from 2022-2023.