# Team and board

Source: https://www.qaravan.org/annual-report/2024/team/

*A group of volunteers and community members pose together outside.*

This section lists the QARAVAN board, coordinators, and core volunteers in 2024, with pronouns as printed in the report, and thanks all 2024 volunteers and interns.

## Board

- Yelena Goltsman (she/her), Founder and Board President
- Ezra Abdullabekov (he/him), Board Vice President
- Enver Latifzade (he/him), Treasurer
- Dante Matero (he/him), Board Secretary
- Alexandr Trifonov (he/him), Board Member
- Tanzilya Saleemjan (she/her), Board Member, Acting Executive Director (January-May 2024)
- Lyosha Gorshkov (no pronouns), Board Member, Brighton Beach Pride Founder
- Lieb Fischbach (he/him/they/them), Board Member
- Amin Yakubov (he/him), Board Observer

## Coordinators

- Olga Mamaeva (she/her), Coordinator
- Maxim Ibadov (they/them/fab), Coordinator

*Attendees listening at a community event.*

## Core volunteers

- Aleksandr Sabirov (he/him), Legal Services Navigator
- Sergei Pozdniakov (he/him), Graphic Designer
- Daniela Lapidous (she/her), Fundraising Consultant
- Simon Shterenberg (he/him), Peer-to-Peer Group Facilitator
- Vasilii Sidorov (Jason; he/him), Social Media Coordinator
- Aleksandr Grigorev (he/him), Program Assistant
- Irina Knyazeva (she/her), Merchandise Designer
- Gina Rafikova (she/her), Peer Support Group Facilitator
- Samantha Shokin (she/her), fundraising and copyediting consultant

## Volunteers and interns

Big thank you to all 2024 volunteers and interns, including all 50 volunteers in Rainbow Connections and many, many other community members: volunteers who help organize events and social outings, give advice, and help new members find their way in New York City and in other cities!

[PDF, 27 pages, 15.7 MB](https://www.qaravan.org/files/qaravan-annual-report-2024.pdf)