GLPW

President

Travis Hughes

Travis Hughes is a well respected Dominant in the Leather Community. Travis is Head of the Ethos Family - a D/s family with nine members and the proud owner of a collared boy and a pup. A queer man in D/s and kink for over 13 years with a passion for rope, steel bondage and electro Travis takes pride in sharing his knowledge and teaching others how to play safely. An accomplished photographer, Travis was a partner in a kink based gallery and continues to display his work publicly. Travis had the honor of being elected as the President of GLPW in 2011 and chairs the James C. Hall Memorial Fund; formerly Travis had served on the board as a Vice President and as a Member at Large, assisting with many fundraisers as well as managing the stage for NWLS/bCBB 2011. Travis believes that community support and kink advocacy are paramount - that all of the community must work together to build a stronger and safer foundation.

president@glpw.org

Vice President

Michael "Odie" Heaston

All I really wanted was a Daddy Belt from the Seattle Leather Daddy/boy contest. what I ended up with was a sense of self and purpose. This is why I joined GLPW about 6 yrs ago. Starting with organizing one play party to coincide with Leather Pride week, I have spent 6 yrs with the folks from GLPW. we changed our focus from just holding a few fund raiser and a contest, to being an organization looking to build a greater community of leather people. During my year as NWLeatherSir 2007 I had the opportunity to create the Leather in Pride picnic now held annually in Cal Anderson Park the Sat of Pride. I also have had the great pleasure of co producing the NW Leather Contest with Gene Romaine, My Friend My Brother and the Papa of my Clan. Serving learning and playing with the people that make up GLPW is one of the greatest joys I have found in life. I invite anyone interested in being part of it to come to on of our board meetings and get involved.

vp@glpw.org

Treasurer

Jeremy Dunn

Jeremy Dunn has been active in the Seattle leather community since 2001 when he got roped into working lights for the Northwest Drummer contest. Currently he serves as President of the SPCC (the Wet Spot) and as a member-at-large on the steering committee of Seattle Men in Leather. When Jeremy is not busy being unable to say no to serving the community he enjoys playing with rope and sharp pointy things.

treasurer@glpw.org

Secretary

Alyxx "Panther" Berg

Alyxx is devoted to her leather family. She identifies primarily as a Daddy, despite her unabashedly female appearance. She has been active on the board of GLPW since June 2005. In addition, she is the secretary and long-time board member for the Washington State Mr. & Ms. Leather Organization, and served 6 years on the board of the Center for Sex Positive Culture. When she isn't busy with community service of this type, she spends her time working as a Chemical Dependency Counselor and playing with her vast menagerie of four-legged kids.

Secretary@glpw.org

Member-at-Large

boy Danny Carpenter

I am new to service in the leather community. This is my first board position for a non-profit organization. Currently I am the web servant and plan to make a positive impact with my works with GLPW. I enjoy working with other like minded individuals who see the great potential that GLPW has to offer the leather community. I enjoy being a part of a greater purpose and that is to help the leather community grow and prosper. If you are a goal oriented individual that sees the value in the leather community as a whole then I suggest that you join us to help make the community stronger. I am a full time college student and leader.

boyDanny@glpw.org

Member-at-Large

Chris

Chris is still in many ways a baby in the leather community going from supposedly completely vanilla to enjoying almost any kind of trouble he can get himself into on a regular basis.  Chris has a passion for helping people come into their identities and realize their potential toward enjoyment in their lives and he hopes to apply that passion to the ever changing leather collective.  He is proud to be one of the original members of the Ethos family and is the proud owner of a boy and pup.  Chris also spends his time as a developing leatherworker, whip maker, playwrite/composer for musical theatre and is an advocate for the support for new and unknown theatre artists.

PR@glpw.org

Member-at-Large

Mark D

Member-at-Large

Gene Romaine

Gene was President of Generic Leather Productions of Washington from the beginning of 2002 to July 2011, with brief stints as Vice President here and there. GLPW is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to produce events which raise money for charities benefiting the sexual minority community. Gene was Northwest Mr. Drummer 2001, and is the Regional Sponsor/Executive Producer of the Northwest LeatherSir, Leatherboy & Community Boot Black Contest. In May, 2010, Gene was honored to have had the opportunity to serve on the judging panel of the International Mr. Leather Contest. He was awarded the Pantheon of Leather-Northwest Regional Award for 2008 and the Leather Emerald Award in 2003. He is a former President of Seattle Men in Leather and was Washington State Mr. Leather 2004. He is the proud Patriarch of the Dragon Clan – a leather family whose raison d'etre is to promote camaraderie for proven leaders in the leather community. He is a proud member of Mama's Family, an international group of dedicated, warm-hearted people that Mama Sandy Reinhardt has adopted for their involvement in the Leather Community – holding the nickname of "Mama's Papa Dragon". Gene regularly presents workshops on various types of BDSM techniques, including whips, fire play, needle play, mummification and "Impact Play", among other topics. When he is not working to promote sex positive culture, spending quality time with his leatherboy, or attending almost any BDSM event he can, he works as a trust officer for a large national bank.

Member-at-Large

Vancant