Kevin Whatley, Board 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.

Guy McPherson, Board Vice Chair

Guy is a founding member of Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men's Chorus and is thrilled to be a part of the GALA Choruses Community. Guy is also the President of the Out Loud Chorus Council. Having a GLBT/supportive chorus in Colorado Springs is a dream come true. Guy believes that we are truly changing hearts and minds in Colorado Springs through music. Music has always been a part of his life; he began playing the piano in 4th grade and sang in choir in high school. Guy is a software engineer by day, but enjoys more artistic endeavors outside of work. Guy and Jon, his partner of 14 years, enjoy spending time together, working on house projects and travelling. One of Guy's proudest accomplishments is his healthy happy 24 year old son Robin. Guy loves to cook--he makes great BBQ and loves to bake. It is truly an honor for Guy to be a part of Rocky Mountain Arts Association.

Dave Kincade, Board Treasurer

Dave has been an employee of Agilent Technologies for 14 years. As a Quality Engineer, his primary responsibility is to ensure Agilent remains Sarbanes-Oxley and ISO compliant. His previous roles have included Operations Accountant, Order Administrator, and served as a supervisory board member for the Hewlett-Packard Federal Credit Union. In his spare time, Dave enjoys cooking, working out, and spending time with his partner Tim. When an RMAA chorus performs, Dave believes one of the greatest things to observe is the positive reactions from its audiences, which is truly what building community through music is all about.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Greg Montoya, Director

Greg Montoya is a true native of the city of Denver, having been born in Denver, attending the University of Denver and as one of the owners and publishers of Colorado's GLBT newsmagazine, Out Front Colorado. As editor of Out Front Colorado, Greg recognizes and understands the value and importance of Rocky Mountain Arts Association and its mission of building community through music as well as the unique and amazing abilities of all of the choruses under the organization's umbrella. Greg is a non-singing member of RMAA and brings with him years of business experience, a passion for the performing arts and a drive to help guide RMAA into the future of freedom of expression and the joy of music.

Don McMaster, Director

Cecilia Thomas, Director

Will Adams, Ex-Officio

Will graduated from University of Colorado Denver with a BS in Finance and minor in Operations Management and began a lengthy and successful career with U.S. Bank. After 16 years, the last 4 as a Senior Vice President and Director of Regional Contact Center Operations, will retired from the bank in late 2006 to focus full-time on his volunteer work as board chair of RMAA and as the lead of the newly-forming Mosaic Youth Chorus.

Under Will's leadership as board chair, Rocky Mountain Arts Association quadrupled in size and outreach, from one chorus to four. Will lead the board through its first formal strategic planning process in 2006 with JVA Consulting, LLC, and a three year plan was adopted by the board which has been on schedule and significant in accomplishments. Also in 2006 Will guided the organization through a significant organizational structure change and alignment to better position RMAA as a stable organization in an increasingly competitive Colorado nonprofit environment.

In 2008, Will firmly planted himself in the nonprofit world when we assumed the full time position as Executive Director of RMAA.