LiVE MAGAZINE VOL 8, Issue #203 February 20th THRU March 6th, 2015

New Board
Members
Announced
Six new board members recently joined the Board of Directors of The
LGBT Community Center of the Desert (The Center) replacing some
retiring directors, announced Randy Lowe, Chair.
March 28
5:30pm
TICKETS:
www.simplybarbara.bpt.me/
Newly appointed are Mary Sue Allen, Lucy A. DeBardelaben, Chris Kallgren, Cary
Lowe, Robert Van Roo, and Randy Schild.
Allen is Vice President of Human Resources for UPS West Region. A native
of Hayward, California, Allen received her B.A. degree in Human Resources
Management from Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, and began her UPS
career in 1980 as a part-time package handler in Los Angeles. She has served on
the Board of Directors for Girls Inc. Orange County, Leadership California, and
Oakland Military College Prep Academy.
Steven Brinberg writes and stars as Simply
Barbra which is updated annually as he
travels the globe with the show. This year he appears
with Marvin Hamlisch and the Symphony Orchestras of Dallas, Milwaukee,
Buffalo and Norfolk. Prior appearances with Mr. Hamlisch
include one with Barbara Cook and the National Symphony Orchestra
at the Kennedy Center and another at Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh.
He recently narrated the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus concert at
Avery Fisher Hall, written especially for him by Terrence McNally. That
program was also seen in Seattle.
Mr. Brinberg has performed at Stephen Sondheim’s birthday concert
at the Library of Congress; at Carnegie Hall with Uptown Express; and
on Broadway in the concert version of Funny Girl with Whoopi Goldberg.
Simply Barbra has twice toured Australia, New Zealand, and England,
last year ending in a West End run at the Arts and Playhouse Theatres.
The show has also played Singapore; Hong Kong; Sag Harbor (Bay
Street Theatre); Philadelphia (Walnut Street Theatre), San Francisco
(New Conservatory Theatre), Los Angeles (Cinegrill); Sun Valley (Bruce
Willis’ Liberty Theatre), Atlantic City (Taj Mahal), Windsor, Ontario
(Windsor Casino); Provincetown (Town Hall); Miami Beach (Colony
Theatre): Houston (Theater Lab Houston); Albany (Empire Center); Arlington
(Signature Theater); St. Louis (Sheldon Concert Hall); Chicago
(Davenport’s); and 3 sold out turns at The Mohegan Sun Casino.
His film credits include Camp, Boys Life, and Next Year in Jerusalem.
Mr. Brinberg’s television appearances include The Rosie 0’Donnell
Show, Sally Jessy Raphael, Jerry Springer, Bert Newton, Kerri Anne
(Australia), Fox News Channel and MTV’s Celebrity Death Match
as the voice of David Spade. He appeared in two workshops of Ken
Page’s musical, Nightlife, at Manhattan Theatre Club and Westbeth
Theatre Centre, and in Ivanov at the Jewish Rep.
A two time Mac and Bistro award winner, Mr. Brinberg’s CD Simply
Barbra Live in London is available on Jay Records. Coming soon is a
CD of duets featuring Kaye Ballard, Mimi Hines, DebbieGravitte, Karen
Mason, and many others
Newly elected Board Members of The Center are from left to right, Lucy A.
DeBardelaben, Robert Van Roo, Mary Sue Allen, Randy Schild, Cary Lowe
and Chris Kallgren.
DeBardelaben is co-founder of the prestigious Palm Springs Women’s Jazz
Festival, and the Acting Finance Director for the Palm Springs Art Museum. A
former board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, she, and her
partner, Gail Christian, received the 2013 Palm Springs Pride Spirit Award.
Kallgren is a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in
Palm Springs, who believes in advocacy for the LGBT community and animal
rescue. Among her accomplishments is co-producing the Joshua Tree Gay Pride
Festival, with founder Andy Woods. In October 2014 she was recognized as
one of the ‘Most Influential Women Of The Valley’ gracing the cover of Desert
Outlook magazine.
Lowe is owner of Cary A. Lowe Associates, based in Los Angeles & Atlanta, a
women’s wholesale firm. Born and raised in Los Angeles as a first generation
Chinese American, Lowe attended Los Angeles Trade Tech for Fashion Design
and UCLA for Business Economics. Lowe has served on the Board of Directors of
The LA Gay and Lesbian Center and has had a home, along with his partner Allan
Ames, in Palm Springs since 1989.
A California native, Van Roo is the President & Co-Founder of Palm Springs Safe
Access, a medical cannabis dispensary. A photographer by trade, he began
his career in his teens after exhibiting in fine art museums both nationally
and internationally. Recently developing an interest in medical cannabis as a
result of a friend’s illness, he volunteered space in his photography studio and
warehouse in San Francisco to help facilitate a clean and safe medication for
his friend. Moving to Palm Springs in 2011, The desert landscape continues to
inspires his artistic desires with a thriving art community that continues to grow.
Schild holds the position of First Vice President-Wealth Management with
Merrill Lynch in Indian Wells. Before joining Merrill Lynch, he was the Branch
Manager at Smith Barney / Morgan Stanley in Palm Desert, and also an owner /
operator of a manufacturing and retailing facility in South Florida. He holds an
MBA degree from St. John’s University, New York, NY. Schild has been active in
the local community, having served on the Board of Directors of the American
Heart Association, and in various leadership positions for the Jewish Federation.
He, and his wife Dini, have two adult children who reside in New York Florida.
The mission of The Center is to enrich the lives of the LGBT community. A
thriving, community-based organization, The Center provides a safe and
supportive environment for members to enjoy health, wellness, educational and
social programs, where people of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. The
Center advances its mission through senior programming, a clinical counseling
and internship program, a weekly food bank, youth suicide prevention
and support, extensive social and recreational offerings, a David Bohnett
cyber center, growing volunteer program and periodic special events in the
community.