BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Vice Chair
Finance Committee
Trey Hartt (he/him) is a theatre artist and cultural organizer committed to abolishing systems of criminalization and control for a just, safer society. With familial roots in Louisiana and Mississippi, Trey was raised in an Air Force family, moving every two years before earning a B.F.A. in theatre performance at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2021, Trey co-founded The Hive in Richmond, VA, where he serves as Director of Collective Visioning, leading efforts to build a model community-based alternative to the juvenile legal system. In addition to The Hive, Trey consults on leadership development and strategy through his firm Cazimi Consulting. His journey began in 2006 with The Conciliation Project, using theatre to spark dialogue on racism. He later worked with Virginians for the Arts, Alternate ROOTS, Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, and ART 180. Prior to The Hive, he co-directed Performing Statistics, advancing cultural organizing projects to end youth incarceration nationwide. Trey currently serves as the Vice Chair for Diversity Richmond, is a past president of Alternate ROOTS and The Conciliation Project, and has co-founded the Southern Arts and Culture Coalition and the Ritual Poetic Drama Institute.
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Chair
Programs and Governance Committees
Archana A. Pathak is a scholar activist committed to visioning, creating and sustaining a just, inclusive world. Academically trained in Culture and Communication, she frames her work around the stories that we tell and are told about identity and privilege. She has done diversity and social justice work for over 20 years. Utilizing scholarly and community justice models,she explores the ways in which critical self-reflexivity begins and centers a journey of transformative social change. Dr. Pathak served as the founding director of VCU’s Q Collective. Dr. Pathak serves as faculty in the Department of Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, affiliate faculty in the Department of African American Studies and the Media, Art & Text Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, she serves as interim assistant vice provost for faculty affairs in the Office of the Provost at VCU.
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Programs Committee
Michael became an active member of Richmond’s LGBTQ+ community after moving to Virginia to work on issues of public health and related advocacy, with a focus on prevention and access to care. Through that community-facing work, he developed close relationships with Diversity Richmond and its partners before joining the board in 2025.
Michael’s held roles in learning and development, community organizing, managed projects and programs, and ran advocacy campaigns. He’s also helped to establish LGBTQ+ employee resource groups within public and private organizations.
With a background in public administration, what he finds most fulfilling professionally is helping to drive equitable change by working to create flexible organizational structures, centered on community, that are built to be adaptive and inclusive.
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Finance Committee
Chad Cook is the University Treasurer at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. There, he oversees the debt program, internal bank, public-private-partnerships, investment of operating funds, banking operations, cashiering, and collections. Prior to VCU, Chad was at the University of Washington for ten years. He earned his Bachelors in Finance from the University of Idaho and Masters from Cornell University. In his spare time, Chad loves to think about his yard & garden, kayak on the James River, visit friends, and hang with his partner, Jeff.
Chad finds deep connection to Diversity Richmond, and its wide reach in supporting the community in its many different ways. Chad looks forward to helping the organization manage its finances and budget, reviewing and helping install best practices and policies, and contemplate the possibilities of the physical asset and how it will service the mission and community.
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Development and Governance Committees
Kevin W. Allison is a professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Psychology with an appointment in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Dr Allison currently serves as Chair of the Department of Psychology. He is interim co-chair of the VCU Q Collective, which “serves as a creative and intellectual hub in support of LGBTQIA+ artistic and scholarly activities among faculty, staff, students and the Greater Richmond community” and also serves as co-chair of the VCU ADVANCE-IT Grant Steering Committee, which seeks to transform VCU by increasing the recruitment, retention and advancement of STEM women faculty across intersecting identities. Dr. Allison previously held positions as Vice President for Strategy and Development, Senior Executive Director for Strategy and Administration in the
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Programs Committee
Jaide Hinds-Clarke is a leadership development professional, educator, and community advocate dedicated to creating spaces where people can learn, lead, and belong. A graduate of the University of Richmond, they earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Leadership before completing a Master's in Sport Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University. As an undergraduate, Jaide co-founded Shades of Pride, the University of Richmond's organization for LGBTQ+ students of color—an initiative recognized by leaders within the Diversity Richmond community for its impact on fostering belonging and connection. Today, Jaide serves as a Training Content Developer at The Trevor Project, where they design learning experiences that prepare crisis counselors and volunteers to support LGBTQ+ young people. Jaide serves as the Governance Chair of Diversity Richmond's Board of Directors. They are passionate about leadership, cultivating inclusive spaces, and advancing Diversity Richmond's mission of building a vibrant community where LGBTQ+ people, families, and allies can thrive.
Outside of their professional and community work, Jaide enjoys staying active and spending time with their wife, two daughters, and dog, Cinnamon.
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Our newest board member is Michael-Birch Pierce. Michael is a fiber artist and assistant professor of Fashion Design at Virginia Commonwealth University. They received a BFA in Fashion Design from VCU and studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design for an MFA in Fibers. They have designed embellishment for Diane von Furstenberg and were lead stylist on André Leon Talley's Little Black Dress costume exhibition in Savannah and Paris. Michael has completed artist residencies in Hong Kong and Lacoste, France and their work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums, including the White House, Design/Miami, and Quirk Gallery.
They are the recipient of the 2016 Pollak Prize in Applied Arts. The newly elected Vice Chair of the Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond steering Committee, Michael has been an active member since its inception. They curated the exhibition, “Manufactured Faces, Performative Spaces” in 2015 and emceed the successful 2016 Bling it Out silent auction.
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Development Committee
Chris Moore is a writer, photographer, and community volunteer who has lived in Richmond since 1991. His work has appeared locally in Virginia Living, Style Weekly, 64 Magazine, and Richmond Family Magazine. As a community volunteer and advocate, Chris has served on the Boards of Directors of Peter Paul Development Center, Virginia Supportive Housing, VCU College of Humanities & Sciences (Advisory Board), St. James’s Children’s Center, ACTS (Area Congregations Together in Service), James River Writers, and Friends of the Richmond Public Library.
Chris and his wife, Dena, have two sons, Ben and Sam.
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Development Committee
Joe Cox joined our board in June 2021. Before joining the board, Joe served as a volunteer with Diversity working closely with the Iridian Gallery committee and providing needed help to install shows. He also helps to coordinate our work with CapitalOne, which has been a major corporate contributor of Virginia Pride for more than 10 years
Joe has seventeen years business experience with strong focus on project, relationship, and product management. We are thrilled to have his expertise added to our board!
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Bio coming soon!
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Governance Committee
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Sarah E. Cribbs, Ph.D., is a passionate DEI leader, researcher, and human-centered problem solver with experience and proven success partnering cross-organizationally to plan, design, develop and deliver sustained and sustainable progress across multiple industries. She is currently an associate professor of sociology at Randolph-Macon College where she teaches courses related to social identities, social inequalities, and research methods. She is an affiliated faculty member with the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program, Black Studies Program, and serves as the Director of the RMC Honors Program. Her research interests include examining pathways to improve intercultural competence, studying how individuals accomplish racial boundary-making, and exploring how racial attitudes influence policy decisions.
