Board of Trustees

Harold is the Broker-In-Charge of NCG Real Estate. He previously worked for the NC Weatherization Assistance Program overseeing grant compliance for the Department of Energy funded program. He also worked for Habitat for Humanity, building homes in High Point, NC and as a Fellow in Washington, DC. In his spare time, he enjoys hosting karaoke parties and traveling.

Katherine Croft, BSN, RN is the Program Manager of the UNC Transgender Health Program, which provides gender affirming care to patients throughout the Southeast. Katherine is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing, and prior to joining the medical field had a career in Operations and Logistics management for several retail companies.

Andrea is the Owner and Founder of Haute Hair Removal and Aesthetics. She has previously operated other small businesses in the allied health field and specializes in medical aesthetics. She currently serves on several professional boards within her industry. Prior to her work in aesthetics, she studied political science and communication and has worked in the legal industry as well as the RDU editor of a national charity meets style company. Her passion is human rights and social activism and she has worked with a variety of local nonprofits, including SAFEchild, and InterAct and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Raleigh. Outside of work, she tries to travel as much as she can, and spend quality time with her family, friends, and pets.

Jordan was born and raised in Southeastern North Carolina but has called Raleigh his home for the past eighteen years. After moving to Raleigh and graduating from North Carolina State University, Jordan attended North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham. Jordan began his legal career as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Wanda G. Bryant at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He then spent five years as an Assistant District Attorney with the Johnston County District Attorney’s Office in Smithfield, NC.

Over the last decade, Jordan has served as a career prosecutor in various roles. For the past four years, Jordan has been a member of the Financial Crimes Unit at the NC Conference of District Attorneys. In his current role as the Chief Financial Crimes Prosecutor, Jordan is responsible for the development and implementation of the Financial Crimes Initiative throughout the state of North Carolina. Jordan manages a talented team of attorneys and administrative professionals as they direct and oversee the statewide prosecution of a variety of white-collar offenses including embezzlement, public corruption, fraud, and elder exploitation.

Outside of the courtroom, Jordan is the Founder and Co-Owner of CrossFit SERVE and SERVE Wellness located in Downtown Raleigh. Although he wears many hats at SERVE, he is most passionate about engaging with his SERVE family and helping people feel comfortable in their own skin. When he is not at SERVE or in the courtroom, Jordan enjoys teaching his dog Mango new tricks and cheering on the Wolfpack (especially when they face those blue schools nearby). Jordan is excited to join the Board of Directors at the LGBT Center of Raleigh and ready to get to work!

Born and raised on the Canadian border in northern Vermont, Steve was the youngest of 6 children. He moved to Burlington, VT in 1979 to attend college and lived in Vermont until 1999 when work, and a strong desire to get away from cold weather, brought him to Raleigh.

In 1985, Steve started as an accountant at Vermont’s largest public power utility where, in 1995 he became CEO. In this position, he worked to help people who were struggling financially to have more of a voice in the community.

Steve worked with several Vermont LGBTQ organizations including Vermont CARES, Outright Vermont and Vermont Gay Volleyball. He was out at work and took pride in being seen as a gay business person who spoke in front of legislators and community groups to help break down stereotypes.

After moving to Raleigh in 1999, Steve found his work family, and a rewarding career as a VP of Finance and Accounting, with the North Carolina Electric Cooperatives until he retired in 2019.

Steve started volunteering for the LGBT Center of Raleigh in 2013 and joined the Board in 2021. He is committed to helping the Center to thrive and to strive to be one of the leading LGBTQ+ centers in the southeast. While he is delighted to lend his finance and accounting skills to help the Center, his passion is for growing the Center so it can help more marginalized people in the Triangle area.

Steve has lived in Clayton since 1999 and is happily single. He is a dog dad to three rescues who keep him busy and he loves playing tennis, gardening, baking, eating, staying active and being a member of the Board of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

J. Harvey is the CEO of Urban Pothos LLC, a boutique houseplant company. He graduated from The American University with a Master of Arts in International Relations and from NC State University with a Master of Arts in Nonprofit Agricultural Development. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for Third Millennium Alliance & contributed to the development of the NC State Agroecology Education Farm. He has also supported the greater Raleigh community through the organization of events and fundraising for the LGBT Community, woman’s health and rights, childhood education, and agricultural causes.

Stan C. Kimer is recognized as an industry consultant and speaker with unique skills in workplace and marketplace diversity, and employee career development using his innovative career mapping methodology. Prior to starting Total Engagement Consulting by Kimer in November 2010, Stan worked for the IBM Corporation for 31 years in a variety of staff, management and executive roles in Sales, Finance, Marketing, Sales Operations and Human Resources (Diversity). Stan received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and BS in Management Science from Georgia Tech, and in his spare time trains as a competitive adult figure skater.

Stan has also been very active within the community and in the past has served on the Board of Raleigh’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce (now called Harmony), on the Board of Raleigh Sister Cities, on the City of Raleigh’s Human Relations Commission, and as President of the North Carolina Council of Churches. He current serves as the President of Other Sheep, a global ministry promoting LGBTQ inclusion in mainline churches in traditionally oppressive countries, and on the board of the LGBT Center of Raleigh.

Hunter McNair is a Raleigh native, and the proud owner and founder of the out-and-proud residential real estate team, Hunt Houses NC. His team’s core values have always included supporting LGBTQ+ charities and education — both at home as a sponsor for Out!Raleigh Pride and across the country. Hunter created and hosts biannually the inspiring “Rainbow Mastermind” with hundreds of LGBTQ+ real estate agents across the country, and has actively worked to create safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ+ community everywhere. He is joined in business with his husband, Justin McNair.

Hunter has a passion for professional development for the community and the community's youth, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion within the community. With a love of working with people, Hunter's priorities in life revolve around building relationships and bridges with everyone, always leading with love and compassion. At home and socially, Hunter is a social butterfly

Coleman was born and raised in New Jersey and after living in a few states, he settled in North Carolina, where he has lived since 2000 with his four children. He resides in Cary.

As an Enterprise Coach for AmerisourceBergen, Coleman drives organizational change management with his extensive experience in continuous improvement, strategic planning, and building high-performing teams. He looks forward to leveraging his experience in these areas to aid in the oversight of the LGBT Center.

Though Coleman has only been “out” since 2018, he is a life-long supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community. Coleman's Autism diagnosis around the same time helped him understand his lifelong struggle to "fit in" and the critical need for acceptance and value for all experiences and perspectives. He shares a vision of social equality and looks forward to providing his support to move our communities towards that vision. Coleman hopes to create safe, accepting spaces and support networks for the community.

He looks forward to hearing from the community and serving them to the best of his capacity.