Julie co-founded SAIL as a culmination of her background in education and working with youth. She recognized a critical need to create an organization focused on supporting the creation of safe environments and communities for all, with the integration of youth voices. Through their involvement with SAIL, youth learn leadership and self-advocacy skills which are necessary for all youth to thrive and reach their full potential, especially being from the oppressed communities of marginalized gender identities and sexualities.

You will find Julie in central Virginia on the family beef cattle farm with her wife. She works fully online for the University of Phoenix as an administrator and professor. In her spare time, she enjoys sewing, cooking, reading, and of course helping her wife with the cows, especially the calves.

Corinne has worked in education professionally, since 2001. She has invested her life learning about marginalized communities and has a wealth of knowledge about helping people with emotional and behavioral disorders. Corinne is passionate about joining SUPP & getting to more of the communities supports in Lincoln County!

Corinne holds degrees from Saint Joseph’s College,the University of Southern Maine where she also taught in the College of Human Growth and Development following her graduation in 2012. She also recently earned her Intentional Peer Support certification before opening a non-profit, Bridging Education.

Corinne identifies as a heterosexual, cis-gendered woman & currently lives in Maine with her husband Jim and children, Josh and Alanna. She can be found enjoying the sunshine, singing as loud as she can to the radio, and spending time with her dog & sidekick, Tilly.

Corinne is passionate about supporting people ready to make changes in their lives. She is looking forward to learning & growing with the Substance Use and Prevention Program!!

Hi! My name is Rebekah Edwards (Bekah for short!) and I recently became Outreach Manager and Board Member at SAIL. I am originally from Paradise, CA, received my B.A in Political Science from Wells College in Aurora, NY, and now reside with my partner and kittens in Northern VA. I identify as a white non-binary lesbian with they/she pronouns. I came to SAIL to become more involved in the queer community and count myself lucky to be apart of such a powerful and energetic team. It can be hard to be optimistic about the future, but the youth we work with prove that nothing is set in stone. We all deserve the opportunity to make a difference in our communities, and working here, I see changes every day.

David has a BA from Columbia College and graduate degrees from Teachers College. He is a Program Specialist for WJCS Center Lane, the only program dedicated to serving LGBTQ+ youth in Westchester County, NY, where he leads groups, conducts workshops, and develops educational material. A certified teacher, and administrator, David has over 40 years of experience teaching youth and adults. He has worked with LGBTQ+ youth as a GSA advisor, a Common Threads Retreat leader, Queer Spirit Camp facilitator, and Center Lane volunteer. He has served on the boards of Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Hudson Valley, CANDLE Rockland, and SAIL/Amplify in Virginia David is the Director and a founding Board Memeber of PrideWorks, an annual educational conference for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in the Lower Hudson Valey.. David is an avid theater goer and loves learning about LGBTQ history.