Theresa Sparks is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and was a candidate for San Francisco Supervisor for District 6 in the November 2010 election. She is a former president of the San Francisco Police Commission and former CEO of Good Vibrations. She is also one of San Francisco's most famous transgender women and was a Grand Marshal in the 2008 San Francisco Pride Parade.
Sparks is also a member of the Emeritus Board of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, an Army veteran and a trained engineer. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Horizons Foundation, a community-based LGBT philanthropic organization.
Read more about Theresa Sparks: Early Life, Transitioning, Activism, Good Vibrations, Woman of The Year, Awards and Honors
Famous quotes containing the word sparks:
“Though mine enemy thou hast ever been,
High sparks of honor in thee have I seen.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)