Director of LGBTQA Programs & Outreach
Office: UC C201B
Phone: 610-758-4448
E-mail: tjg207@lehigh.edu
Timothy Gardner holds an AS in General Studies from Asnnuntuck Community College, BA in Psychology from Westfield State College, and an MS in Ethnic and Multi-cultural Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato. His interests include sexuality and gender studies, relationship orientation, socioeconomic studies, practical living skills, eco- architecture, experiential education and travel.
Kim Ketterer is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University with a BS in Media Communications. She is looking forward to working in the Lehigh Community and all the adventures to come. Her interests include architecture, live music, baseball (go Red Sox and Iron Pigs!), and cooking.
Graduate Assistant
Aubrey DeCarlo is a fourth year graduate student in Lehigh's Counseling Psychology PhD Program. She was the president of the LGBTQIA Graduate Student group in 2009-2010, spent a year drowning in coursework, and has returned this year as the Graduate Assistant in LGBTQIA Services and the Rainbow Room. Aubrey's primary research interests include LGBTQIA and other social-justice related issues, and she hopes to eventually steal her boss Timothy's job (a similar position at another university would be acceptable, too). In the very little free time she has, Aubrey enjoys cooking and rock climbing
Student Workers
LGBTQIA Services Intern
E-mail: rvv212@lehigh.edu
Will Valliere is a senior at Lehigh, and the Rainbow Room's resident globe-trotting gay. Majoring in Global Studies with a minor in Japanese, he plans on becoming a graduate student at Lehigh next year, studying Political Science. Will has been a regular in the Rainbow Room since the second semester of his sophomore year. Besides serving as the LGBTQIA Services Intern this year, he is also a Japanese language Teaching Assistant, a Study Abroad Ambassador, and a Lehigh-United Nations Student Delegate. Although he was away last year studying abroad in Japan, he's back and better than ever.
Rainbow Room Worker
E-mail: sts313@lehigh.edu
Sara Santos is a third year student at Lehigh, and hopes to graduate with a double major in Sociology and Women's Studies. She has been involved in the Rainbow Room since freshman year and has been an advocate for equality since her freshman year in High School. She was born in Brazil, but now lives in New Jersey with her mom. Aside from being involved in the Rainbow Room Sara is also part of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., Break the Silence, Orientation and the Multicultural Greek Council. Her interests include watching Law and Order SVU, playing guitar hero and eating a lot of rice and beans.
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Rainbow Room Worker
Sean Lawrence
Hometown: Abington, Pennsylvania (about 90 minutes from Lehigh)
Goals: Looking forward to not only becoming a part of but also increasing the presence of the LGBTQIA community on the Lehigh campus. Want to create a stronger presence of the community so LGBQIA students feel that they have a sense of support and unity.
Why Rainbow Room?: I belonged to the GSA at my high school and really liked the sense of community and openness that the organization gave off. I wanted to become part of Lehigh’s Rainbow Room because I felt that moving away to a foreign place with thousands of people I don’t know, it was important that I became part of a community that I knew would accept me for who I was. I also wanted to become part of the effort to make other members of the LGBTQIA community here at Lehigh feel like there was a place on campus for them to feel a home.
