Founder and Director

(They/She)

Anne is married to their wife, Allyson, and they have two young kids. Their family has moved from Napa, California to Durham, North Carolina and most recently to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Anne is the Founder and Director of Rainbow Collective for Change (RCC) – a grassroots organization that uses human centered design to develop initiatives and programs aiming to build support, safety, and connection for LGBTQIA+ families at the local level. Anne believes in the power of community, storytelling, and art as resistance!

Anne has 20+ years of program and curriculum development, training and education, coordination and management, research and evaluation experience; and a Master of Public Health degree at UCLA.

Anne’s passion for LGBTQIA+ and Gender Inclusion and mental health is fueled by her two children, the children of her close friends, and her personal experience as a queer parent navigating a culture and systems that are not LGBTQIA+ and Gender Inclusive. In their spare time, Anne likes to trail run, swim, sing, and do puzzles.

NC Operations Director

(He/Him)

Adrian Williams earned their B.A. in Sociology and M.S. in Counseling Psychology. In addition to their role at RCC, Adrian founded and owns a small business, AW DEI Consulting Inc.

Adrian’s professional and educational background demonstrates their commitment to creating positive societal change. They have earned certificates in Diversity and Inclusion, Inclusive Excellence, Women’s Leadership, and Interprofessional Education and have training in mental health, trauma-informed practices, and racial equity.

When Adrian is not working and running their small business, they explore the world, travel, and spend time with their family, friends, and pup LaMelo. 

NC Program Director

(He/Him)

Kaliq is a black transman, Early Childhood Educator and Supervisor. As an early childhood educator, he is using his time with young children to express themselves through creative projects and introduces them to a diverse types of people and cultures. He has a desire to continue to be part of the evolution of inclusive generations and liberated systems. Currently, Kaliq is working on a Dual Degree Masters in Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling, with hopes to work with LGBTQIA+ children and their families. A long term goal of his is to open a community center that serves all family types and offers them gender-inclusive childcare, healthcare, and more.

In his free time, Kaliq operates his own manny (man nanny) business known as Kaliq Kare. He also enjoys creating art, and offering information about his transition on his youtube channel “Kaliq Josiah”.

(She/Her)

Chelsea Reimann is an out and proud queer femme who hails from Salt Lake City, Utah. Before her recent relocation to Durham, NC, she was the Director of the Office of LGBTQ+ Student Life and the Alice Drum Women's Center at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She holds an M.Ed. in Education from Millersville University focusing on queer, feminist, and culturally responsive approaches to pedagogy. She is passionate about LGBTQIA+ advocacy within an intersectional, anti-racist, anti-ableist, community-based, and multicultural framework.

She believes in practicing radical kindness, the power of people, & that books are essential tools for change.

In her free time, you can find her with her family making art, singing opera and Woody Guthrie, traveling, writing, reading poems, and causing all kinds of good trouble.