Leadership

National Council

NOMAS National Council is comprised of men and women elected from the NOMAS membership based on a number of criteria including past effectiveness in NOMAS causes and general recognition as leaders. The council is chaired by two co-chairs who individually and collectively have decision-making responsibility for NOMAS on a variety of issues affecting the organization at large. Current co-chairs are Allen Corben and Moshe Rozdzial. A complete list of the NOMAS leadership council is posted below.

Ben Atherton-Zeman Spokesperson for NOMAS. Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband. Presenting a One-Man Play, "Voices of Men," which uses humor and celebrity male voice impressions to educate audiences about sexual assault, domestic violence and other forms of men's violence against women. Video clips now available.

Don Bell Don Bell is trainer and leader on issues of multiculturalism, sexism, Racism, homophobia, and HIV/AIDS. He lives in Chicago, Il.

Robert Brannon Professor, Brooklyn College, retired, and NOMAS co-founder. He serves as Men's Studies Association and NOMAS Pornography and Prostitution Task Group leader and is NYS-NOW Task Force Co-Chair on Trafficking, Pornography and Prostitution

Allen Corben NOMAS co-chair. Allen Corben is on staff at Fuller Theological Seminary. He does interfaith and interreligious work with the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly known as National Conference of Christians and Jews). A single father, he lost his spouse to breast cancer in 2005. Allen is the NOMAS task group leader on Homophobia, and co-leader of the task group on Men and Spirituality with Moshe Rozdzial.

Phyllis B. Frank Director, VCS Community Change Project, Rockland County, NY; Founding director of the national training institute New York Model for Batterer Programs; Founding director of Gay Pride Rockland; President of the Rockland County Chapter of NOW, Co-Chair of NOW NYS Task Force on Pornography.

Rose Garrity Executive Director of A New Hope Center (ANHC), , an upstate New York organization providing advocacy, counseling, safe shelter, support groups, nonresidential domestic violence, batterer, and teen programs, rape crisis and comprehensive crime victims services, and activism, support, training and community education for survivors of abuse, sexual assault and other crimes. ANHC does its work with an anti-oppression consciousness and serves LGBTQQI and other guests from a region including and beyond its own county. Rose is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on the board of a local Center for Gender, Arts and Culture, and has written and trained on topics of justice and equality for many years. She has served on the faculty of the national training institute "New York Model for Batterer Programs" for many years.

Doug Gertner Doug is an educator and consultant on issues including fatherhood and work-life balance. He is founder and principal of Emu Consulting, LLC, and is on the editorial board of the journal Men and Masculinities. Doug is a national trainer for Boot Camp for New Dads along with teaching college classes on issues of men and masculinity.

Barry Goldstein, JD., has been part of the movement to end domestic violence since 1983. He’s been chairperson and on the board of My Sisters’ Place, and an instructor and supervisor in a NY Model Batterer Program. Mr. Goldstein is the co-editor with Dr. Maureen Hannah of “DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND CHILD CUSTODY” (Civic Research Institute, to be published early 2010), and “SCARED TO LEAVE AFRAID TO STAY” (Robert D. Reed, Publishers-2002), which seek to change the way professionals handle domestic violence custody cases so that children won’t be forced to live with abusers. Barry Goldstein is a frequent presenter at judicial trainings and domestic violence workshops and is qualified as an expert witness regarding domestic violence. Barry is also co-chair of the NOMAS Task Group on Child Custody.

David Greene. David Greene is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey. His teaching, scholarship and activism are primarily centered around issues related to gender and to social class.

Jacob Jacquez has worked with survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault as an Adult Case Manager at South Valley Sanctuary and crisis line volunteer at the Rape Recovery Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He continues his work as a shelter advocate and recently joined the Salt Lake Area Domestic Violence Coalition.

Brian Klocke Brian is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He has a PhD in Sociology and has taught in Sociology and Women's Studies on issues of masculinities and femininities, globalization, race & ethnicity, media & society, and social inequality.

Moshe Rozdzial NOMAS co-chair. Moshe is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in private practice, in Denver, Colorado. He is a certified sex therapist, addiction interventionist, and trauma counselor. Moshe is a trainer and presenter on issues of diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, gender identity, sexual orientation, men’s issues, and sexuality. He is also co-chair of the men’s culture, Health and mental health, pro-feminism, and homophobia and heterosexism task groups.

Jack Straton Assistant Professor at Portland State University. Founder, Men Against Rape groups in Eugene, Oregon, Washington, D.C., and Manhattan, Kansas. He has published extensively in professional journals from his research in Quantum Scattering Theory, Gender Equity, and Diversity Training Methods. He has served as co-chair of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) and, as co-chair of the NOMAS Task Group on Child Custody Issues, is recognized as one of the leading writers and speakers in the country with expertise on ethical and public policy issues related to the overlap between child custody, child abuse, and woman abuse.

Leadership Collective

NOMAS Leadership Collective is made up of members and volunteers who perform a variety of tasks including membership in task groups. acting as resource people or speakers on behalf of NOMAS, and other contributers to NOMAS as designated by the national council

Task Groups/Resource People

NOMAS entrusts policy statements and actions in specific content areas to national resource persons and task group leaders. The National Council has designated resource persons for the areas below.

Child Custody -Barry Goldstein and Jack Straton
Classism - Rose Garrity and David Greene
Eliminating Racism -Phyllis B. Frank, Don Bell
Ending Men's Violence - Ben Atherton Zeman and Phyllis B. Frank
Fathering -Doug Gertner
GLBT Affirmative - Randy Weled
Globalization - Brian Klocke
Homophobia and Heterosexism - Allen Corben and Moshe Rozdzial
Men's Health and Mental Health - Zev Schuman-Olivier and Moshe Rozdzial
Men and Prisons - Terry Kupers
Men and Spirituality - Allen Corben
Men's Culture - Moshe Rozdzial
Men's Studies - David Greene and Carol Campana, Co-chairs, with Robert Brannon , Michael Kimmel, Christopher Kilmartin, and Doug Gertner
Pornography and Prostitution - Robert Brannon
Pro-Feminism - Moshe Rozdzial and Robert Brannon
Sexual Harasement - Barry Shapiro

In Memorium

In memory of leaders in the pro-feminist men's movement whose lives made a difference for all of us.

Margo Adair was a pioneer, mentor, and respected elder in exploring the edges of consciousness and spirit—and their intersections with social justice. For over 40 years, she worked at the forefront of struggles to get white people to deal with white supremacy, helping many people and institutions to stand for racial justice. She was a strong ally of people of color in many ways, and a mentor of many young people as they have sought ways to enter into the river of struggle.
Marvin Anderson Although Marvin served but a few years on the NOMAS Council, his impact was profound. He was a gift to the NOMAS community and he will be missed. He led by example. A local colleague said, "I will always remember him as a man in a consistent growth pattern". He was a truly decent human being who was always up for life's many challenges - even if it meant a fundamental reassessment of self. Another big tree has fallen.
Jeff Beane was a father of NOMAS, and a beloved and joyful gay spirit. For 20 years Jeff was a central leader and builder of the pro-feminist men's movement, the creator of "PCNC" and the Mid-Winter Meeting and many warm smiles. Jeff Beane's love and empathy with men and their psychological wounds and burdens left a huge number of people who were touched by him.
Jon Cohen was small in physical stature, and a giant in spirit, courage, and intellect. Jon's entire life was devoted to the fight against domestic violence, male supremacy, war, and patriarchy. Jon was a tireless warrior against injustice, and served NOMAS as co-chair and in many other roles.
Beth Dugan-Beneck came to her first NOMAS conference in 1995. She was about to complete a doctoral degree. Full of energy and enthusiasm, she immediately took to NOMAS’ principles and practices. She became Co-Chair of the committee that put together the 8th Men’s Studies meeting for M&M 21 in Portland, OR. Because of Beth, that meeting featured a teaching workshop, an award to Michael Kimmel and eleven presentations. While we all looked forward to a life-long relationship, Beth was soon taken from us by a tragic asthma attack.
Jim Hanneken was a central pillar of NOMAS and of the Pittsburgh Men's Collective, who described his life's goal as "Promoting Social Change; Building Community; and Loving Men." Jim pioneered in anti-violence work, befriended the radical fairies, and early explored a Radical Queer Identity. Jim Hanneken exemplified all the core values of NOMAS and was himself at the center of the anti-sexist men's movement.
Charlie Kreiner Charlie Kreiner was a NOMAS council member and the the founder and director of the Institute for Diversity Education in America (IDEA). His experience as an educator and activist includes having been the Dean of Students at Wesleyan University and Director for Men and Men's Liberation of the International Re-Evaluation Counseling Community. For over 30 years, Charlie was an independent educator, activist, consultant and counselor on human liberation/social oppression issues throughout the country.
Sidney Miller was a stalwart and a central figure of the anti-sexist movement for 15 years. He was in his words "a poet, born of our movement," a beloved, charismatic, self-educated blue collar worker who wrote his first poem to read at the 2nd M&M, became a symbol of Men's Culture, and was named the Poet Laureate of NOMAS in 1986.
Bob Morgan was a founding father of NOMAS, its first symbolic leader, and also the founder of the Pittsburgh Men's Center, which sponsored two M&Ms. Bob Morgan's commitment, intelligence, dignity, joy of life, and love of men are remembered by many in NOMAS.
Saviz Shafaie was a council member of NOMAS and an activist for Gay rights for Iranians as well as an outspoken advocate of gay and lesbian rights in the South.
John Speaks was an anti-racist community organizer in the '70's, and, as president of the Men Stopping Violence board, he sponsored the 1990 Men & Masculinity conference in Atlanta. John was a NOMAS council member and co-chaired NOMAS's National Campaign to End Homophobia with John Stoltenberg, his close friend. A brilliant, joyful, mischievous iconoclast, John could not be contained by any organization...he was a citizen and a lover of the world! .
Barbara Wallston was a central leader and pillar of the M&M tradition since its founding. She was a respected national leader in women's studies and in social psychology who invested her name, reputation, and energy in NOMAS. Barbara was a woman of deeply feminist politics, a clear thinker, a worker, and a community-builder.

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