Gene is a retired CPA and Chief Financial Officer. He spent the majority of his career focused on telecommunication and high tech industries. Gene moved to Pittsburgh in 2002 from Los Angeles to retire. He has served on the Board of Directors of Persad Center for nine years and is currently the Board Treasurer. Gene has been an advocate for the LGBTQ community in the corporate world for many years. Gene also serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Opera and is on the Board of the Pittsburgh based company, Computational Diagnostics, Inc.