Zachery Cardoso, President (he/they)
Zachery moved to Salem in 2009 when he attended Willamette University. They fell in love with Salem and made it home after graduation. He joined the board of Capital Pride in 2019 and became President later that year.
Outside of Pride and work, they enjoy fiber arts and heritage crafts, fantasy writing, gaming, and quality time outdoors. He lives with his husband and their dog .JPG and cat Pistachio in Salem.
Silver Walls, Vice President (he/him)
Having lived in Salem for my entire life, I have had the opportunity to immerse myself and benefit from programing and events made for the queer community. Because of this, I hope to use this position to strengthen and stabilize the queer community in Salem and the surrounding areas, via making education and resources more accessible to the community.
Outside of a professional setting, I enjoy exploring the lengths of different crafts such as mending, knitting, and crochet, as well as immersing myself in music and video games of all genres.
Shade Grayson, Secretary (they/them)
Shade grew up in Oregon and has lived in the Willamette Valley for 30 years. They have two business degrees, in Marketing and Management, from Oregon State University. They spend most of their days developing unique baking recipes from their home kitchen in Dallas or volunteering with Capital Pride. In their free time they enjoy playing TTRPGs, bouldering, and trying new cuisines.
Mathew Oldfield, Treasurer (he/him)
I attended Oregon State University, have a background in science education, and taught science, math, and agriculture for several years at the high school and middle school levels. I now serve as a Senior Operations and Policy Analyst for the Oregon Department of Revenue and have for the last two years.
I live in Salem and spend much of time volunteering, caring for my house plants, and shaping and pruning my bonsai trees. I am greatly excited at this new volunteer opportunity as I have been struggling to find a place where I can give back to the community and feel like I belong.
Trystin Parr, Executive Director (he/they)
Born and raised in Salem, Trystin fell in love with the capital city of Oregon. Living a tough life in his founding years, he found an appreciation for the simpler things, as well as developed an understanding for the struggles relating to poverty in youth and the LGBTQ+ community. Trystin became more involved in their community, local government, and local business in 2018. They are the youngest ever executive board member of Capital Pride. In his spare time away from social activism, Trystin enjoys computer coding, studying in forensics and psychology, cooking, and working with vehicles.
Interested in joining the board?
Anyone may attend our monthly board meetings, but to become a full board member, you need to attend at least three meetings. At the end of your third meeting, we will ask if you wish to join, and if you say yes, you’re officially part of the board!
To become an Executive Board Member, you must be a full board member, express interest in one or more of the executive roles, and be elected by the other board members during the election meeting in October. Executive Board Members are elected every year, but there are no term limits, so former executive board members may run again.
Our monthly board meeting takes place at 6:30 pm on the first Wednesday of every month at the Center for Hope & Safety or online via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/kst-qntr-zdz