Board of Directors
2024 Board of directors
(Top Left to Bottom Right) Jay - Chairman & Program Director, Bacilio - Tech/Marketing, grunt - Secretary, Matt - Associate Program Director, David - Treasurer, and Calder - Volunteer Coordinator.
JAY HARCOURT
Jay (Chairman & Program Director, he/him) has been active in the San Francisco community since arriving in the fall of 1993, and is most proud of serving as a founding member of the Community Advisory Board that planned and launched Magnet; being a member of the Local Organizing Committee for the Leather Leadership Conference 12 here in San Francisco; serving as Mr. Hayes Valley Leather 2005, and producing the Mr. SF Leather and Mr. Hayes Valley Leather Contests.
BACILIO MENDEZ II
Bacilio (Tech & Marketing Director, he/him) is grateful to be on the board of SFLDG and to be trusted with all things web, video, and design. Bacilio was humbled to serve as Mr. SF Sober Leather 2020-22 (#ThanksCOVID), Mr. SF Leather 2023, and to place in the Top 20 at IML46 in 2024. Bacilio is deeply committed to community service and volunteers with the Prison Library Support Network, the Street Outreach Team of GLIDE SF, and serves as a Volunteer Handyman and Friendly Visitor to the elders of Openhouse SF. Bacilio is also the Archivist for The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc., a Steering Committee Member of the Community Archives Collaborative of the Texas After Violence Project, and a Board Member of Bay Area playwright incubator PlayGround, Inc. Bacilio is an alum of the boards of the National Lawyers Guild, Folsom Street Events, and the National AIDS Memorial.
grunt
grunt (secretary, he/him) has been part of the Bay Area and Chicago kink community for over 25 years. he started with LDG as a volunteer back in 2018, was admitted to the board in 2019 as Volunteer Director and was voted into the Board Secretary position in 2020. grunt is very grateful to give something back to a community that has given so much to him over the years. Besides being an owned slave he has a wide variety of kink/SM interests and is a member of Chicago Hellfire Club, The Delta Brotherhood and the SF chapter of Masters And slaves Together. grunt enjoys traveling, cooking, the gym, gayming and finding dark corners of the Eagle.
MATT JESELNIK
Matt (Associate Program Director, he/him) is a collared switch service pup (Scout) exploring his primal werewolf side. He’s into bondage, headspace/hypnosis, dipping paws into the pup and furry scenes, all while using his organizational superpowers to bring people together in found family and community. In day to day life, he’s a Life/Wellness coach, focused on corralling pups for personal growth and fun adventures. New to the SF scene, Matt joined the LDG Mentorship Cohort 2023, attended Gearup Weekend, and volunteered for many LDG events in his first two years. Matt is serving as LDG Programs Associate Director (2024) for his first year and is excited to help organize some amazing new programs!
CALDER STORM
Calder (Volunteer Coordinator, he/him) is relatively new to kink, but what he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm. From the east coast originally, he’s called San Francisco home since 1998. A longtime queer/social justice activist, he is particularly passionate about trans rights advocacy. His first career was building scenery for opera companies; he now works as a civil servant. He can most often be found in the gym, reading, beachcombing, or stargazing. Calder is eager to lend his energy to SF's leather community, especially LDG, which has provided him such a warm welcome.