Joseph N. DeFilippis

Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis is a founding member and the Founding Executive Director of Queers for Economic Justice. Prior to that, he served as the Director of SAGE/Queens (an organization serving LGBT senior citizens) for five years. He also was on staff for six years at the New York Foundation, a progressive philanthropic organization. He has served as adjunct faculty at the Graduate Schools of social work at both Hunter College and Fordham University, and is currently teaching at Portland State University. He has served on the Steering Committees of the New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Network and also the Welfare Reform Network. He is the winner of the prestigious Union Square Award, and a nationally recognized leader in the LGBT movement. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Work at Portland State University