Ed Nicholas, Treasurer

A businessman who has called Fort Lauderdale his home since 1998, Ed Nicholas comes to Leather Men’s Brotherhood with strong management and communication skills and experience in the non-profit fundraising arena.

He has served gay community and HIV/AIDS organizations for more than 25 years mostly in membership, development and fundraising. Ed gave a year to work as Interim Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in 2001 and 2002, volunteering to see them through a pivotal time in their history.

Silent Auction, Corporate Sponsorship and Web Presence of The Leather Masked Ball ® have benefited from his obsessive work ethic since 2007. Early in 2009 he was one of the founders of Lambda Men’s Brotherhood Inc, the non-profit that now produces the event.

His Fort Lauderdale website design company Edesign-USA hosts the website and when he’s not working for LMB or building his condo and rental property business Eastside Management he goes to the gym, plays with his two dogs and spends time with his boyfriend.