We’re excited to welcome three new trustees to GLIDE’s Board: Romney Resney, Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group San Francisco; Lesly Simmons, Head of Community Innovation at Amazon and founder of We, The Change; and Lynn Brinton, a seasoned Fortune 500 communications leader and longtime member of our church community.
Each brings valuable expertise and a deep commitment to justice, inclusion, and impact. Learn more about their journeys below and why they chose GLIDE.
Additionally, you can learn more about our other board members here.
Romney Resney is a Senior Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group, where she has held multiple leadership roles, including leader of BCG’s Bay Area offices, as well as leader of the firm’s Health Care practice in the West, and global lead on launch, customer centricity and commercial excellence.
With more than 25 years of consulting experience, she has advised clients across the healthcare ecosystem—helping organizations effectively deliver optimal treatment and care to patients as well as shape commercial strategies, drive growth, and support sustainable performance. Her work spans more than 20 major product launches, as well as complex market entry efforts and post-merger integration programs.
In addition to her focus on strategy, Romney is deeply engaged in organizational capability building, having designed and led multiple global initiatives to enhance marketing effectiveness and scale technologies. Romney graduated with honors from Harvard University, and also holds a Master’s In Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Romney is known for working closely with client teams to build leadership capacity and embed long-term commercial excellence. Romney’s approach reflects a strong belief in inclusive growth and empowerment—principles that align with GLIDE’s mission of supporting transformation and equity through partnership and compassion.
“GLIDE is at the forefront of building pathways out of poverty and creating better futures for those most in need. For the past 60 years, GLIDE has led with compassion—delivering resources, fostering dignity, and transforming lives throughout San Francisco.
Serving on GLIDE’s Board of Trustees is both a profound honor and a deeply personal commitment. I am inspired by GLIDE’s unwavering focus on inclusion and unconditional love, and I’m proud to support work that uplifts individuals, families, and entire communities with hope and purpose.”
Lesly Simmons is a technology executive and longtime advocate for maternal, child, and family health. In 2022, she was appointed as a Commissioner for San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, and has held board positions with several nonprofits in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Lesly is also the founder of The Dollhouse Project, which produces inclusive, play-based experiences for children and families across the country.
Professionally, Lesly is the Head of Community Innovation at Amazon, where she handles strategic partnerships for generative AI and machine learning initiatives for public good. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
“Joining the GLIDE board is incredibly meaningful to me. My passion is in supporting our youth, and GLIDE’s location in the heart of the Tenderloin – where more children live than anywhere else in SF – puts it at the forefront of this important work. What inspires me most is GLIDE’s everlasting commitment to being a truly welcoming place for everyone, and I’m excited to help uphold that spirit.”
Lynn Brinton is a senior communications executive with more than 25 years’ experience conceiving and managing broad communications programs with measurable impact for Fortune 500 companies. She held leadership positions at three of the top global agencies: Hill and Knowlton, Fleishman Hillard and Ogilvy where she worked on clients ranging from Visa and AT&T to McDonalds and Nissan. She led in-house corporate communications for Pacific Bell, Netflix and Shopping.com. In May 2022, Lynn received a Master’s in Public Affairs from the Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley.
Lynn has a lifelong interest in creating greater equity in education, aging, and economic opportunity. She is currently on the Institute on Aging’s Board of Directors and has served in board and leadership roles at 10,000 Degrees, Osher Marin JCC, and Mill Valley Library Foundation.
She is a 25-year member of Glide Memorial Church. She and her husband were married by Glide’s Reverend Douglass Fitch, her now teenage daughter learned to walk among the pews in the Sanctuary and they all enjoy volunteering when not spending time with family and friends in the Bay Area.
“Glide has taught me — over the last 25 years — to be an upstander: to stand with volunteers helping to make the world a little kinder, to stand with my friends at Sunday Celebration to sing a little louder, to stand in the community as someone who tries to meet others with love and acceptance. I’m excited to now stand with the board and help usher Glide into its next great era.”