Judy Troilo is no stranger to the LGBTQ+ equality movement. She has served as Executive Director of The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center since 2014, transforming the organization into the largest LGBTQ+ service provider in Westchester County. The LOFT has been a model for LGBTQ+ community centers across the nation, with dozens of free programs, services, and events offered to LGBTQ+ folks and our allies in Westchester and beyond—including The Hudson Valley TransForum, the largest annual conference focused on the Transgender, Gender Non-conforming, and Non-Binary communities in the Lower Hudson Valley. Because of her work at both the local and national level, Judy has been listed on City and State’s Westchester 100 as one of the most influential leaders in the county.
More recently, Judy was awarded CenterLink’s Lorri L. Jean Leadership Award in recognition of her “exceptional leadership and visionary impact”on the LGBTQ+ community.
So it was clearly a no-brainer to invite Judy to join The Leonard Litz LGBTQ+ Foundation as an Executive Consultant beginning in 2025.
In this capacity, Judy will work to expand our bandwidth to offer more proactive support to the community organizations we are here to serve by helping to compile a toolkit of programs and services (and sample budgets) that may be adopted by our partners in order to support specific demographics and needs-areas. She will also be a valuable resource when it comes to mentorship and leadership development, a role she has long been used to.
Outside of her tireless leadership and advocacy, Judy is also an avid artist, filmmaker, and musician, and spent more than 10 years as Corporate Vice President of Creative Services for Island Records. She and her wife Heidi have long been amazing Friends of the Foundation, and we invite you to join us in an official welcome to Judy to the Leonard Litz family!