The Ali Forney Center
Travis Shumake currently serves as a Major Gift Officer at The Ali Forney Center since February 2024. Prior to this role, Shumake has had a diverse career in both development and motorsport, contributing as a driver for NHRA: Championship Drag Racing since March 2021, leveraging a rich family legacy in racing. Shumake's development experience includes directing initiatives at the Sigma Chi Foundation, the Clinton Foundation as a Senior Development Officer, and leading fundraising efforts at one•n•ten. Additionally, Shumake held management positions at Alliance Residential Company, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, and Arizona Biltmore, showcasing expertise in operations, event management, and customer service. Shumake graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Hospitality Management in 2007.
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The Ali Forney Center
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Our mission is to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) youth from the harm of homelessness, and to support them in becoming safe and independent as they move from adolescence to adulthood. As the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) people grows in our society, more and more LGBTQ teens are finding the courage to come out of the closet. Tragically, as many as 25% of these teens are rejected by their families, and many end up homeless on the streets. Homeless LGBTQ teens are more likely than straight homeless teens to be subjected to violence on the streets, and in the homeless shelter system. They suffer from inordinate rates of mental illness, trauma, HIV infection and substance abuse. The Ali Forney Center (AFC) was started in June of 2002 in response to the lack of safe shelter for LGBTQ youth in New York City. We are committed to providing these young people with safe, dignified, nurturing environments where their needs can be met, and where they can begin to put their lives back together. AFC is dedicated to promoting awareness of the plight of homeless LGBTQ youth in the United States with the goal of generating responses on local and national levels from government funders, foundations, and the LGBTQ community.