LGBT History Project: LGBT-046 Joy Verner Collection

Joy Verner was born in 1963 and grew up in Franklin, PA. She relocated to Central PA to attend graduate school at Shippensburg University and performed her practicums at Dickinson College in the early 1990s. In 2008, Verner became a full-time staff member in the Student Development office at Dickinson College until 2013. While at Dickinson, Verner created the event Pride@Dickinson, which is now known as Out on Britton and takes place on National Coming Out Day. She now resides in Central Pennsylvania with her wife Sue and their four children.