Come Hear About Our Own Rainbow Center and Tacoma Pride!

Troy Christensen is the Executive Director of Rainbow Center- an LGBTQ Community Center located in Tacoma, WA providing education, advocacy and celebration services across Western Washington.  Troy’s career includes being Executive Director of Korean Women’s Association, and Chief of Operations and Strategy at the Metropolitan Development Council- both large non-profits providing services across Washington state in the areas of housing, healthcare, education, and employment.  Highlights of his career include roles at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare as Clinical Director; Executive Director of the Geneva Foundation; Mental Health Manager for Pierce County and as Pierce County’s Homeless Programs Administrator.

Troy has a bachelor’s degree in music performance from Willamette University, and graduate degrees in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, and Health Administration.

Troy volunteers on several boards of directors- the Washington Fair Housing Center, Older LGBT Tacoma, and multiple committees focused on improving equity in healthcare and social services.