Theresa Sparks is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and was a candidate for San Francisco Supervisor for District 6 in the November 2010 election.
She is a former president of the San Francisco Police Commission and former CEO of Good Vibrations.
She is also one of San Francisco's most famous transgender women and was a Grand Marshal in the 2008 San Francisco Pride Parade.Sparks is also a member of the Emeritus Board of the Alice B.
Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, a Navy veteran and a trained engineer.
She is a member of the board of directors of the Horizons Foundation, a community-based LGBT philanthropic organization.