Alameda County Transgender Steering Committee

Sharyn Grayson, a co-founder and current coordinator of the Alameda County Transgender Steering Committee (ACTSC), was recently notified of her approval of appointment to the Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board of Contra Costa County. 

Grayson’s appointment is expected to receive fill approval of the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors (and should be ratified by our Newsletter press time).

PEHAB is a 19 member community board appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 1986. PEHAB’s role is to advise Contra Costa Health Services on community health concerns and recommend strategies to address them. It is a direct link between the community and the Health Dept., helping to guide the Dept. in providing services that meet critical needs in the community.

Specifically, PEHAB’s mission is to: 1) anticipate emerging health concerns to initiate appropriate programs 2) focus public health interventions in communities with the most limited resources or, least access to resources 3) balance available resources with growing needs, and 4) advocate for increased action to improve community health. This is just another of the many community activities in which our accomplished committee member participates.

Sharyn’s broad-based knowledge and background in (both) the nonprofit and corporate business arenas have gained her national recognition as a committed Transgender community advocate, public speaker, facilitator, grant writer, program developer and educator——with a regular daily schedule of activities that usually commands 80-90 hour work weeks.

However, with huge demands for her time and talents, Sharyn still manages to find the work and demands, “All, very rewarding and well worth it!”

In a past New York Times article Sharyn was referred to as, ‘a lady who truly embodied the essence of the message’, on a button she wore daily…it read, simply, “We Can Do Anything!”