The Pride Business Alliance

The Pride Business Alliance is a network of LGBTQ+ and Ally owned businesses in Palm Beach County and South Florida. We invite all accepting business/organizations/individuals who are seeking to build relationships with other like-minded people to join.

We host a monthly business mixer at different member establishments throughout the county. Each year, we produce a Compass Pride Directory which lists all of our members in it. This is THE business directory for the LGBTQ+ community in Palm Beach County

Join the Pride Business Alliance

To join the Pride Business Alliance fill out the membership form and pay the appropriate fees. Joining the Pride Business Alliance provides many benefits, including featuring your business in the annual Pride Directory (mailed to thousands), an online business directory listing, cultural competency training for employees, and more. Members also receive a decal or keychain to display at their business, showcasing their support for the LGBTQ+ community. This membership enhances business visibility, fosters connections, and demonstrates a commitment to diversity.

For more information, email [email protected]

New Membership Application

Membership Renewal Application

Sending a Check Membership Application

Network at Our Monthly Socials

The Compass Pride Business Alliance meets a Wednesday each month (generally the last) at a venue hosted by a Pride Business Alliance member. Monthly Socials provide an opportunity for the LGBTQ community and its allies to network, socialize, and promote business. Bring business cards; light refreshments are provided. Generally 85-120 people attend in person.

Host venues are all members of Compass’ Pride Business Alliance. If you are a member who’d like to host a monthly business networking social, please contact Compass’ development team at (561) 533-9699 or email us at [email protected].

Upcoming Socials - Registration Required

September 25 - Kravis Center for Performing Arts (Rinker Theatre)
October 23 - Palm Beach County Food Bank
November - Not scheduling a meeting
December 11 - Compass Community Center for tour of AIDS Quilt
January 22 - TBD
February 26 - Palm Beach Vacation Rentals WPB
March 19 - Cultural Council for Palm Beach County LWB
April - Not scheduling a meeting
May - Not scheduling a meeting
June - TBD

RSVP for the next PBA Social

The Pride Business Directory

The Compass Pride Directory is the most comprehensive listing of LGBTQ owned and friendly businesses in Palm Beach County.

Online Pride Guide Flipbook

Online Business Directory

Pride Business Alliance History

The Business Alliance, formed in 2005, was founded with the initial goal of providing the community with a safe directory of resources of caring businesses and individuals.

The mission of the Business Alliance is to promote a unified and thriving, LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-friendly, business and professional community throughout Palm Beach County.

Our goals are to provide the community with a directory of LGBTQ+ owned and LGBTQ+ friendly businesses and resources, promote networking within the existing LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-friendly business community, promote Palm Beach County as a year-round LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-friendly destination, provide resources for our members, and to provide outreach from our community to other organizations.

The Business Alliance meets monthly, typically the last Wednesday, at a member’s business to promote social networking opportunities for existing and new Alliance members. If you would like to know more about the Business Alliance or host a monthly social networking mixer, please contact Compass’ Business Alliance Coordinators at (561) 533-9699 or email us at [email protected]

Business happens at our Socials! A wonderful architect and commercial realtor who regularly attends the Business Alliance socials had a recent health scare. His doctor instructed him to cancel travel plans for the rest of this year, this gentleman decided to contact a cruise specialist travel agent he met through the socials to start planning trips for 2017. He sent her his “bucket list” of places he wants to see around the world and is anticipating wonderful trips in the future.

A lovely B&B in the Grandview Heights Historic District found a valued new employee during a socials. Another regular attendee met a realtor he wanted to use to help sell his parents’ house, and brought his brother to a socials in order to meet him.

Compass works in collaboration with the State of Florida, Department of Health’s Business Responds to AIDS (BRTA) program in a public/private partnership that promotes the involvement of businesses in HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, education, and mobilization.

STOP AIDS: It’s everyone’s business

It is recognized that community business leaders have tremendous influence within their communities. BRTA/LRTA allows health departments to utilize these relationships in their HIV prevention efforts. HIV/AIDS affects us all, but many people are uninformed or misinformed about the nature of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent the spread of the disease. Stigma and silence about the disease helps to fuel the epidemic.

The key to stopping the spread of HIV is to break the silence around the disease. We must begin talking about HIV/AIDS where we live, work, play, and worship. Having conversations about HIV/AIDS allows for opportunities for raising awareness and educating communities on how they can protect themselves from HIV.

As a business leader in your community, you can help start the conversations where people work and play. You have the opportunity to impact the lives of members of your community by simply supporting HIV prevention efforts.

How Does It Work

Merchants located in neighborhoods with high HIV/AIDS prevalence are asked to:

Display and distribute free HIV/AIDS point-of-purchase materials to their customers. Materials include grocery bags, dry cleaner bags, posters, postcards, beverage sleeves, and window decals.
Discuss HIV/AIDS awareness with their employees, customers, and peers.
Encourage other neighborhood businesses to share HIV prevention information with their employees, customers, and peers.

What Can My Business Expect From Participating in the Business Responds to AIDS

If you choose to participate in the Stop AIDS: It’s Everyone’s Business project, you can expect to receive the following:

Six months free supply of point-of-purchase materials
Basic HIV/AIDS 101 training for your employees and customers
Free HIV/AIDS information and resources
Your business and participation will be highlighted in press releases and newspaper ads
Recognition as a supporter of STOP AIDS: It’s Everyone’s Business
Discounted prices on point-of-purchase materials

BRTA can not exist without the support of your business. You provide the direct link to the community. You can help to support the efforts of BRTA by choosing to participate in three ways:

Endorsement

Business agrees with project goals and signs business commitment letter
Business agrees to display project logo and print material

Support

Business agrees with project goals and signs business commitment letter
Business agrees to display project logo and print material
Business distributes project materials and point-of-purchase materials
Business agrees to talk to customers and/or employees about HIV/AIDS

Participation

Business agrees with project goals and signs business commitment letter
Business agrees to display project logo and print material
Business distributes project materials and point-of-purchase materials
Business agrees to talk to customers and/or employees about HIV/AIDS
Business participates and/or supports health department sponsored HIV/AIDS events and activities

To stop the spread of HIV in your community your business has the ability to:

Break the silence around HIV by providing opportunities for education and awareness to employees, their families, and customers
Help change community perceptions about HIV/AIDS by supporting HIV prevention activities in your community
Motivate community members to seek HIV testing
Encourage employees, their family members, and customers to engage in healthy behaviors
Provide customers a link to HIV prevention programs and testing services within your community

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John Bradley – Mary Moore – Paul J Lesnik, LCSW
Patricia Kearney – Rita Rosato Pitassi, Esq. – Robert Bytnar
Robert Pingpank & Richard Nolan – Roland Watt
Marc Coleman – AAA All Brands Hearing Aid Service
Grey Tesh – AAA Criminal Defense.com
Aaron Menitoff – Aaron’s Catering of Wellington
Erica L Clark – All State Insurance
Jenniger Schonis – Appraisals By Measure
Paul M Durbin – Aquarium Services of the Palm Beaches
Steve Eschenbach – Armory Arts Center
Connacht Cash – Balancing Act
Steve Shelby – Bluechip Mortgage Wholesale, LLC
Rene Wetheimer – Bottom Line accounting and Tax Services
Alex M Ordonez – Braman Motorcars
Steve Bardy – CA Vasile & Co
Leslie Rigg – Can Do Virtual Services
Adam I Skolnick – Real Estate Title and Escrow
Harry Nimmergut – Roger Dean Chevrolet
Maryann Wnukowski – SB Atlantic Communications
Ron Kauffman – Senior Lifestyle Intelligent Talk Radio
Jon Chatelain – Services Communications
James Bonneau – Signature Storage at Monterey
Mark W Glickman – Simon Wiesenthal Center
Don Dye – State Farm Insurance Companies
Palm Beach Mattress & Custom Manufacturing
Michael Perman – Perlman Agency
Francine & John Huseman – PGA Galleries
Bailey Gray – Pixel & Pica Graphic Design
Paul Polisena – Polisena Photography
Peter Emmerich – Grandview Gardens Bed & Breakfast

Carlos Toro – Carlos Toro Inc
Earle & James Goodman – Canthus Incorporated
Rachel B. Needle, Psy. D. – Center for Marital & Sexual Health of S. Florida
Javaid Iqbal – Century 21 America’s Choice
Patrick L Carle – Church of The Palms United Church of Christ
Mitchell Grant – The Closet Edition
Keith Musbach – Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Deidre Newton – Community Real Estate
Lorrie Maurino – Contemporary Visual Arts
The Cultural Trust of Palm Beaches
Jannet Bew & Tonya Blewett – Cyberboxoffice.org
Fred Schott – Deaf Service Center of the Palm Beaches
Mark Alexander – Duncan Theatre at PBC
Paul Vattiato – Eagle Vattiato Group at Smith Barney
Diane and Blair Schrader – EJ Schrader Mattress Company
Steven E Fisher – Fisher Appraisal Services
Kent Stribble – Florida Premium Spas
Sarah Goy – Florida Stage
Steven Stolman – FoundCare
Steve Delach – Gee Jay Promotional
Christopher Simnick – Synergy Franchise Development
Gail Finger – United American Health Insurance
Alex Ream – Wachovia
Dan E Drennen III – Wachovia Trust
Scott Walkinshaw – Walkinshaw Coaching
Anton Avilez – Wise Buy Realty
Peter Wronsky – Wronsky Architect
Fred S Zrinscak – Zinc Design Services
Thomas Cahill – Principal Financial Solutions
Nancy Proffitt – Proffitt Management Solutions
Joshua Lichtenstein – Rainbow Kids Daycare

Jackie Branca & Shelly Allen – Gir(L) Magazine
Robert McLaughlin – The Governors Club of the Palm Beaches
Rick Rose – Grandview Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Kendall Rumsey – The Harriet Himmel Theatre
Joseph Cortes – Homelife Interiors
Tony Plakas – HomeRule Strategies
Vance Oden – Integrity Palm Beach
Randolph H James – James and Surman, CPA
Jeremy Moser – Jeremy Moser Solutions
Michael McKeich – Lake Worth Playhouse
Trent Steele – Law Offices of Trent Steele
Sue and Mark Leeds – Leeds Capital Solutions
Nicole Leidesdorf – Leidesdorf Foundation
Patti Lucia/Desiree Aponte – Ramos – Les Beans Coffee
Scott Vingers – Mark’s Mizner Park
Linda Moore – Masters Kitchen Gallery
Michael E Bullard – MB Benefit Planning
Donald Watren & Anthony E Jaggi – MD VIP
Teresa Mays – Mega Life and Health Insurance
Ken Menard – Menard’s Consulting Services
Michael Kennis – Merrill Lynch
Sifredo Asencio, Jr. – MetLife
Peter Meyerhoefer – Meyerhoefer Gallery
Steven Royer – Mounts Botanical Gardens
Steven Kacouros – My Gay Travel Agent
Pastor Gregory Denton – New Hope First Community Church
Cheryl O’Bryan, CPA, CFP – New Vision Athletics
Patricia Kearney – Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Lee Newell – Out On The Coast Magazine
PBC Credit Union
Cameron Bishop – Palm Beach Acupuncture
Jeffrey Ditmire – Palm Beach Home & Lifestyle Magazine
John Deese – Palm Beach Lighting

Pride Business Alliance Sponsors

The Pride Business Alliance is presented by CAN Community Health. OUTSFL is the Pride Business Alliance Official Media Partner.

For further details on how you can contribute to the Pride Business Alliance,
please reach out to us regarding sponsorship opportunities at [email protected].

Sponsorship Opportunities

Click here for detailed Sponsorship Packets for upcoming events or contact Adrienne Percival directly at [email protected].

The Pride Business Alliance

Join the Pride Business Alliance

Network at Our Monthly Socials

The Pride Business Directory

Pride Business Alliance History

STOP AIDS: It’s everyone’s business

How Does It Work

What Can My Business Expect From Participating in the Business Responds to AIDS

Pride Business Alliance Sponsors

Sponsorship Opportunities

Our Mission

Nuestra Misión

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