Wiggsy Sivertsen

Co-Founder & Board Member

Pronouns: she/her/hers

In 1968, WIGGSY SIVERTSEN was fired from an agency where she had worked for five years when they found out she was a lesbian. It was at that point she decided that freedom for lesbian and gay people and other “at risk” communities was going to be a major driving force in her life. This commitment led her to co-found BAYMEC with current Santa Clara County Board Supervisor, Ken Yeager, in 1984. Wiggsy is a retired professor and former Director of Counseling Services at San José State University.