Ryan Bos

Ryan (He/Him) has served as the Executive Director of the Capital Pride Alliance (CPA) since the Fall of 2011. CPA has since become a major destination Pride Celebration, attracting visitors from all over the world, through expanded programming and services that support the LGBTQ+ throughout the entire year. In 2022, Ryan assembled a team from the Capital Pride Alliance and the community, who were successful in securing the bid to host WorldPride in Washington, DC in 2025.

For the previous 15 years before joining CPA, Ryan had worked in higher education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), handling residential life issues and supporting student leadership. He received his master’s in higher education at Ball State University (BSU), where he successfully led a bid and was conference director for the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) 1997 annual conference. Back in his hometown of Michigan City, Indiana, he was the founder and Race Director for the annual Tower Run, a trail and road race, for over twenty years. Ryan has lived in the Washington, D.C. area since 1998, and is an avid runner, activist, and educator.