SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES PHOTOJennifer Valles is the Executive Director of the San Francisco LGBT Center and a dedicated LGBTQ+ community leader with more than two decades of advancing anti-violence, environmental justice, and queer liberation. Jennifer VallesSAN FRANCISCO LGBT CENTER PHOTOTom LeNoble: When you hear the word philanthropy, what does that word mean to you personally? Jennifer Valles: I was born and raised in Chicago, so people often ask: Why San Francisco? That combination of activism, compassion, and community continues to make San Francisco extraordinary. Jennifer Valles: Love.