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LUCILO PEA TO RECEIVE KUCHLING HUMANITARIAN AWARD AT 31ST ANNUAL BLACK TIE DINNER DALLAS ARCHITECT IS KNOWN FOR HIS WIDE-RANGING SUPPORT OF GLBT COMMUNITY AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS DALLAS (July 5, 2012) Lucilo Pea will receive this years Kuchling Humanitarian Award, co-chairs of the 2012 Black Tie Dinner announced today. The award will be presented as part of the 31st annual event benefiting North Texas gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender supportive organizations and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This years dinner will be on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Sheraton Hotel Dallas. The Kuchling Humanitarian Award, presented each year at Black Tie Dinner, is given to individuals who have made extraordinary gifts of their time and talents on behalf of the GLBT community. The award is named in honor of the late Raymond Kuchling, a leading activist in Dallas GLBT community, former manager of economic development for the City of Dallas, and an original founder of the organization that became Black Tie Dinner Inc. From time to time, we have the opportunity to meet individuals who actively seek and find opportunities to get involved and make a difference. They see the need for change or for a cause needing an advocate, said Black Tie Dinner Co-Chair Chris Kouvelis. Lucilo Pea is one of those individuals. It will be an honor to present the prestigious Kuchling Humanitarian Award to this outstanding community leader this fall, Kouvelis said. Lucilo ideally reflects our theme for this years dinner: Affair of the Heart. In whatever Lucilo gets involved, it is truly an affair of his heart, and he pours his heart into every project. He is an inspiration. Pea served on the National Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign from 2000-2008. Locally, he has held numerous leadership roles in HRC, including co-chair of the Major Donor Committee, cochair of the Capital Campaign Committee, and a founding committee member for Straight Talk on Gay Issues, a series of events to reach out to straight allies and get them involved in HRC.

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LUCILO PEA TO RECEIVE KUCHLING HUMANITARIAN AWARD | Page 2 Lucilo Pea has been a powerful force not only in Dallas, but nationally inside and outside the GLBT community, Black Tie Dinner Co-Chair Mitzi Lemons said. Regardless of where he is putting his efforts, he courageously works to make sure that the LGBT community plays an integral part in their success, and he works to ensure that the LGBT community has a sustained partnership. Active in the local arts scene, Pea has been a trustee of the Dallas Museum of Art and a member of the Executive Committee since 2002. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of AT&T Performing Arts Center since 2010 and helped create the AT&T PAC/Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas. At 2X2 for AIDS and Art, Pea was instrumental in raising more than $4.2 million for the DMA and amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research). He is a new member of Resource Center Dallas Capital Campaign Building Committee. Pea, a registered architect, is President of Development at Billingsley Company, a firm that is highly regarded for the breadth and depth of its real estate solutions. About Black Tie Dinner Black Tie Dinner Inc. is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender supportive organizations through a premier event of empowerment, education and entertainment in partnership with the community. The event has been headlined by local and national celebrities and leaders such as Maya Angelou, Gov. Ann Richards, Geena Davis, Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn, Martin Sheen and, most recently, Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin, multi-platinum recording artist Taylor Dayne and Caroline Rhea as master of ceremonies. Black Tie Dinner honored figures in 2011 for their support of the GLBT community on a national and local level. The most recent Elizabeth Birch Equality Award, an award given in recognition of the inspirational leadership of former HRC Executive Director Elizabeth Birch, was presented to decorated veteran Eric Alva. In previous years the award has been received by Elizabeth Birch, Sharon Stone, Alan Cumming, Showtime Networks/Robert Greenblatt, Bishop V. Gene Robinson and activist Judy Shepard. Chet Flake and his late partner, Bud Knight, were the recipients of the 2011 Kuchling Humanitarian Award for their extraordinary gifts of time and talents on behalf of the GLBT community. Black Tie Dinner Inc. began in Dallas in 1982 to help support the Human Rights Campaign Fund. There were 140 guests at the first dinner, which raised $6,000. In 2011, there were 3,000 attendees and $1.142 million was distributed to 17 local beneficiaries and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. In its 30year history, the dinner has distributed more than 16 million. Affair of the Heart is this years Black Tie Dinner theme. For more information on the event, including tickets and sponsorship opportunities, visit www.blacktie.org. For a link to the Affair of the Heart promotional video, visit http://youtu.be/8xxCRvn-sgw MORE
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LUCILO PEA TO RECEIVE KUCHLING HUMANITARIAN AWARD | Page 3 Previous winners of the Kuchling Humanitarian Award are:

John Thomas, 1983 James Richard Weaver, Jr., 1984 Donald Floyd Baker, 1985 William Harvey Nelson, Jr., 1986 Michael David Grossman, 1987 Michael Raymond Merdian, 1988 Charlotte Taft, 1989 William Warren Waybourn, 1990 Vivienne Armstrong / Louis Young & Raymond Maurice Kuchling, 1991 Lory Huitt-Masters & Reed Dana Hunsdorfer, 1992 Mica England & Randolph Terrell, 1993 Carolyn Dunbar & Carl Parker, 1994 Deb Elder & Don McCleary, 1995 Alan Levi & Barbara OBrien, 1996 Kathy Bowser & Richard Peeples, 1997 Carolyn Hall / Candy Marcum & Jack Evans / George Harris, 1998 Cece Cox & Jack Pettit, 1999 The Honorable Harryette Ehrhardt Texas State Representative, 2000 Larry Pease, 2001 Becky Thompson, 2002 C. Michael Toole, 2003 Lee Taft, 2004 Christine Jarosz, 2005 Jay Oppenheimer, 2006 Roger Wedell, 2007 Phil Johnson and Rebecca Covell, 2008 Steve Atkinson, 2009 Reverend Carol A. West, 2010 Chet Flake and Bud Knight (posthumously), 2011

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