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Winter 2025

Make no mistake: The Trump administration has launched a calculated assault on our community. Their objective is clear — to divide us, to silence us, to erase us. In this critical moment, the Human Rights Campaign is executing a comprehensive strategy to protect our community and advance equality.

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Board of Directors

  • Gwen Baba, CA
  • Jordan Barth, DC
  • Sandy Bass, CA
  • Joy Bowling, NC
  • Percy Brown, GA
  • Sophia Bush, CA/NY
  • James Costos, CA/NY
  • Morgan Cox, TX
  • Cordy Elkins, MA
  • Melanie Falls, OH
  • Matt Garrett, GA
  • Todd Hawkins, CA
  • Matt Hendry, CA
  • Christina Hernandez, TX
  • Sherie Hughes, DC
  • Jay Kuo, NY
  • Andrew La Badie, WA
  • Justin Mikita, CA
  • Karen Morgan, OH
  • DyShaun Muhammad, AZ
  • Marcia Namowitz, NY
  • Jodie Patterson, NY
  • Lester Perryman, TX
  • Densil Porteous, OH
  • Henry Robin, NY
  • Kelley Robinson, DC
  • Elizabeth Rodriguez, TX
  • Patrick Scarborough, AL
  • Brigid Scarbrough, GA
  • Elizabeth Schlesinger, MO
  • Sam Slate, MO
  • Brian Michael Smith, CA
  • Matt Smith, CA
  • Betty Pei Ching Sun 孫佩菁, LA
  • Lauren Verrusio, NY
  • Michael Weinholtz, CA
  • Tatiana Williams, FL
  • Hudson Young, DC

Foundation Board of Directors

  • Julie Anderton, IL
  • Gwen Baba, CA
  • Beck Bailey, CA
  • Josh Beasley, TX
  • Gurpreet Brar, DC
  • Candi Castleberry, WA
  • Edie Cofrin, GA
  • James Costos, CA/NY
  • Tony Garavaglia, MO
  • Matt Garrett, GA
  • Ashlyn Harris, NY
  • Latoya Holman, NV
  • Sherie Hughes, DC
  • Andrea Jenkins, MN
  • Dr. Johnnie A. Lee, NJ
  • Chris Lehtonen, CA
  • Justin Mikita, CA
  • Karen Morgan, OH
  • Jodie Patterson, NY
  • Lester Perryman, TX
  • Layne Rackley, CA
  • Henry Robin, NY
  • Kelley Robinson, DC
  • Brigid Scarbrough, GA
  • Judy Shepard, WY
  • Brian Michael Smith, CA
  • Matt Smith, TX
  • Andrew Solomon, NY
  • Deb Taft, FL
  • Aaron Walton, CA
  • Jamaul Webster, NY
  • Michael Weinholtz, CA

Board of Governors

  • Adrianna Addicks, TX
  • Ronny Adriansyah, TX
  • Steven Alagna, MO
  • Julie Allen, NC
  • Colin Altman, OH
  • Jon Amos, NY
  • Paul Anagnostos, FL
  • Julie Anderton, IL
  • David Armstead, LA
  • Matthew Arnold, OH
  • Andrew Bare, ME
  • Chris Barry, TX
  • Sandy Bass, CA
  • Danielle Bisordi, NY
  • Amy Bornstein, MO
  • Javier Brown, GA
  • Chad Brown, WA
  • Benjamin Burns, NV
  • Michael Cabe, GA
  • Jake Campbell, GA
  • Alex Carlis, CA
  • Dana Castelvecchi, TX
  • Sarah Castleman, BC
  • LaQuisha Chester, TN
  • Rick Chizmadia, OH
  • Patrice Clarke, TX
  • Jefferson Coombs, CA
  • Isabel Cordova, CA
  • Dolores Covrigaru, NY
  • Jim Cowart, OH
  • Sareta Davis, TX
  • Craig Diaz, OH
  • Carol Ebersole-Weiss, NY
  • Eric Epstein, PA
  • Brian Femminella, CA
  • Staci Fox, GA
  • Chunkit Fung, NY
  • Andrew Gammill, OH
  • Mike Gibbons, OH
  • Maria Glover-Wallace, TN
  • Krys Gordon, FL
  • Kamisha Green, FL
  • Renzo Guliano, NY
  • Alejandro Guzman-Jurado, CA
  • Karen Harmon, OH
  • Molly Herzig, CA
  • Frank Hopper, MO
  • Hooriya Hussain, CA
  • Scott Kalish, PA
  • Nick Kiahtipes, UT
  • JoAnn Killackey, IL
  • Donzell Lewis, CA
  • Jasmin Lewis, FL
  • Char Ligo, OH
  • Lucy Little, OH
  • Scott Lohmann, FL
  • David Lumbley, FL
  • Brian Martin, NV
  • Alli Martin, UT
  • Lindsey Mazza, CA
  • Katie McCrystal, DC
  • Brian McGuire, CA
  • Phyllis Mehalakes, NY
  • Stephen Merritt, TX
  • Robert Michaels, TX
  • Joseph Milizio, NY
  • Tory Mitchell, IL
  • Kelly Moffat, NY
  • Marianne Mondt, PA
  • John Morrison, NY
  • Kristen Norman, MN
  • Brian OConnor, CA
  • Taylor Pinckney, DC
  • David Prince, IL
  • Andrea Ramberg, MN
  • Nico Ramsey, TX
  • Michael Rendon, TX
  • Dakerri Rhone, TN
  • Donielle Rhone, TN
  • Diane Richards, CA
  • Paul Richards, PA
  • Chris Richter, CA
  • Bruce Rohr, DC
  • Ben Rubio, TX
  • Carmen Salgado, FL
  • Doug Santoni, WA
  • Christopher Scherm, NY
  • Andrea Simonton TX
  • Annie Skornia, MO
  • Jennifer Slipakoff, GA
  • Joshua Sparrow, DC
  • Jonathan Speerly, TX
  • David Stetter, MO
  • Zack Stillings, OH
  • Taylor Stockett, TX
  • Mark Sundermeier, NV
  • Olivia Taylor, TX
  • Leigh-Anne Taylor, PA
  • Adrianna Tender, FL
  • Lisa Thomas, GA
  • Jacob Thomas, MN
  • Vikrum Vishnubhakta, NY
  • Vincenzo Volpe, DC
  • Jess Gerald Waltman, MS
  • Dana Weiss, NY
  • Michael Westwood, NY
  • Jace Wheatley, OR
  • Benjamin Williams, OH
  • Douglas Wilson, GA
  • Quint Withers, MS
  • Adriann Wolfe, TX
  • Julie Wood, GA
  • Rick-Arlo Yah Lira, CA

Emeritus Council

  • John Barry, IL
  • Anne Fay, TX
  • Suzanne Hamilton, OH
  • Andy Linsky, CA
  • DyShaun Muhammad, AZ
  • John Ruffier, FL
  • Linda Scaparotti, CA
  • Ashley Smith, DC
  • Deb Taft, FL

Human Rights Campaign Senior Staff

Kelley Robinson
President

Tim Bahr
Vice President, Leadership Giving

Liz Balcolm
Vice President, Volunteer Leadership

Eric Bloem
Vice President, Workplace Equality

Lynne Bowman
Vice President, Campaigns

Jay Brown
Chief of Staff

Drew Daniels
Vice President, Digital Communications & Strategy

Dane Grams
Vice President, Membership

Andrea Green
Vice President, Operations & Security

Krystal Gutierrez
Vice President, People Strategy

Nik Harris
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and Strategic Initiatives

Rebecca Hershey
Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Herrin Hopper
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Christopher Huntley
Vice President, Executive Communications

Ellen Kahn
Senior Vice President, Equality Programs

Ken Labombard
Vice President, Development & Membership Operations

Sam Lau
Vice President, Communications

Mollie Levin
Vice President, Events

Stephanie Osborn
Chief Operating Officer

Jim Rinefierd
Senior Vice President, Finance

Margot Rosen
Deputy Chief of Staff/Vice President, Office of the President

Susanne Salkind
Senior Vice President, People Strategy & Operations

James Servino
Vice President, Digital Fundraising & Mobilization

Chris Speron
Senior Vice President, Development & Membership

David Stacy
Vice President, Government Affairs

Tuvinh Vuong
Vice President, IT & Data Analytics

Sarah Warbelow
Vice President, Policy

Jordyn White
Vice President, Strategic Outreach & Training

JoDee Winterhof
Senior Vice President, Federal & State Affairs

Human Rights Campaign Equality Staff

Carolyn Simon
Digital Marketing Consultant

Robert Villaflor
Senior Design Director

Josette Matoto
Deputy Design Director

Other Contributors

  • Jennifer Bobb
  • Ruth Bordett
  • Steffan Declue
  • Dane Grams
  • Christopher Huntley
  • Mitch Johnson
  • Kendall Kalustyan
  • Mollie Levin
  • Raye Maguire
  • Brendon Nerenberg
  • Norman Watkins
  • Nick Winchester

Foundation Partners

  • ACLU
  • ADM
  • Amazon
  • Anonymous
  • Assurant
  • Bank of America
  • Bath and Body Works
  • Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
  • Bloomingdale's Inc.
  • Capital Group, The
  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Collingwood Foundation
  • Comic Relief
  • CVS Health
  • Danaher Foundation
  • David Bohnett Foundation
  • Fortive Foundation
  • Fred Says
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  • Google
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Kors Le Pere Foundation, The
  • LEGO
  • Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Luminate
  • Lyft, Inc.
  • Marsh & McLennan Agency
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • Morningstar Foundation, The
  • National Education Association
  • Neiman Marcus
  • New Belgium Brewing
  • Nike
  • PepsiCo Foundation, The
  • Pfizer
  • PhRMA
  • Pronoun
  • Raymond James
  • S&P Global
  • Springpoint Partners
  • TJX Companies
  • T-Mobile
  • Toyota
  • United Airlines
  • UPS Foundation
  • USAA
  • Vanguard
  • Verizon
  • ViiV Healthcare
  • Walt Disney Company
  • Wells Fargo
  • Workday Foundation

Our National Corporate Sponsors

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Equality is a publication of the Human Rights Campaign and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Equality (ISSN 1092-5791) is published quarterly by HRC, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Copyright 2025. All rights reserved.

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