White House LGBT Event
June 29, 2009
Administration Officials
- John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management
- Fred Hochberg, Chair, Export-Import Bank
- John Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences at the Department of Education
City and State Officials
- Jason Bartlett, Connecticut House of Representatives
- Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State
- David Dibble, Minnesota State Senator
- Evan Low, Vice-Mayor, Campbell, CA City Council
- Al McAffrey, Oklahoma House of Representatives
- Andrew Mcdonald, Connecticut House of Representatives
- Robert Meza, Arizona House of Representatives
- Christine Quinn, New York City Council
- Debra Shore, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Denise Simmons, Mayor of Cambridge, MA
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona House of Representatives
- Patricia Todd, Alabama House of Representatives
- Lupe Valdez, Dallas County Sheriff
Other Invited Guests (Invite Only)
- Michael Adams, Service and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)
- Mark Agrast, Washington, DC
- Madeline Alk, New York, NY
- Ron Ansin, Harvard, MA
- Judith Appelbaum, Department of Justice
- Chip Arndt, Miami Beach, FL
- Cornelius Baker, National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition
- Tom Barbera, SEIU Lavender Caucus
- Andrew Barnett, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL)
- Jarrett Barrios, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Vic Basile, Office of Personnel Management
- Christopher Bates, Washington, DC
- Michael Bauer, Chicago, IL
- Terrance Bean, Portland, OR
- Jeremy Bernard, National Endowement for the Humanities
- Jennifer Besson, Washington, DC
- Dana Beyer, Chevy Chase, MD
- David Binder, San Francisco, CA
- Elizabeth Birch, Washington, DC
- Jeremy Bishop, Pride at Work (AFL-CIO)
- David Bohnett, Beverly Hills, CA
- Marsha Botzer, Quilcene, WA
- Raymond Buckley, DNC Vice-Chair
- Eliza Byard, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- Christopher Caldwell, Los Angeles, CA
- Leslie Calman, Mautner Project
- Rea Carey, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Charles Carter, New York, NY
- Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal
- Curtis Chin, Los Angeles, CA
- Jennifer Chrisler, Family Equality Council
- Jamie Citron, Department of Health and Human Services
- Wes Combs, Washington, DC
- Roberta Conroy, Santa Monica, CA
- Cheryl Cook, Department of Agriculture
- Stampp Corbin, San Diego, CA
- Michael Council, Columbus, OH
- Wilson Cruz, West Hollywood, CA
- Mark Davis, Philadelphia, PA
- Q Todd Dickinson, Washington, DC
- Daniel Dozier, Washington, DC
- Ruby Dunning, Washington, DC
- Ingrid Duran, Falls Church, VA
- Christopher Dyer, Washington, DC Office of LGBT Affairs
- Steven Elmendorf, Washington, DC
- Fred Eychaner, Chicago, IL
- Eric Fanning, Department of Justice
- Bishop Yvette Flunder, City of Refuge United Church of Christ
- Earl Fowlkes, International Federation of Black Prides
- Rebecca Fox, National Coalition for LGBT Health
- R. Brandon Fradd, New York, NY
- Daniel Galindo, San Antonio, TX
- Adolfo Garay, New York, N
- Jesus Garcia, TX LULAC 4871
- Joan Garry, Montclair, NJ
- Rufus Gifford, Washington, DC
- Emily Giske, New York, NY
- Mitchell Gold, Hickory, NC
- John Gonzalez, Washington, DC
- Vernita Gray, Chicago, IL
- Chad Griffin, Los Angeles, CA
- Patrick Guerriero, Gill Action
- Hon. Michael Guest, Former Ambassador
- Rebecca Haag, AIDS Action
- Steve Hildebrand, Sioux Falls, SD
- Gavin Hilgemeier, Federal GLOBE
- Leonard Hirsch, Federal GLOBE
- Lorilyn Holmes, Federal GLOBE
- Clifford Honicker, Knoxville, TN
- Conrad Honicker, Knoxville, TN
- Gerald Hoose, Stonewall Participant
- Ernest Hopkins, Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief
- Hon. James Hormel, Former Ambassador
- Paul Horning, Atlanta, GA
- Brad Hoylman, Village Independent Democrats
- Jody Huckaby, Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Kevin Jennings, Department of Education
- Jennifer Jones, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Frank Kamney, Washington, DC
- Elaine Kaplan, Office of Personnel Management
- Paul Kawata, National Minority AIDS Council
- Mara Keisling, National Center for Transgender Equity
- Kate Kendell, National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Jacqueline Kittrell, Knoxville, TN
- Harry Knox, Human Rights Campaign
- Steven Latasa-Nicks, New York, NY
- Andre Leon Talley, White Plains, NY
- Richard Llewellyn, Los Angeles, CA
- Robert Llewellyn, Los Angeles, CA
- Rosemary Llewellyn, Los Angeles, CA
- Thomas Lopach, Export-Import Bank
- Lin Lougheed, Miami Beach, FL
- Claire Lucas, Corona del Mar, CA
- Glenn Magpantay, Federation of LGBTQ AAPI Organizations
- Mary Beth Maxwell, Department of Labor
- Lisbeth MelendezRivera, Unid@s
- Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Chance Mitchell, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Mary Morten, Chicago, IL
- Babak Movahedi, Miami Beach, FL
- David Munar, National Association of People with AIDS
- Kevin Naff, Washington Blade
- Justin Nelson, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- J. Alexander Nicholson, Servicemembers United
- David Noble, NASA
- Matt Nosanchuk, Silver Spring, MD
- Robyn Ochs, BiNet USA and Bisexual Resource Center
- Derek Orr, DC Office of Disability Rights
- C. Dixon Osborn, Washington, DC
- Kathleen Padilla, Philadelphia, PA
- Pari Parker, Washington, DC
- Skip Paul, Beverly Hills, CA
- Terry Penrod, Columbus, OH
- Troy Perry, Founder Metropolitan Community Churches
- Thomas Petrillo, Washington, DC
- Frank Pond, Los Angeles, CA
- Robert Raben, Raben Group
- Gautam Raghavan, Department of Defense
- Steven Ralls, Washington, DC
- Ellen Ratner, Washington, DC
- Miriam Redleaf, Chicago, IL
- Catherine Renna, Chicago, IL
- Dr. Sylvia Rhue, National Black Justice Coalition
- Jeffrey Richardson, Washington, DC
- Laura Ricketts, Chicago, IL
- Anthony Riley, Prince Georges County, MD
- Carmen Robello, New York, NY
- Bishop Gene Robinson, Diocese of New Hampshire
- Hilary Rosen, Washington, DC
- David Rosenauer, New York, NY
- Renee Rosenfield, New York, NY
- Jane Saks, Chicago, IL
- Aubrey Sarvis, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Thomas Schmidt, Stonewall Participant
- Marsha Scott, Washington, DC
- Evan Shapiro, New York, NY
- Jonathan Sheffer, New York, NY
- Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard Foundation
- Babs Siperstein, Edison, NJ
- Melissa Sklarz, National Stonewall Democrats
- Mary Snider, Silver Spring, MD
- Courtney Snowden, The Raben Group
- Joe Solmonese, Human Rights Campaign
- Rick Stafford, DNC LGBT Caucus Chair
- Eric Stern, UC Berkeley School of Law
- Jon Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI
- Sally Susman, New York, NY
- John Tedstrom, Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC)
- Kevin Thompson, Seattle, WA
- Andrew Tobias, DNC Treasurer
- Jeffrey Trammell, Washington, DC
- Ted Trimpa, Denver, CO
- Gregory Varnum, National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
- Alex Wagner, Department of Defense
- Paquita Wiggins, Beltsville, MD
- Phil Wilson, Black AIDS Institute
- Peter Wilson, New York, NY
- Robert Witeck, Arlington, VA
- Chuck Wolfe, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
- Tobias Wolff, Philadelphia, PA







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