SEASON 2, EPISODE 26. THE CEO WHO SERVES : CEO, LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER, LORRI JEAN
Description
What an incredible month of LGBTQ+ guest over the past four weeks! As we bring Pride on Brand and LGBTQ+ Pride Month to a close, Jayzen is thrilled to welcome Lorri L. Jean, the CEO of the world's largest LGBTQ+ non-profit, the Los Angeles LGBT Center. As CEO, Lorri has driven a period of unprecedented expansion, increasing the budget from $8 to $150 million, the number of locations from one to ten and the numbers of people served annually to more than a half million
In celebration of Pride Month, the Lead With Your Brand Podcast has partnered with Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization working exclusively on LGBTQ workplace equality. Each week in the month of June, we’ll be featuring an out leader each with an amazing career story to share. In addition, I’ll be hosting two special roundtable episodes where we’ll explore issues around the trans experience and intersectionality of race and LGBTQ+ in the workplace. Out & Equal will be providing discussion guides for shows, so we encourage you to use the podcast as a virtual “book club” with your ERG or group of friends. Listen to the episodes and schedule your group discussion with the discussion guide as part of your own pride programming. Check out LeadWithYourBrand (dot) com/pride for more information and to hear some of our favorite shows from Season 1 and 2 that also feature LGBTQ+ leaders
Happy Pride!
Guest Bio
Lorri L. Jean
CEO, Los Angeles LGBT Center
Lorri L. Jean is nationally recognized as one of the most effective leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement. Jean serves as CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world's largest LGBTQ organization. Previously, Jean was the Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, leading a turnaround and returning the Task Force to financial solvency. She has been named by OUT Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in the nation and by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in Los Angeles.
Jean has been an activist on women’s rights since 1970 and on LGBT issues since 1979, including serving as lead plaintiff in the successful landmark civil rights lawsuit against Georgetown University. In 1989, with her appointment as Deputy Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"), she became the highest-ranking openly LGBT person in the Federal government.
While serving at the helm of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, Jean has driven a period of unprecedented expansion, increasing the budget from $8 to $150 million, the number of locations from one to ten and the numbers of people served annually to more than a half million. Jean and her wife, attorney Gina M. Calvelli, recently celebrated their 29th anniversary (they were legally married in September, 2008).
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