Hillary Clinton’s campaign has announced an LGBT steering committee comprised of an impressive roster of 65 prominent queers who will help her reach out to gay voters, a list the likes of which we’ve likely never seen before. Among those on the committee: NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former HRC head Elizabeth Birch, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Eldie Acheson.
The complete list:
- Eldie Acheson, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General; founding director, Public Policy and Government Affairs, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Roberta Achtenberg, former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
- Toni Atkins, San Diego, CA, City Councilmember
- Dr. Christopher Barley, activist, philanthropist
- Greg Berlanti, creator/producer, TV series, “Brothers and Sisters”
- Elizabeth Birch, former Executive Director, Human Rights Campaign
- Mary Breslauer, former co-chair, Kerry-Edwards 2004 LGBT Steering Committee; communications consultant
- Tonio Burgos, member, Democratic National Committee LGBT Caucus
- Ilene Chaiken, creator/producer, Showtime series, “The L Word”
- Rocco Claps, former LGBT Outreach Director, Democratic National Committee; Illinois LGBT activist
- Bruce Cohen, Oscar-winning film producer
- Roberta Conroy, member, National Leadership Council, Lambda Legal
- Joan Darrah, retired U.S. Navy Captain
- Q. Todd Dickinson, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Thomas Duane, New York State Senator
- Ingrid Duran, board member, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
- Steve Elmendorf, Deputy Campaign Manager, Kerry-Edwards 2004
- Shelley Freeman, business leader, Los Angeles Police Commissioner
- Ethan Geto, long-time gay rights advocate
- John Gile, Executive Director, Project Angel Food
- Emily Giske, member, Democratic National Committee LGBT Caucus
- Deborah Glick, New York Assemblymember
- Steven Goldstein, Chair, Garden State Equality
- Chad Griffin, CEO, Chad Griffin Consulting, Inc.
- Rebecca Haag, Executive Director, AIDS Action Council; Executive Director, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
- Yashar Hedayat, businessman
- Lisa Henderson, General Manager, Olivia Cruises
- Stephen Herbits, businessman
- Fred Hochberg, former Deputy then Acting Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; -Dean of the Milano School for Management and Urban Policy, The New School
- John Isa, board of directors and Business Council member, Human Rights Campaign
- Gloria Johnson, board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Christine Kehoe, California State Senator
- Keith Kerr, retired Colonel., U.S. Army; retired Brigadier General, California National Reserve
- Kasey Kincaid, attorney, Iowa grassroots activist
- Billie Jean King, sports legend and social pioneer
- Sheila James Kuehl, California State Senator
- Mark Kvare, board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Neel Lattimore, Special Advisor for Strategic Communications, Children’s Defense Fund; former press secretary for the First Lady
- Bruce Lehman, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
- Sue Lovell, Houston, TX, City Councilmember
- Claire Lucas, chair, Democratic National Committee LGBT Leadership Council; board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Linda Gray Murphy, board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Daniel O’Donnell, New York Assemblymember
- Dixon Osburn, LGBT activist on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy
- Annise Parker, Houston, TX, City Controller
- Catherine Pino, board member, National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Julian Potter, former Special Assistant to President as Liaison to the Gay and Lesbian
- Christine Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council
- Hilary Rosen, President, OurChart.com; media industry consultant
- Peter Rosenstein, DC-based LGBT community activist
- Mirian Saez, member, Democratic National Committee LGBT Caucus
- Greg Sargent, attorney, New Hampshire LGBT activist
- Jayne Baron Sherman, co-chair, In the Life Media; former board chair, Lambda Legal
- Melissa Sklarz, Director, New York Trans Rights Organization; vice chair, National Stonewall Democrats
- Paul M. Smith, board member, Lambda Legal; Attorney who successfully argued the landmark case, Lawrence v. Texas, establishing the right to privacy for gay Americans
- Jeff Soref, former chair of the Democratic National Committee LGBT Caucus; former co-chair, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Laura Spanjian, board member, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund; board member, Equality California
- Campbell Spencer, former National LGBT Outreach Director for the Democratic National Committee and Gore-Lieberman 2000
- Rick Stafford, chair, Democratic National Committee LGBT Caucus; co-chair, National Stonewall Democrats
- Jill Stauffer, board of directors, Human Rights Campaign
- Sally Susman, business leader
- Rev. Deborah Tammearu, Episcopal Priest, Diocese of New York
- Matthew Titone, New York State Assemblymember
- Jeffrey Tooke, board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Olive F. Watson, activist and philanthropist
- Paula Redd Zeman, vice chair, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; vice chair, Black Democrats of Westchester
- Bob Zuckerman, board member, National Stonewall Democrats
- Jose Zuniga, retired U.S. Army Sergeant and former Soldier of the Year; Executive Director, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care