2020 Conference Speakers

The 36th International LGBTQ Leaders Conference was held online, December 3-5, 2020

David Absher
Sr. Manager, Toyota Motor North America, Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Sustainability

Assemblymember Tamara Adrián
National Assembly of Venezuela

Senator Nickie Antonio
Ohio State Senate

Senator Toni Atkins
California State Senate 

Senator Tammy Baldwin
U.S. Senate (WI) 

Dr. Aaron Belkin
Director, Palm Center

Marc Berthold
Heinrich Boell Foundation

President-elect Joe Biden

David Black
Union Pacific

Ambassador Wally Brewster

Senator-elect Jabari Brisport
New York State Senate

Mayor Pete Buttigieg
City of South Bend, IN

Representative Park Cannon
Georgia House of Representatives

Jonathan Capehart
Washington Post

Representative David Cicilline
U.S. House of Representatives (RI)

Javier Corrales
Amherst College

Representative Sharice Davids
U.S. House of Representatives (KS)

Congressman Alberto de Belaunde
Congress of Peru

Mayor Jenny Durkan
Seattle, WA

Representative Ryan Fectau
Maine House of Representatives

Deputy Fabio Felix
Federal District, Brazil

Klayton Fennell
Comcast

Senator Kay Floyd
Oklahoma State Senate

Representative Barney Frank

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan
All of the Line

Joe Fuld
The Campaign Workshop

Allie Funk
Freedom House

Mayor-elect Todd Gloria
San Diego, CA

Tim Gunn

Representative-elect Torrey Harris
Tennessee House of Representatives

Senator Dallas Harris
Nevada State Senate

Jack Harrison-Quintana
Grindr for Equality

Kris Hayashi
Transgender Law Center

Javier Hernandez
Google

Representative Leslie Herod
Colorado House of Representatives

Tony Hoang
Equality California

Mayor Christy Holstege
City of Palm Springs

Representative Celia Israel
Texas House of Representatives

Senator-elect Kim Jackson
Georgia State Senate

Valerie Jarrett

Vice President Andrea Jenkins
Minneapolis City Council

Kevin Jennings
Lambda Legal

Gina Ortiz Jones

Kate Kendell
Southern Poverty Law Center

Representative Joe Kennedy
U.S. House of Representatives (MA)

Representative Malcolm Kenyatta
Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Rebecca Kling
Sierra Club

Ross Lajeunesse
Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

Cyndi Lauper

Secretary Rachel Levine
Pennsylvania Department of Health

Stephen Lewis
Toyota

Mayor Lori Lightfoot
City of Chicago, IL

Mayor Claudia López
City of Bogotá, Colombia

Graeme Lorimer
ActBlue

Assemblymember Evan Low
California State Assembly

Claire Lucas
LGBTQ Victory Institute Board of Directors

Brian Maloney
Senior Director, Strategic Alliances

Judge Sara Martinez
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5-1 Dallas County

Senator-elect Sarah McBride
Delaware State Senate

Jason Mida
LGBTQ Victory Fund Board of Directors

Paul Mitchell
Redistricting Partners

Retired Admiral Michael Mullen

Tiffany Muller
End Citizens United Action Fund

Representative Patrick Murphy

Khalid Pagan
Facebook

Representative Sam Park
Georgia House of Representatives

Mayor Annise Parker
President & CEO, LGBTQ Victory Institute

Speaker Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representatives

Sarah Pope
LGBTQ Victory Institute

Jennifer Pritzker
The Pritzker Museum & Library

Congresswoman Ana Lucía Riojas Martínez
Congress of Mexico

Delegate Danica Roem
Virginia House of Delegates

Representative Susan Ruiz
Kansas House of Representatives

Margarita Salas
Presidential Commissioner of LGBTQI Issues, Costa Rica

George Shevlin
AIG

Representative Brian Sims
Pennsylvania

Courtney Snowden

Kate Sosin
The 19th

Representative Mark Takano
U.S. House, CA

Representative Brianna Titone
Colorado House

Lisa Turner
LPAC

Representative-elect Mauree Turner
Oklahoma House

Paula Uribe

Louis Vega
Dow North America

Alifa Watkins
ActBlue

Emil Wilbekin
Native Son

Teddy Wilhite
Facebook