2024 Fellows
Victor Aguilar, Jr., San Leandro (CA) City Councilmember
Rachel Bell, General Sessions Court, Division VIII (8) & Music City Community Court, Presiding Judge
Jason Hoskins, Michigan State Representative
Tippi McCullough, Minority Leader & Arkansas State Representative
Fabian Nelson, Mississippi State Representative
Kameron Nelson, South Dakota Minority Whip & State Representative
Zooey Zephyr, Montana State Representative
2023 Fellows
Liliana Bakhtiari, Atlanta City Council
Carlos Guillermo Smith, Former Florida State Representative
Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin State Assembly Minority Leader
Tyler Titus, Former Erie School Board Member
Mario Treto, Jr., Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Nicole Bolden, City Clerk of Bloomington, Indiana
John Fredrickson, Nebraska State Senator
2022 Fellows
Tom Beckius, Lincoln City Council
Tara Flanagan, Alameda County Superior Court
Shay Franco-Clausen, Santa Clara County Commission Chair
Reggie Harris, Cincinnati City Council
Ian Mackey, Missouri State Representative
Sam Park, Georgia State Representative
Brianna Titone, Colorado State Representative
The fellowship was paused in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
2019 Fellows
Andres Cano, Arizona State Representative
Justin Chenette, Maine State Senator
Megan Hunt, Nebraska State Senator
Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania State Representative
Derek Kitchen, Utah State Senator
Jose Plaza, Manager, The California Endowment
Lamont Robinson Jr., Illinois State Representative
2018 Fellows
Park Cannon, Georgia House of Representatives, District 58
Gregory Ford, Wake County (NC) Board of Commissioners, District 6
Ron Galperin, Los Angeles City Controller
Jess Herbst, former Mayor of New Hope (TX)
Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council
Byron Macfarlane, Howard County Register of Wills (MD)
Fernando Ramirez, Special Assistant/Policy Advisor, Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
2017 Fellows
Dennis Chiu, El Camino Health Care District Trustee, California
Julian Cyr, Massachusetts State Senator
Leslie Herod, Colorado State Representative
Steven Kornell, St. Petersburg City Councilmember, Florida
Benjamin Marentette, City Clerk of Traverse City, Michigan
Dominick Moreno, Colorado State Senator
Brian Pendleton, Los Angeles Police and Fire Pension Commissioner, California
Ty Stober, Vancouver City Councilmember, Washington
Rosemary Veniegas, Senior Program Officer for Health at California Community Foundation
JoCasta Zamarripa, Wisconsin State Assembly
2016 Fellows
Tamara Adrián – Alternate Deputy, National Assembly of Venezuela
Erik Bottcher – Chief of Staff, New York City Council Member Corey Johnson
Javier Gonzales – Mayor, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Matt McCoy– State Senator, Iowa District 21
Alex Morse – Mayor, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Richard Trojanski – City Council President, Maple Heights, Ohio
Renee Willette – Director of Strategic Initiatives, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
2015 Fellows
Joann Ginal – State Representative, Colorado
Sandra Kurt – Vice President, Summit County Council, Ohio
Lynn Schulman – Executive Leadership Team, Woodhull Medical Center, New York City, New York
Glen Dake – Board Member, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
David Richardson – State Representative, Florida
Jay Hansen – Trustee, Sacramento School District, California
Lisa Panas – Captain, Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin
2014 Fellows
Steven Llanusa – President, Board of Education, Claremont, California
LaWana Mayfield – City Councilmember, Charlotte, North Carolina
Keisha Waites – State Representative, Georgia
Diana Bishop – Chief of Police, Santa Clara, California
Steve Hansen – City Councilmember, Sacramento, California
Darden Rice – Councilmember, St. Petersburg, Florida
Chris Seelbach – City Councilmember, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Fellows
Kevin Beckner – Tampa, Fla., County Commissioner, Hillsborough County, Florida
Tim Brown – Bowlong Green, Ohio, State House Representative, Ohio
Beth Bye – Hartford, Conn., State Senator, Connecticut
Chris Clark – Mountain View, Calif., Vice Mayor, City of Mountain View, California
Suzy Jack – Los Angeles, Calif., Deputy Controller, City of Los Angeles, California
Ricardo Lara – Bell Gardens, Calif., State Senator, California
Vailey Oehlke – Portland, Ore., Director of Libraries, Multnomah County, Oregon
Brian Sims – Philadelphia, Pa., State House Representative, Pennsylvania
Pat Steadman – Denver, Co. State Senator, Colorado
Jessie Ulibarri – Denver, Co. State Senator, Colorado
2012 Fellows
James Cappleman – Chicago, Ill., Alderman, Chicago City Council
Sally Clark – Seattle, Wash., President, Seattle City Council
Dennis Coleman – Richardson, Texas, Executive Director, Equality Texas
Masen Davis – San Francisco, Calif., Executive Director, Transgender Law Center
Adam Ebbin – Arlington, Va., State Senator, Virginia
Helmi Hisserich – Los Angeles, Calif., Assistant General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department
Mark Kelleher – San Francisco, Calif., Human Rights Commissioner, San Francisco
Steven Kirkland – Houston, Texas, Judge of the 215th Civil District Court, Harris County, Texas
Donna Nesselbush – Pawtucket, R.I., State Senator, Rhode Island
Mary Washington – Baltimore, Md., Delegate, Maryland House of Delegates
Edward Zipprich – Red Bank, N.J., City Council, Red Bank, N.J.
2011 Fellows
Nickie J. Antonio – Lakewood , Ohio, Ohio State Representative, District 13
A.J. Bockelman – St. Louis, Mo., Executive Director, PROMO
Kim Coco Iwamoto – Oahu , Hawaii , Civil Rights Attorney
Cindy Dick – Tallahassee, Fla., Tallahassee Fire Department Chief
Karla Drenner – Avondale Estates, Ga., Georgia House of Representatives, District 86
Jolie Justus – Kansas City, Mo., Missouri State Senate, District 10
Cynthia “Cindi” Love – Abilene, Texas, Executive Director of Soulforce
Rosie Mendez – New York, N.Y., New York City Council , District 2
Blake Oshiro – Honolulu, Hawaii , Hawaii House of Representatives Majority Leader, District 33
Kathy Padilla – Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia International Airport
Brian Sheehan – Dublin, Ireland, Gay & Lesbian Equality Network Managing Director
Alex Wan – Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta City Council
2010 Fellows
Nicole LeFavour – Boise, Idaho, Idaho State Senator
Barry Pack – Salem, Ore., Deputy Secretary of State
John Szabo – Atlanta, Ga., Director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
Joel Burns – Fort Worth, Texas, City Councilmember, Ward 9
Roberta Conroy – Los Angeles, Calif., Board of Administration of the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System
Frank Ferri – Providence, R.I., Rhode Island State House of Representatives, District 22
Jonathon Lack – Anchorage, Alaska, Superior Court Master and District Court Magistrate
Ian Palmquist – Raleigh, N.C., Executive Director of Equality North Carolina and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Equality Federation
2009 Fellows
David Ambroz – Los Angeles, Calif., Executive Director, Los Angeles City College Foundation
David Augustine – San Francisco, Calif., Policy and Legislative Manager, Treasurer’s Office
Daniel Bernal – San Francisco, Calif., District Director, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Cathy Connolly – Laramie, Wyo., Wyoming House of Representatives, District 13
Mark Ferrandino Denver, Colo., Colorado State House of Representatives, District 2
David Hopkins – Vice President, Maritime at New York City Economic Development Corporation
Marko Liias – Mukilteo, Wash., State Representative, 21st District
Joe McDermott – Seattle, Wash., Washington State Senator
Doug Milliken – Centennial, Colo., Arapahoe County Treasurer
Terry Mutchler – Rose Valley, Pa., Executive Director for the Office of Open Records
Kyle Richmond – Madison, Wis., Board of Supervisors for Dane County, Wisconsin
David Roberts – Solana Beach, Calif., Councilmember
Andrea Shorter – San Francisco, Calif., Commission on the Status of Women
Jeffrey Slavin – Somerset, Md., Mayor
Lupe Valdez – Dallas, Texas, Sheriff Dallas County
Jeffrey Walker – Cambridge, Mass., Chief of Staff, Mayor of Cambridge
2008 Fellows
Dr. Dana Beyer – Rockville, Md., Senior Policy Advisor, Montgomery County Council
Jeremy Bishop – Washington, D.C. , Executive Director, Pride At Work AFL-CIO,
Spencer Cronk – New York, N.Y., Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, City of New York
Henry Fernandez – Lawrence, Ind., Lawrence Township School Board Member,
Robert Gaiser – Broomfield, Colo., Councilmember, City and County of Broomfield
Evan Low – Campbell, Calif., Councilmember, City of Campbell
Don Mullen – San Diego, Calif., Chief of Policy, San Diego City Council
David Pierce – State Representative, New Hampshire House of Representatives
Debra Shore – Chicago, Ill., Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Kyrsten Sinema – State Representative, Arizona House of Representatives
Kevin Vaughn – Philadelphia, Pa., Chief of Staff to the City Manager, City of Philadelphia
2007 Fellows
Joe Angelo – Wilton Manors, Fla. City Commission
Noel Bonam – Maine, Bureau Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs
Tod Burnett – California Community Colleges, Vice Chancellor
David Coulter – Oakland, Mich. City Commissioner
Mike Gin – Rodondo Beach, Calif. Mayor
David Hendry – Tallahassee, Fla. Police Captain
Bill Lippert – Vermont, State House of Representatives
Greg Pettis – Cathedral City, Calif. Councilman
Charles Stewart – District Representative, Office of Congresswoman Diane Watson
Kathy Webb – Arkansas, State House of Representatives
2006 Fellows
Jose Cisneros – Treasurer, City of San Francisco, Calif.
John Frederick – Albany County, N.Y. Legislature
Kevin Lee – Lansdowne, Pa. Borough Council
Jamie McLeod – Santa Clara, Calif. City Council
Curtis Shepard – Director of Government Relations, Los Angeles, California Gay & Lesbian Center
Roey Thorpe – Equality Federation
David Van der Griff – Principal Assistant, California State Representative John Laird’s office
2005 Fellows
Mario Acosta-Velez – Washington, DC Human Rights Commission
John Brady – Sussex County, Del., Recorder of Deeds
Michael Fleming – Executive Director of Bohnett Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif.
Stephen Glassman – Chairperson, Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission
Mark Kleinschmidt – Councilmember, Town of Chapel Hill, N.C.
James McKissic – Vice President of Programs, Urban League of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Annise Parker – City Controller, City of Houston, Texas
2004 Fellows
Toni Atkins – San Diego, Calif. City Council
Pedro Briones – City Councilmember Mount Rainier, Md.
Tom Duane – New York State Senate
Ron Forsythe – Chief of Police, Suisun City, Calif.
Darryl Moore – City Councilmember, Berkeley, Calif.
Jeffrey Prang – Councilmember, West Hollywood, Calif.
Jim Roth – County Commissioner, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mirian Saez – Director of Island Operations, Treasure City Calif. Development Authority
Ken Yeager – Supervisor, District 4 Santa Clara County, Calif.
2003 Fellows
Robert C. Fyrst – Madison, Wis., Dane County Board of Supervisors
Jeffrey Gattas – Chief of Staff for San Diego, Calif., Councilmember Toni Atkins
Kathy Luz Herrera – Tompkins County Legislature, Ithaca, N.Y.
Robert Oldakowski –Mayor of the Village of Key Biscayne, Fla.
Tony Plakas – Manager of Lake Worth LGBTQ Community Center; Alternate Member, Lake Worth Electric Utility Review Task Force
Philip Reed – former New York City Councilmember
Cathy Woolard – Atlanta, Ga.- City Council President, City of Atlanta
2002 Fellows
Mike Smith – Denver, Colo.
Dan Stewart – Mayor of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
David Young – Dade County Fla. Juvenile Court Judge