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“Leadership is accepting the responsibility

to create conditions that enable others to achieve

a shared purpose.”

— Marshall Ganz,
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

We asked, and you responded. From Au- most importantly, they are representative of the
gust to November 2017, the BEQ Pride Awards young and amazing talent, innovation, passion
Committee and the BEQ Pride Editorial team and courage in the LGBTQ business equality
conducted a national search to identify young community. We were all young and passionate
LGBTQ leaders across the country. We were about our causes, and now that we are young at
very interested in understanding and engaging heart and still passionate, these stories and pro-
young movers and shakers in the LGBTQ Busi- files are intended to help us recall what it feels
ness Equality Community. We are delighted to like to be young and want to conquer the world.
announce we received well over 125 nomina- This is a nod to youth and a chance to reconnect
tions of individuals who are demonstrating ex- with ideas and the kind of inspiration that fuels
ceptional leadership and major contributions in lifetimes. We must reach out to these individu-
government, corporate, academia, non-profit or als and to each other in the community. Cheer
small business. them on, lend a hand and open some doors. It’s
The nominations included a short narrative all about building bridges and narrowing gaps
from the nominator, and nominees were invited between the young and not so young, throughout
to respond and confirm their participation. In the community.
mid-November, 59 amazing finalists were no- Our list represents the tip of the iceberg
tified, and our awards committee and editorial when it comes to young LGBTQ leaders across
team were tasked with selecting 40 out, proud the country. Although not by design, we are
leaders from our list of finalists. This was a dif- proud that our list is ethnically, politically and
ficult decision as all of the nominees are worthy racially diverse — with cisgender and non-bina-
of recognition. ry individuals. Among our leaders are Atheists,
We’ve dedicated this special section to 40 Christians, Muslims and Jewish individuals from
leaders who are thinking about tomorrow, who across the LGBTQ community. Our 40 LGBTQ
need our support and encouragement and, Leaders Under 40 are changing our world NOW.

Our list of 40 LGBTQ Leaders
Under 40 is brought to you by our
friends at New York Life.

DISCLAIMER: Content included in these profiles is a compilation of publicly available information, nominee submissions and
the recommendations from the readers of BEQ Pride magazine and visitors to the BusinessEqualityMagazine.com website. Although
every attempt was made to verify the information presented, BEQ Pride does not guarantee the accuracy or completion of every fact
shared. All participants were notified and have agreed to being included in this publication. The BEQ Pride Awards Committee and the
BEQ Pride Editorial team are solely responsible for selection of finalists; our sponsors were not involved in the selection process. The
Business Equality Network reserves the copyright to this list.

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