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Leading Boldly

BUSINESS EQUALITY PIONEER BOB WITECK

By Curt Wagner
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corporate lawyer once asked Bob Witeck if he thought the

lawyer’s company employed many gay people, a question
that confirmed Witeck’s mission to battle for LGBTQ

inclusion from inside corporate America.

Big business’s embrace of the LGBTQ rights in the business world that we think matter,” Witeck said.
LGBTQ community and causes has and beyond. It’s a professional “In the work that I’ve been able to
progressed light years since 1993, accomplishment that goes hand- do, those are the things that most
when Witeck fielded that question. in-hand with what he sees as a satisfy me.”
Major steps forward in that journey personal goal everyone should strive That’s the same advice Witeck
can be traced back to Witeck’s to achieve. would give young LGBTQ gay
career over the past two decades. “I think all of us, no matter our leaders today to ensure they have
In 2018, the 65-year-old job or our aspirations, we want successful careers—whether they
iconoclast’s Washington, D.C.- to combine our passions and our work through the corporate and
based Witeck Communications will purpose. We want to do things we non-profit arena like he has or go
celebrate 25 years of advocating for love to do and care about, things into politics or find some passion.

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