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LGBTQ LEADERS
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                                   STEVEN LEWIS




                                     Steven Lewis is Legal Counsel for Capital One and spends much of   BY 2030,
                                  his free time volunteering with marginalized populations and improving   LGBTQ+ people are no
                                  life circumstances for LGBTQ+ community members. Outside of work,   longer fighting for basic
                                  Steven is a growing leader in the community sitting on two adjudicative   rights, but honoring those
                                  boards as well as countless other boards of charities and not-for-profits   who did the fighting for us.
                                  in the disability, cancer and LGBTQ+ spaces. Steven is most passionate
                                  about pursuing grassroots activism through any venue he can - including
                                  with his Inclusive Rugby team where he has helped lead an initiative to
      HE, HIM, HIS                support inner-city and LGBTQ youth to take part and stay involved in
      AGE 32                      rugby at no cost. He is a formidable business leader delivering results for
                                  his company while also building and leading in the LGBTQ+ community
                                  and beyond.


      NATHAN MANSKE





      BY 2030,                       Nathan Manske is the founder and executive director of I’m From
      the power of                Driftwood, The LGBTQ Story Archive. This ever-expanding, inclusive
      storytelling will have      archive of stories not only preserves the history of the LGBTQ+ commu-
      paved the way for           nity, but it also reminds people that they are part of a larger community
      greater understanding,      and never truly alone. From Nathan’s vision and leadership, IFD now has
      acceptance, and             production teams in New York, Pennsylvania and Texas; storytellers from
      empathy towards
      LGBTQ+ people.              all 50 states and more than 15 countries; and a YouTube channel with
                                  over 21 million views and 76,000 subscribers. I am From Driftwood is a
                                  501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.                        Photo Credit Damien Mittlefehldt
                                                                                           HE, HIM, HIS
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      HEATHER RAE MARTIN




      BY 2030,                       Heather Rae Martin is a senior engagement manager in the Commer-
      every black queer            cial Advisory Group at Syneos Health. They bring tremendous energy to
      and trans person             everything that they do and make the people around them better because
      will be paid fairly          of how deeply they care. By serving on the board of Reaching Out MBA
      and recognized for           and more recently on the ROMBA Advisory Council, they are raising the
      our contributions            profile of women of color and gender non-conforming/non-binary people
      to culture—all while
      continuing to make an        in what was historically and still is a cis-white gay male-centered space.
      impact in every corner
      of every industry,                                                                   Photo Credit Brittanny Taylor
                                                                                           SHE, HER, HERS,
      especially STEM. We                                                                  THEY, THEM, THEIRS
      will be living our best                                                              AGE 35
      lives freely and fully!

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