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LGBTQ LEADERS
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JULIE PERI

Julie Peri was born a builder. From her early years playing with LEGO, BY 2030,
she went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and later women and people in the
worked as a construction supervisor for Habitat for Humanity. The Bureau LGBTQ+ community are
of Labor Statistics reports 10 percent of people in construction are women, empowered to use tools,
including office jobs, representing just 3.4 percent of individuals working in build and fix their own
trades. Being a woman in this male-dominated industry and in the trades homes, and own property.
can be challenging — being a queer woman in the industry can feel even More than ever before,
Photo Credit Lydia Gonsalez more isolating and intimidating. Julie and Dykes with Drills are opening the women and queer folks are
SHE, HER, HERS entering the trades and
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MIRANDA RAGLAND

BY 2030, Miranda Ragland is an entrepreneur, business owner and senior-level
the TGNC community software architect with experience in a variety of areas. She specializes
will no longer be in advanced Salesforce.com development using Apex, Lightning Com-
marginalized because ponents and VisualForce. She also has a strong background in enterprise
we will build a network java along with database design and optimization. Miranda is founder
of visible entrepreneurs of M7Unlimited, co-founder of ITequality a CA-based LGBTBE® and
and executives to
empower and enrich stepmom to three beautiful young children.
our inclusion in SHE, HER, HERS
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ELIZABETH REDPATH

BY 2030, Elizabeth Redpath is an associate at McGuireWoods LLP where she
the LGBTQ+ community represents clients in federal and state courts and counsels businesses on
no longer lives in perpetual policies to combat workplace discrimination. She is vice president and
fear of everyday acts of president-elect of the Virginia Equality Bar Association and regularly pro-
implicit bias because of vides pro bono legal counsel to LGBTQ+ individuals at name and gender
the several generations of marker change clinics. Elizabeth is a long-time member of the National
LGBTQ+ people who were
courageous enough to live LGBT Bar Association.
openly and honestly in the SHE, HER, HERS
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face of overt discrimination.

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