Natalie Thomas serves as Director of Community Connections and Advocacy, and Director of the Center for Adolescents and Families, for the National Youth Advocate Program. Natalieholds a Master’s degree in Social Work and is clinically licensed in 4 states including Ohio, and Washington, DC. Natalie has over 10 years’ experience in the behavioral health field […]

Dr. Marin Harbur is a native of New York State. She attended Grinnell College (Iowa) as an undergraduate. She also holds M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Agronomy — the science of growing crops while sustaining the environment, from Iowa State University. Marin works full-time as a data analyst for Land O Lakes. She is also […]

Joseph Wenger is a native of the Central Ohio area. A proud Buckeye, he graduated from The Ohio State University twice, receiving his BA in History in 2007 and JD from the Moritz College of Law in 2012. While at Moritz, he received the Robert M. Duncan Service Award and served as co-chair of OutLaws, […]

Julie VanDyne lives in Lima Ohio with her wife Robyn. She graduated in 1980 from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. She received her Master of Business Administration from Capital University in 1985. She is a registered professional engineer in Ohio, as well as 22 other states. They have two grown […]

Tara Stewart is vice president of Supplier Quality at Eaton where she also serves global co-lead for Eaton PRIDE, the Eaton LGBT Employee Resource group. Prior to joining Eaton, she held positions of increasing responsibility in Quality and Supplier Quality in manufacturing facilities, regional and corporate level roles in industrial organizations. Tara is a graduate […]

Kellie Rubesne is Senior Counsel for Progressive Insurance, where she has practiced for 16+ years. Kellie is a 1989 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace University and a 1997 graduate of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at CSU. She has a diverse legal practice, including advertising compliance, contracts, copyright and trademark, and software licensing. Kellie remains actively engaged at […]

Michael McAllister is a Magistrate in the Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division of Franklin County Ohio.  Michael is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed his undergraduate degree in Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.   Michael formerly worked in New York City in commercial real estate. Michael chose to go to law school […]

Joe Matuszewski is a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. A Certified Public Accountant in the state of Ohio, Joe has over fifteen years of public accounting experience serving a variety of multinational clients, primarily in the diversified industrial products and consumer products industries. Joe […]

Rev. Virginia Lohmann Bauman currently serves as the Senior Pastor of St. John’s United Church of Christ, an Open and Affirming (ONA) church with the United Church of Christ, www.ucc.org, where the church affirms the dignity and worth of all.  Advocating for LGBTQ equality has been a hallmark of Rev. Bauman’s ministry. Rev. Bauman is […]

Dr. Herb Asher is professor emeritus of political science at The Ohio State University. He previously served as counselor to the university president, and Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and earlier served as special assistant to the university president for government relations and founding director of the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and […]