Steering Committee

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak

Co-Chair, Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality

Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak serves on the Board of eHealth, Inc and is a strategic advisor to the Board of SHEEX, Inc.  Beth retired as the Global Vice-Chair - Public Policy at EY and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Board.  Beth had public policy responsibility for the firm’s operations in over 150 countries and was the global sponsor for EY’s Diversity and Inclusiveness efforts.

Beth is a prominent voice around the world on Diversity and Inclusion, including most prominently on LGBT inclusion and women. She has been named eleven times to the list of Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women". In 2017, Beth received the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the top individual honor bestowed by the US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). She has also been inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

During the Clinton Administration, she worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she was responsible for all tax policy matters related to insurance and managed care. She played important roles in the healthcare reform and Superfund reform efforts.

Beth chairs the Board of Vital Voices, the Steering Committee of the Partnership for Global LGBTI Inclusion, and is a member of the Board of the United States Olympic Committee, The Conference Board, The Aspen Institute, and Out Leadership. She is a member of the inaugural class of the Henry Crown Fellows of The Aspen Institute, the Committee of 200, and the International Women's Forum.

Beth played basketball at Purdue University where she earned her undergraduate degree with highest distinction and has honorary doctorates from Purdue, Indiana University and Babson College.

Dan Bross

Co-Chair, Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality

With a background in public policy and government affairs, Dan has led corporate social responsibility, government affairs and public policy teams at two Fortune 100 companies and has over twenty-five years of experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

After a ten-year career in the energy industry, Dan joined Microsoft in 1998 and was instrumental in developing and managing Microsoft’s global corporate social responsibility program. Dan worked across key business groups and corporate functions within Microsoft to develop public policy positions to advance the company’s business and policy objectives and to position Microsoft as an industry thought leader on key policy issues such as human rights, responsible sourcing, privacy and security, corporate governance, transparency, et al.

He founded and served as Executive Director of the Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Center. Under Dan’s leadership, Microsoft became one of the first multinational corporations to adopt the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and develop and implement a cross company human rights impact assessment process.

In addition to his internally facing responsibilities, Dan was responsible for Microsoft ’s global outreach and engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including the socially responsible investment community; the World Economic Forum; a range of CSR organizations and related NGOs; various UN agencies, with a particular focus on UN Human Rights; the UN Global Compact; and the Global Reporting Initiative

Dan also served as the Co-Executive Sponsor of GLEAM (Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft).

He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Catawba College in Salisbury, NC and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Dan and his husband, Robert Cundall, live in New York City. 

Marco Ziegler

Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Marco Ziegler is a Senior Managing Director in Accenture’s global Products Industries Practice focused on leading some of Accenture’s most important relationships with Fortune 100 companies across Consumer Products, Retail and Health. Marco has over 20 years of experience in consulting including strategy, technology and outsourcing for clients across North America, Europe and Asia. He is also the creator of Accenture’s Marketing Operations services and thrives to help clients accelerate the digital transformation.

Marco is a key leader in helping accelerate a culture of equality for all at Accenture. He has held various Inclusion & Diversity leadership roles and is currently Accenture’s Global Pride Network Co-Sponsor.

Michael schachtner

Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Michael is Managing Director and Partner at BCG with over 10 years of consulting experience.  He brings thought leadership and insight to business leaders in the insurance and financial services industry.  He focuses on accelerating their strategic agenda with digital technologies and new ways of working to unlock sources of economic value and achieve improvements in productivity and innovation. 

Michael also leads the Pride@BCG network in North America and is a member of BCG’s Diversity & Inclusion Council.  In his role as a LGBT leader, he has a personal passion and commitment to advocate LGBTQ and workplace equality, building on his experience from both Europe and North America.

Prior to joining BCG, Michael worked for a multi-family office and was an executive editor of "Electronic Markets,” a research journal.  Michael earned his PhD from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland and studied at UC Berkeley.  He lives in New York with his husband, their daughter and dog.

Lori George Billingsley

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Lori George Billingsley has over 30 years of public relations experience in developing and implementing breakthrough programs that meet organizational goals, target audience needs and produce results.  Currently, she is the global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. 

In this role, she leads the company’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence, including the Diversity, Inclusion and Workplace Fairness teams for North America, all directed to enabling a more engaged global workforce, mirror the markets we serve, and supporting a more inclusive culture to best position the associates of The Coca-Cola Company to drive growth.

She previously served as Vice President of Community and Stakeholder Relations for Coca-Cola North America (CCNA), where she led community giving and engagement, including grants from The Coca-Cola Foundation, stakeholder relations and issues management, employee volunteerism, community board placements, disaster relief, and CCNA’s 5by20 women’s initiative. She served as a company spokesperson at external stakeholder events, while managing a staff of nine and $20+ million budget.   She also served on the company’s Multicultural Leadership Committee.

Trey Boynton

Global Lead, Inclusion & Collaboration Strategy, Inclusive Future & Strategy, Cisco Systems

Trey Boynton has spent her professional career working to create inclusive environments. For nearly 20 years, she worked in university settings driving equity and inclusion for students, faculty and staff at the University of Michigan.

She shifted to the tech industry in 2017 when she joined Duo Security as their first head of diversity and inclusion. As the lead for overall diversity strategy, Trey envisioned a bold road ahead for Duo and implemented company-wide programs and initiatives that positively grew Duo’s magical culture and team. Duo achieved a milestone in August 2018 when it was acquired by Cisco as a cornerstone of their software-as-a-service (SAAS) cloud security business. In her new Cisco role as the Global Lead for Inclusion Strategy, she manages a team dedicated to building and delivering on inclusion promises and aspirations at scale.

For Trey, inclusion work is deeply personal. She describes it as head and heart work centered on creating space so that employees and teams are valued, celebrated, and able to define their own success. In short, her ultimate goal is to reduce barriers to brilliance.

Originally from her beloved northern California, she studied at Spelman College, Georgetown University and the University of Michigan. Her most important job is helping her two teen feminist daughters continue to be awesome and buying her fiancée banana splits from Dairy Queen. In the two minutes of time she has left to spare, she fancies herself an overly hopeful San Francisco 49ers fan, a budding Lego engineer, and an expert on all things Jane Austen.

Terri Cooper

Chief Inclusion Officer, Deloitte US

Dr. Cooper is currently Deloitte’s Chief Inclusion Officer.

Terri has a personal passion and commitment to growing and developing talent at all levels. As chief inclusion officer, Terri drives Deloitte’s strategy to recruit, develop, and advance a diverse workforce and foster an inclusive environment. She is focused on advancing inclusive leadership at all levels to advance inclusion in workplaces today.

Terri has more than two decades of experience working in various capacities of the life sciences and health care industry, including participating in a broad range of strategic advisory services. She has created new global operating models; supported the integration of development, regulatory, and drug safety functions in a number of Life Sciences company mergers; restructured all aspects of the research and development (R&D) value chain; and driven increased cost and efficiency measures.

Terri serves as a frequent speaker on diversity and inclusion issues and trends. She was recently named to Crain’s 2019 New York Notable Women in Accounting.

She holds a Joint Honors Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry and Pharmacology and a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of London, UK.

Connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/drterricooper and Twitter @DrTerriCooper.

Kathryn Burdett

Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Americas, Deutsche Bank

Kathryn Burdett is head of Diversity & Inclusion, Americas at Deutsche Bank.

She provides thought leadership and expertise to business leaders, human resources, corporate social responsibility, marketing, and communications on D&I strategy and best practices to accelerate the pace of change. Kathryn also directs the efforts of Deutsche Bank’s employee resource groups.  

She is a Task Force Co-Chair of the Center for Talent Innovation and a steering group member of the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Kathryn is also an active member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association D&I Advisory Council.

 A frequent speaker at D&I conferences, Kathryn was named a Most Powerful & Influential Woman of the Tri-State Area by the National Diversity Council. In 2016, she co-authored the article “Data and diversity – strength in numbers” for the Deutsche Bank Research magazine, Konzept.

Kathryn’s background includes roles in employee relations, graduate recruiting, and human resources business partner. She is a graduate of Smith College.

MORIAKI KIDA

Chief Operating Officer, EY Japan

Implementer of innovative strategies that have transformed the operations and improved productivity at EY. Strong advocate of Diversity and Inclusiveness programs. 

As EY Regional Chief Operating Officer, Mori oversees the operations and helps implement initiatives that have supported the transformation of the Japan services. 

With over 21 years of experience at EY, Mori serves various companies as an audit professional. Prior to his current role, he was the Americas Japanese Business Service Director, leading teams that provided holistic professional services to Japanese companies operating in North, South and Latin American countries.

He is a member of various global committees and is a board member of EY Transaction Advisory Services and EY Advisory and Consulting in Japan.

Mori is also the sponsor of the LGBT employee group for Japan and was recognized as one of the Leading 100 LGBT+ Executives by OUTstanding and the Financial Times in 2017.

Mori has earned an MBA in Accounting from the San Francisco State University – College of Business.

How Moriaki is building a better working world

Mori advocates promoting programs for advancing diversity and inclusion at EY, including women, parents, professionals with elderly care responsibilities and LGBT professionals in Japan. He also actively participates as a mentor for university students in the Asia-Pacific Area, including Japan, and offers support and advice.

Justin Blake

Global Lead, Executive Positioning, Edelman

Justin Blake heads Edelman’s Global Leadership positioning offer, guiding leaders in telling their authentic stories in today's complex communications environment. Justin counsels CEOs and other executive-level leaders to develop differentiating and relevant messages and communicate them through a range of channels, including media, conferences, digital and direct-to-influencer engagement.

A 19-year Edelman veteran, Justin’s work has spanned a number of sectors and geographies. He has worked with CEOs, government officials, university presidents and NGO heads for more than two decades including leaders from: eBay, Samsung and Yale University. He has worked with numerous new FORTUNE 500 CEOs.

 Justin leads Edelman’s client work at Davos where he has attended since 2002. He has worked with CEOs and executives from more than 50 companies on their Davos engagement. Justin is a Duke University Media Fellow, and a Trustee of the Classic Stage Company in New York.

Graeme Reid 

Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program , Human Rights Watch 

Graeme Reid is an expert on LGBT rights. He has conducted research, taught and published extensively on gender, sexuality, LGBT issues, and HIV/AIDS. He is author of How to be a Real Gay: Gay Identities in Small-Town South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2013). Before joining Human Rights Watch in 2011, Reid was the founding director of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa, a researcher at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research and a lecturer in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at Yale University, where he continues to teach as a visiting lecturer. An anthropologist by training, Reid received a master’s from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. 

André du plessis

Executive Director, ILGA

André du Plessis (he/him) is ILGA World’s Executive Director.

Born in Zambia, André is from South Africa and grew up in the UK and India.
Prior to being appointed as Executive Director, André headed-up ILGA World’s advocacy work at the UN, assisting LGBTI organizations from around the world use the UN system to help bring change in-country, and led a challenging but successful civil society campaign to create the position of UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

He is a human rights lawyer, also with experience in the Corporate, Financial Services and Litigation fields in both London and China.

Prior to ILGA World, he worked on business and human rights in conflict zones, environmental and trade justice issues, and also supported UN Special Procedures at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Randall Tucker

Chief Inclusion Officer, Mastercard

Randall Tucker is Chief Inclusion Officer for Mastercard, where he is responsible for aligning the company’s global diversity and inclusion initiatives with the corporate business strategy to ensure that every employee has the opportunity to reach their greatest potential.

Before joining Mastercard, Randall served as the senior director of inclusion and diversity at Darden Restaurants Inc., where he led the development of a company-wide inclusion strategy to more closely align to the business and support an inclusive environment. Prior to joining Darden, he led the transformation of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide’s diversity and inclusion strategy from a U.S.-focused model to a global model. During his tenure, he led the development of the organization’s first global initiative to enhance career opportunities for women at senior levels. Earlier in his career, he served in various sales and human resource roles at Marriott International.

Randall holds a Bachelor of Arts from James Madison University and serves on the James Madison University Hart School Advisory Board. He has been a guest lecturer at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. Randall lives in New York City with his husband.

John Galligan

Senior Director, Global Government Affairs, Corporate External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Corporation

John Galligan leads Microsoft’s Global Government Affairs team, whose role is to support the company's international network of corporate affairs professionals in their public policy advocacy outreach, as well as developing global campaigns to promote the trusted, responsible, and inclusive use of technology. In addition to this role, John also co-leads CELA Pride, the LGBTI employee network for the Corporate External and Legal Affairs department.

Prior to this role, John was Microsoft’s Regional Director for Government Relations based in Singapore, where he coordinated the company’s public policy, government affairs, and industry relations across the Asia-Pacific region.

John is a current board member of the Public Affairs Council and the US ASEAN Business Council. He holds degrees in Business Communication from the Queensland University of Technology and Political Science from Australian National University.  He lives with his husband in Seattle, WA.

Veronica Birga

Chief of the Women’s Rights and Gender Section, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Veronica Birga is the Chief of the Women’s Rights and Gender Section at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Veronica has been working with the UN Human Rights Office since 1999, both in HQ and in the field. In her different positions, her work has focused on equality and non-discrimination, with a focus on gender equality.  

Jessica Stern

Executive Director, Outright Action International

Jessica Stern, Executive Director of OutRight Action International, specializes in gender, sexuality, and human rights globally. At OutRight, she has doubled the budget, supported the legal registration of LGBTIQ organizations globally, helped secure the mandate of the United Nations Independent Expert on Discrimination and Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, and advanced the UN LGBTI Core Group. She is frequently quoted by the media in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Time. She has provided expert opinions to governments globally and UN mechanisms, including UN Women, where she serves as a member of the LGBTI Reference Group and Women Human Rights Defenders Reference Group. Her writing has been cited by the Indian Supreme Court in its seminal judgement decriminalizing homosexuality (Navtej Singh Johar versus the Union of India) and featured in a new chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security (2019). She is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University. 

 Sean P. Broderick 

 Associate Director, US Regulatory Policy, Global Environmental Sustainability Policy, P&G 

Sean Broderick leads P&G’s global environmental sustainability and U.S. regulatory policy, advocating with governments, non-government organizations, and other thought leaders across P&G’s full portfolio of brands.

Sean brings more than 22 years of experience across a number of functions inside Proctor & Gamble. Prior to joining P&G’s Global Government Relations office in Washington, D.C. in 2012, Sean managed regulatory compliance and technical relations within R&D, manufacturing, distributing, and regulatory organizations.

Mr. Broderick joined P&G in 1997 as part of the Corporate Buildings Department with a focus on environmental engineering and compliance assurance programs. He has a strong track record of implementing robust compliance systems as well as influencing and advocating for smart regulations affecting the CPG industry.

Sean protects and promotes P&G’s reputation with the U.S. Congress and the Administration across a broad portfolio of issues, including product safety, cosmetics, over-the-counter drugs, chemicals, LGBT+, energy, environment, sustainability, manufacturing, supply chain, and innovation portfolios.

Luzerne McAllister II

Global Diversity and Engagement Strategy, PepsiCo

Luzerne McAllister II is responsible for development of PepsiCo's Global Diversity & Engagement Strategy with a special focus on global ERG expansion and PepsiCo's LGBT+ agenda. He is the Founder of Rolodex Global - a professional development network focused on elevating LGBT+ professionals of African descent. He is also the National Strategic Champion of Learning & Development for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and the Chair of NYU Stern LGBTQ Alumni Committee. 

Prior to his current role at PepsiCo, Luzerne was responsible for the development of PepsiCo's Global Human Capital and Human Resources strategies. He was also a client-facing strategy consultant with eight years of experience at Accenture, where he has served clients in over five different industries in roles that include: corporate strategy, growth strategy, change management strategy, global analytics reorganization, business intelligence, governance models, stakeholder engagement, organization design, enterprise communications, workforce training delivery, process and business development.

Having been awarded an academic fellowship, Luzerne received his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business (Stern), where he graduated with a specialization in Global Business having traveled to 42 cities throughout 18 countries, received a certificate of completion from Guanghua School of Business, and alumni status at London Business School, while enrolled as a student.

Having earned his B.S. from The Wharton School of the U. of PA, Luzerne decided that while pursuing his MBA at Stern, he would seize every opportunity to explore, be inspired, learn, and make an impact in his community. Since graduating, he has continued to do this in his career and personal endeavors - as a travel-addicted tennis fanatic, who loves men's fashion, advocates for the LGBT people of color community, and continues active service with his community service fraternity.

Dale Meikle

Global Leader for People Culture and Diversity, PwC International

As the Global Leader for People Culture and Diversity at PwC International, Dale Meikle is responsible for the creation and implementation of change management interventions across the PwC network of firms. She works with the network chairman and global leadership team to bring PwC's culture to life, including enhancing demographic and thought diversity in leadership.

Tony Prophet

Chief Equality Officer, Salesforce

Tony Prophet is the Chief Equality Officer at Salesforce. In his role, he works to build a workplace that reflects the diverse communities it serves and further Equality for all. He also leads the new Ethical & Humane Use of Technology initiative to ensure our technology not only drives the success of our customers, but also drives positive social change and improves the lives of people around the world. He reports directly to the Co-CEO and Chairman Marc Benioff. Prophet is a board member of College Track. 

Previously, Prophet held senior executive product marketing roles at Microsoft including corporate vice president of Windows and Search Marketing, where he was responsible for Windows, Bing, Cortana and MSN brands. He was also co-executive sponsor of Blacks at Microsoft and founding executive of BlackLight, an organization empowering Black marketers at Microsoft.

Prior to Microsoft, he led worldwide operations for what is now HP Inc., and before that, he led worldwide operations for Carrier Corporation (a United Technologies Business). Before that, he was a partner with Booz Allen Hamilton.

Throughout his career, Prophet has worked as a champion for human rights and social justice, including protecting the rights of young workers, educating female workers on health issues in developing countries, improving schools for children of migrant workers and addressing the root causes of migratory worker flows. He is also passionate about community service, focusing on ensuring low-income teens get college educations, as well as improving healthcare for children and HIV-positive women in the San Francisco Bay Area.

His work has been widely recognized - by appointment to the National Academies of Sciences Board on Energy and the Environment; recipient of China’s 3 Gorges Award and Shanghai China’s Magnolia Silver Award. He also received Booz Allen highest distinction for Client work - their Professional Excellence Award.

Prophet holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Engineering from General Motors Institute and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Brett House

Vice-President and Deputy Chief Economist, Scotiabank

Brett House is Vice-President and Deputy Chief Economist at Scotiabank. Prior to joining Scotiabank in October 2016, Brett was Chief Economist at Alignvest Investment Management in Toronto and Global Strategist at Woodbine Capital Advisors, a New York global macro fund. Earlier, Brett served as Principal Advisor in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund. He cut his teeth in fixed-income markets at Goldman Sachs in London and at the World Bank in Washington, DC.

A Rhodes Scholar with degrees in economics from Oxford and Queen’s, Brett has held teaching and research roles at Oxford, McGill, Columbia, and Massey College.

Brett received the 2014 Québec Notable Award in Finance, the 2015 Good Citizen Award from his hometown of Lincoln, Ontario, and the 2018 Professional Leader Award from Start Proud. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010.

As one of Scotiabank’s senior out LGBTQ+ executives, Brett is a member of the CEO’s Diversity and Inclusion Council, the LGBTQ+ Executive Advisory Council, the LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group, and a mentor in the Banking on Women Leaders (BOWL) programme. He is an active spokesperson for the Bank on LGBTQ+ issues, including through the Pride at Work Summit, Out on Bay Street, and the Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC). He was formerly the chair of the IMF’s GLOBE, where he was instrumental in securing same-sex spousal and family benefits for IMF staff.

Mélisande Kingchatchaval Schifter

Project Lead, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, World Economic Forum

Mélisande is the Project Lead, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the World Economic Forum. She manages the Forum’s Community of Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officers, and leads the Forum’s action initiatives that support companies in advancing their diversity, equity, inclusion and human-centric strategies for more workplace equality. She focuses on issues around gender parity, racial justice, LGBTI equality, disability inclusion, and modern slavery. Prior to joining the Forum, Mélisande worked within the field of international affairs, development work and ethics. She holds a MTh in Theology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and is currently a PhD candidate in Ethics at the University of Basel, Switzerland.