Speakers

Speaker Registration

Even though San Gabriel Valley Pride will always be free, all attendees must register for the talks . It is suggested that you register online in advance or print and complete the attached form so that you can skip all the people rushing to fill out the registration form on the day of the event. It will help make sure you get notices of any changes before the event and also help us start the event on time if you've already printed out your ticket in advance.

Speakers must additionally download and submit a release since we will be attempting to stream the talks live on the Internet beginning with our 2011 event. Additionally, they should submit their presentation materials/outline by the 30th of September.

See you all on October 8th, 2011!

Speakers

Jane Wishon is a straight ally who has held leadership positions in a number of socially conscious organizations for the last 20+ years. She has just joined the National Board and serves as the Los Angeles Chapter Chair for Marriage Equality USA, volunteers in Case Management for AIDS Project LA, reaches out to high school students for UCLA Admissions, blogs on behalf of the LGBT community, and works with The Trevor Project both in schools and online. Her background includes an MBA as a Baker Fellow at the Anderson School of Management UCLA, New Business Research and Development for Xerox Learning Systems, and Store Management for Bullocks Wilshire Department Stores. Jane lives in Los Angeles with her husband of 34 years and her three children. She is an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. 

Professor David Cruz is a constitutional law expert focusing on civil rights and equality issues, including equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. He specializes in discrimination law and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. He teaches Constitutional Law I; Constitutional Law II; Federal Courts; Sexual Orientation and the Law; International/Comparative Perspectives on Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation; Identity Categories; and Law, Identity, and Culture.

Dan Fotou lives in Los Angeles, CA. He is the action strategist at a non-profit civil action organization, GetEqual. He has participated in actions that include disrupting president Obama during a fundraising dinner to handcuffing himself to the White House fence. He has a dream to have access to the same rights, freedoms, privileges and protections as every other American citizen. He believes federal law must be enacted to protect the LGBTQ community against all forms of discrimination.

Amanda Pumphrey is pursuing a PhD in Women's Studies in Religion at Claremont Graduate University, she is a graduate of Claremont School of Theology (MA) and also attended the Human Rights Campaign's Summer Institute for religious and theological studies.  Ruth Marston is a seminarian at Claremont School of Theology who is pursuing an M.Div. and on her way to being ordained in the United Methodist Church.  She also recently represented Claremont School of Theology at the LGBTQI-friendly Sing a New Song conference for Methodists.

Dr. Lisa J. Scherer is a researcher at the Department of Molecular Biology Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope. In collaboration with City of Hope's Dr. John Rossi and Harvey Mudd College's Dr. Karl Haushalter, she is working on a proposed strategy that uses a lentivirus delivery vehicle to genetically engineer hematopoetic stem cells (HSC's) harvested from patients. After being genetically modified and expanded in culture, the resulting HSC's could then be reinfused into the patient to reconstitute the patient's immune system with cells that are resistant to infection from HIV.

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