Keynotes
A diverse group of LGBT leaders from business, government, and entertainment will serve as keynote speakers for Reaching Out 2010. This list has not been finalized, so check back regularly for additional information. In the meantime, you can review a tentative list of speakers below.
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Meghan Stabler, Sr. Director and Executive Advisor at CA Technologies
Meghan Stabler is a Sr. Director and Executive Advisor at CA Technologies, a multi-billion IT management software and solutions company where she helps develop and drive strategy, messaging and execution around the Data Center of the Future, Global Partnerships and Alliances.
Prior to CA she was at BMC Software where she defined the market space of Business Service Management and lead marketing strategy in industry themes such as Cloud Computing, ITIL & ISO/IEC 2000, IT Governance Risk and Compliance. As a spokesperson to industry and media Meghan has also been a constant speaker at executive briefing centers, customer sales engagements and conferences worldwide. She was formerly the head of sales and business development at IT Masters before leading the eventual sale to BMC. She spent six years previously at CA as Senior Vice President, managing global departments of over 350 people and leading several of CA' s business units including research & development, marketing, channels and strategic alliances.
After an impressive 25 years leadership in I.T, she took on her toughest challenge and transitioned openly in the workplace at BMC Software. At BMC she helped establish understanding, communication and policies within the company to support global diversity and credits her co-workers and company DNA culture for LGBT support throughout the company.
Meghan believes in 6 fundamental DNA characteristics to her leadership style:
Get It Done
Do It Right
Be A Customer Advocate
Hire the Best and Trust Them
Innovate at All Levels
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An active leader and national volunteer she serves on:
AETNA Healthcare GLBT Advisory Board
Member of the Executive Board of Directors , AIDS Foundation Houston
Member of the Board of Directors, Human Rights Campaign and Member of HRC Business Council, Member of HRC Houston Steering Committee
Pres. Obama 's National LGBT Policy Committee Alumni
President of the Board of Directors, Pride Houston
Former Board of Director, National & International Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
As a nationally recognized spokesperson and activist Meghan has appeared globally on the television, radio and print media representing a number of industry and board related issues. Meghan has used her no-nonsense approach to advise a number of international governments, including members of the US Senate and House of Representatives. In June 2008 and 2009 she submitted written testimony to the US Senate and US House of Representatives on LGBT Workplace issues and has briefed the Congressional LGBT Caucus on LGBT parity.
Prior to CA she was at BMC Software where she defined the market space of Business Service Management and lead marketing strategy in industry themes such as Cloud Computing, ITIL & ISO/IEC 2000, IT Governance Risk and Compliance. As a spokesperson to industry and media Meghan has also been a constant speaker at executive briefing centers, customer sales engagements and conferences worldwide. She was formerly the head of sales and business development at IT Masters before leading the eventual sale to BMC. She spent six years previously at CA as Senior Vice President, managing global departments of over 350 people and leading several of CA' s business units including research & development, marketing, channels and strategic alliances.
After an impressive 25 years leadership in I.T, she took on her toughest challenge and transitioned openly in the workplace at BMC Software. At BMC she helped establish understanding, communication and policies within the company to support global diversity and credits her co-workers and company DNA culture for LGBT support throughout the company.
Meghan believes in 6 fundamental DNA characteristics to her leadership style:
Get It Done
Do It Right
Be A Customer Advocate
Hire the Best and Trust Them
Innovate at All Levels
Straight Talk
An active leader and national volunteer she serves on:
AETNA Healthcare GLBT Advisory Board
Member of the Executive Board of Directors , AIDS Foundation Houston
Member of the Board of Directors, Human Rights Campaign and Member of HRC Business Council, Member of HRC Houston Steering Committee
Pres. Obama 's National LGBT Policy Committee Alumni
President of the Board of Directors, Pride Houston
Former Board of Director, National & International Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
As a nationally recognized spokesperson and activist Meghan has appeared globally on the television, radio and print media representing a number of industry and board related issues. Meghan has used her no-nonsense approach to advise a number of international governments, including members of the US Senate and House of Representatives. In June 2008 and 2009 she submitted written testimony to the US Senate and US House of Representatives on LGBT Workplace issues and has briefed the Congressional LGBT Caucus on LGBT parity.
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Dustin Lance Black, 2009 Academy Award and Writers Guild of America Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay for Milk
Dustin Lance Black is a screenwriter, producer and director, having won the 2009 Academy Award and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for MILK, the Gus Van Sant-directed biopic of the late gay rights activist Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn.
An honors graduate of the UCLA School of Film and Television, Black began his professional career as an art director, and quickly transitioned to directing documentaries, television series, commercials and music videos. His first two documentaries ON THE BUS (2001) and MY LIFE WITH COUNT DRACULA (2003) debuted to acclaim and subsequent festival success. These lead to a successful stint producing and directing the TLC hit program FAKING IT, based upon the famous BBC series about ordinary citizens spending time in a field far removed from their normal lives. The program received notices for its unflinching sociological commentaries.
In 2004, Black signed on to draw on his devout Mormon childhood experiences in San Antonio, Texas as a writer and co-producer on the HBO Emmy and Golden Globe nominated polygamist drama BIG LOVE. He continued to write for the show until the third season wrapped in 2008.
Mr. Black also penned the screenplay for PEDRO, the first scripted project from Bunim-Murray Productions about the life and legacy of famed openly gay, HIV positive REAL WORLD cast member Pedro Zamora. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and earned Mr. Black his second WGA Award nomination when it premiered on MTV and VH1 in 2009.
Recently, Black completed production on his feature directorial debut WHATS WRONG WITH VIRGINIA, which stars Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris. It is due to premier this fall. In addition, Mr. Black has teamed up with director Clint Eastwood and Imagine Entertainment to pen HOOVER, the story of famed FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Production is set to begin at the end of 2010.
Beyond his film work, Black is also a civil rights activist. He is currently on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), which is leading the Federal Case against Prop 8 in CA with lawyers David Boise and Ted Olson, and is on the Board of the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ teen suicide hotline.
Since winning the Oscar in 2009, Black has been on a equal rights speaking tour across the country, and was one of a handful of organizers of the LGBT March on Washington in October 2009 where he spoke to an audience of over 150,000 demonstrators in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Black has had two books published, has written for every major screenwriting magazine, contributes to The Daily Beast, the Huffington Post, recently topped the list of OUT Magazines 40 under 40, and was named one of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in America today by that same publication.
An honors graduate of the UCLA School of Film and Television, Black began his professional career as an art director, and quickly transitioned to directing documentaries, television series, commercials and music videos. His first two documentaries ON THE BUS (2001) and MY LIFE WITH COUNT DRACULA (2003) debuted to acclaim and subsequent festival success. These lead to a successful stint producing and directing the TLC hit program FAKING IT, based upon the famous BBC series about ordinary citizens spending time in a field far removed from their normal lives. The program received notices for its unflinching sociological commentaries.
In 2004, Black signed on to draw on his devout Mormon childhood experiences in San Antonio, Texas as a writer and co-producer on the HBO Emmy and Golden Globe nominated polygamist drama BIG LOVE. He continued to write for the show until the third season wrapped in 2008.
Mr. Black also penned the screenplay for PEDRO, the first scripted project from Bunim-Murray Productions about the life and legacy of famed openly gay, HIV positive REAL WORLD cast member Pedro Zamora. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and earned Mr. Black his second WGA Award nomination when it premiered on MTV and VH1 in 2009.
Recently, Black completed production on his feature directorial debut WHATS WRONG WITH VIRGINIA, which stars Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris. It is due to premier this fall. In addition, Mr. Black has teamed up with director Clint Eastwood and Imagine Entertainment to pen HOOVER, the story of famed FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Production is set to begin at the end of 2010.
Beyond his film work, Black is also a civil rights activist. He is currently on the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), which is leading the Federal Case against Prop 8 in CA with lawyers David Boise and Ted Olson, and is on the Board of the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ teen suicide hotline.
Since winning the Oscar in 2009, Black has been on a equal rights speaking tour across the country, and was one of a handful of organizers of the LGBT March on Washington in October 2009 where he spoke to an audience of over 150,000 demonstrators in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Black has had two books published, has written for every major screenwriting magazine, contributes to The Daily Beast, the Huffington Post, recently topped the list of OUT Magazines 40 under 40, and was named one of the 50 most powerful LGBT people in America today by that same publication.