Program
7:00 PM – Dinner Service Begins
Welcome Remarks, Emcee Marti Gould Allen-Cummings
Remarks from Board Members Sharon Callahan and Wade Rakes
7:30 PM – Dinner Service Break
7:50 PM – Program Resumes
Mayor Annise Parker’s State of Victory
LGBTQ Hall of Fame Induction
Remarks from Former United State Representative Barney Frank
Remarks from California Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins
Introducing our Hall of Fame Inductees – Former Senator Christine Kehoe; Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, introduced by Aron le Fèvre; Governor Kate Brown, introduced by Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek; Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins, introduced by Kansas State Representative Stephanie Byers
Remarks from Virginia Delegate Danica Roem
8:45 PM – Dinner Service Break
8:55 PM – Program Resumes
Remarks from Victory Campaign Board Members Sue Burnside and Samuel Garrett-Pate
Closing Remarks from Congressman Mondaire Jones
9:00 PM – Program Concludes
Thank you to our sponsors!
Presenting
Historian
Ron Ginsburg & Santiago Corral
30th Anniversary
Richard Holt & Dr. Mark McMasters
Sharon & Taryn Callahan-Miller
Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller
Archivist
Lynn Greer
Kimberly Hoover & Lynn Hackney
Clark Pellett & Robert Kohl
Jeff Krug
Hilary Rosen
Joy Tomchin
Champion
Hon. John S. Arrowood
Craig Benson & David Cohen
Democratic Governors Association
Steve Elmendorf
Tom Perrault & Sal Giambanco
Tim Gunn
Jason Mida & Drew Hammill
Chrys Lemon
Stuart Kurlander & David Martin
Robert Gleason & Marc Matys
PAC to the Future
David Johnston & Randy Rogers
William Waybourn & Craig Spaulding
Dale Stafford
Andrew Tobias
Chuck Wolfe
Bruce Rashbaum & Drew Wynn
Advocate
Haynes & Boone LLP • R. Christine Hershey & Susan Van Horn
John Hornor • Kelly D. Horton • Brian A. Johnson
Michael McRaith Reed Smith LLP • Christine Robert
Whitman Insight Strategies • Seth Turner Group • Jeffrey Watters
Christy Webber • Scott Widmeyer • Jim Schmidt & Joe Woolley
Patron
Tim Andersen • Joseph W. Blount • Suzanne Boda
Sue Burnside • Tom Seymour & Bob Burress • Amar R. Chadaga
Tony Coelho • Brett Smiley & James DeRentis
Claire Lucas and Judy Dlugacz • Richard Ellsasser
Richard Ellsasser • Howard Menaker & the Honorable Patrick Gossett
Scott Hintz • Jon Hoadley • Matt Kaczmarek
Ted Kennedy Jr. • Louis Vega & Steve Kleiner • Lake Research
Jason Kaplan & Stephen Lewis • mKz Strategies & Events
Peter McKown • Byrne Pelofsky + Associates, LLC
T. Ray Purser • Good Chemistry Nurseries
Aubrey Sarvis • Thomas Seymour
Bill Smith & Mark Stevens • Jeff Trammell
Mercedes Leal & Tammi Wallace • Rick Chavez Zbur
Victory Institute History Project Partners
30th Anniversary
Archivist
E. Desiree Asher
CA President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins
Clyde Group
Hon. Neil Giuliano
John Lundsten
Ross LaJeunesse & Patrick Oathout
Champion
Paul Horning
Advocate
Barilla • Paul Feeney & Chad Braun
Brian A. Johnson • Legacy Community Health
Prudential • Whitman Insight Strategies
Patron
Jim Roth & Phillip Koszarek