Doug Greco

Doug organized for 17 years with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), the nation’s largest and longeststanding network of faith and community-based organizations, including 12 years as Lead Organizer with Central Texas aInterfaith, a coalition of 35 congregations, labor unions, schools, and nonprofits across the Central Texas region. He has also served as Chief of Staff to State Rep. Gina Hinojosa and as Director of Programs with Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. As Director of Programs at Equality California in 2015-16, Doug led efforts to develop and implement programs to address health disparities for LGBTQ undocumented immigrants in the Central Valley. As a Chief of Staff during the 2017 Texas Legislative Session, Doug worked against the “Bathroom Bill” and the anti-immigrant SB4. Doug got his start in organizing as a teacher at Johnston High School (now Eastside Early College High School) in East Austin, where he taught for five years after moving to Austin after graduating from Brown University in 1997. Doug covered the marriage equality movement as a writer for Frontiers Magazine, and his 2023 book “To Find a Killer” lays out an organizing vision for the next phase of the LGBTQ rights movement through analyzing the tragic 2017 anti-LGBTQ murder of one of his former high school students in Dove Springs in Southeast Austin. He holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Brown University, a Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton, and a Masters in creative writing from the University of Southern California. Doug grew up in the Anthracite Coal Region town of Mt. Carmel in Eastern Pennsylvania. Doug serves as the Senior Warden at SoCo Episcopal Community and loves playing third base with the Austin Ball’rz of Softball Austin, our city’s LGBTQ softball league. Doug also enjoys hiking, writing, and spending time with his family as well as his family of friends in Austin.