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I am in awe of the strides our industry has made on LGBTQ+ inclusion since my early days with OPEN Finance 15 years ago, let alone since I began my career in 1989, when I saw no alternative to being closeted. We should never forget that our progress would not have been possible without committed LGBTQ+ and ally employee activists within each firm, working tirelessly to convince colleagues and executives to stand on the right side of history.

 

One of the best aspects of being an OPEN Finance member firm is that we have opportunities to learn from and inspire each other to make our firms, and our industry as a whole, even better for LGBTQ+ employees.

 

Today, as head of the Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs at JPMorgan Chase, my team and I develop and execute an agenda that makes the most of our firm's strength and scale to drive progress on LGBTQ+ matters internally and externally. Integral to our strength and scale are the 39,000+ employees in our LGBTQ+ business resource group, and the 500+ out Managing Directors and Executive Directors who serve on our LGBTQ+ Executive Forum. Together, we seek to enhance our businesses and our culture, while in parallel broadening the programming and benefits we can provide to our LGBTQ+ employees and our employees with LGBTQ+ family members.​