About Out & Equal Houston

Out & Equal Houston's mission is to provide educational and networking programs which empower organizations, HR professionals, employee resource groups, and individual employees to create and maintain inclusive work environments for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Our next event, “Pride in the Park” is scheduled for Saturday, July 10.  More information is available online.

At Out & Equal Houston, we want to encourage & help Houston-area businesses to foster LGBT-inclusive work environments through information and support resources for participating companies and employees with particular focus on the major sectors of this area's economic base:

• Energy & Chemical
• Engineering & Aerospace
• Banking & Financial Services

• Healthcare

• Travel & Entertainment

Out & Equal Houston Leadership Council

Co-Chair

Mike Craig, Chevron

Co-Chair & Secretary

Gemma Burns, Chevron

Treasurer & Development Committee Chair

Elisa Vega-Burns, EMC

Education Committee Chair

Regina Dotson, Shell

Marketing & Branding Committee Chair

Chad Libertus, KPMG

Programming Committee Co-Chair

Chris Derham, Continental Airlines

Programming Committee Co-Chair

Robert Lee, Ernst & Young

Council Members At Large

Fiona Dawson

Kim Frederick, Deloitte

Timothy Garippa, Accenture

Matt Sontag, KPMG