Facing unprecedented anti-LGBTQ attacks to our community, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has appointed three new legal experts and advocates to their board of directors to help meet the challenges of our times: DEI consultant and leader Jamie Bergeron; criminal defense and employment attorney Inga Bernstein; and nondiscrimination advocate and real estate attorney Rachel Goldberg.
“We’re thrilled to have Jamie, Inga, and Rachel bring their substantial expertise to GLAD as we embark on an exciting year of hiring our next permanent executive director, expanding our legal team and deepening our regional and national impact for the LGBTQ+ community and people with HIV,” said GLAD Board President Shane Dunn. “As we face down unprecedented attacks on the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans to live with dignity, equality, and authenticity, these three strategic thinkers and driven leaders are invaluable additions to GLAD’s board.”
“Our new board members bring varied and valuable professional expertise and a proven track record of advancing equity, inclusion, and LGBTQ+ equality,” said GLAD’s Interim Executive Director Richard Burns. “Jamie, Inga, and Rachel further deepen the board’s skillset, and provide crucial experience we will leverage at this pivotal moment for our community and our country.”
Jamie Bergeron (she/her) is an experienced diversity, equity, and inclusion leader, practitioner, and consultant. She serves in the Americas Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness Center of Excellence at Ernst & Young, LLP, a global professional services firm. A lifelong advocate, Jamie is very involved in her local community, serving on the board of Pride in Our Workplace and Trans Can Work, as board advisor for COLAGE, and working closely with numerous organizations seeking to align their mission and vision with the principles of equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
Inga S. Bernstein (she/her) is a partner at the Boston litigation boutique firm Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP. She is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses her practice on criminal defense and employment law. She has been recognized as being among the top 50 Women Lawyers and among the Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts from 2019 to the present.
Rachel Goldberg (she/her) maintains a private law practice that is focused on real estate development and consulting on matters of gender identity employment discrimination. Until her retirement in February of 2017, Rachel had served for 35 years as General Counsel for the City of Stamford’s Urban Redevelopment Commission, managing some of the Commission’s most successful real estate and development activities. She is currently President Elect of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Foundation and a James W. Cooper Life Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.
— from a GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) press release
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