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Summit Speakers - 2023

Taylor Brorby

Taylor Brorby

Taylor Brorby is the author of Boys and Oil: Growing up gay in a fractured land, Crude: Poems, Coming Alive: Action and Civil Disobedience, and co-editor of Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America.

Allie Horwitz

Allie Horwitz

Allie (she/they) is an attorney on the Litigation team at the AARP Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Ming Wong

Ming Wong

Ming Wong (he/him) is an attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

Bri Hall

Bri Hall

Bri Hall is Director of Education and Outreach at High Plains Fair Housing Center

Chad Pitts

Chad Pitts

Chad Pitts is a Program Manager for ND HOPES.

Zara Crystal

Zara Crystal

Zara is a 21 year old transgender activist currently living in Fargo North Dakota.

CJ Vondal

CJ Vondal

Charles "CJ" Vondal is a University of North Dakota senior majoring in Social Work, and working towards a nonprofit administration minor.

Christina Sambor

Christina Sambor

Christina Sambor is the North Dakota State Director at Gender Justice, where she is working to develop a strategic presence in North Dakota to promote gender equity and protect the rights of North Dakotans.

Nathan Svihovec

Nathan Svihovec

Nathan Svihovec is the commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights.

Ames Simmons

Ames Simmons

Ames Simmons is a queer white transgender man who holds a senior fellowship at Duke University School of Law and lectures at George Washington University’s graduate program in LGBT Health Policy & Practice.

Katie Christensen Mineer

Katie Christensen Mineer

Katie Christensen Mineer (she/her) is the North Dakota State Director for Planned Parenthood North Central States.

Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson

Native American artist Anna Johnson seeks to bridge the gap between the world she lives in and the culture she came from.

Geraldine Ambe

Geraldine Ambe

Geraldine is a dedicated and passionate individual who wears many hats within the Bismarck community.

Keygan Miller

Keygan Miller

Keygan Miller is the Interim Director of Public Training for The Trevor Project.

Ashley LeFors

Ashley LeFors

Asheley LeFors, Founder of Raven’s Mom
Asheley is a wife of 21 years, mother to three amazing people, a veteran Military Spouse, LGBTQ+ and Human Rights advocate since 1996.

Dan Sturgill

Dan Sturgill

Dr. Sturgill is a clinical psychologist at Sanford Health in Moorhead, MN. 

Ryan Braunberger

Ryan Braunberger

Ryan Braunberger

Faye Seidler

Faye Seidler

Faye Seidler is an award-winning suicide prevention advocate that specializes in LGBTQ+ populations.

Madison Ziegler

Madison Ziegler

Madison Ziegler (she/hers) currently works as Grassroots Organizer with Planned Parenthood North Central States out of Fargo, ND.

Sadie Sheppard

Sadie Sheppard

Sadie Sheppard, B.A., graduated from Chadron State College with a Bachelor of Arts in Family Consumer Science with a concentration in Public Health and Human Services.

Shawn Cotter

Shawn Cotter

Shawn Cotter has been part of the film festival experience for over two decades as both an experimental filmmaker and as part of a festival team.

Caedmon Marx

Caedmon Marx

Caedmon Marx (They/Them) Outreach Committee Chair - Dakota OutRight

Kristin Nelson

Kristin Nelson

Kristin Nelson is the founder of Project RAI (Rainbows are Inclusive). She lives in Fargo with her husband Nick, daughter Alex, and 2 rescue dogs. Kristin just graduated from the University of Jamestown with a master's degree in non-profit leadership. 

Cody Schuler

Cody Schuler

Cody Schuler is Advocacy Manager of the ACLU ND.

Aaron Zimmerman

Aaron Zimmerman

Aaron Zimmerman, CFRE, M.A. (He/Him) is the Executive Director of PFund Foundation.

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