Overview

The Reaching Out LGBT MBA Student Conference is the annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) graduate business school students from all over the world. Our organization is dedicated to promoting the acceptance and visibility of LGBT businesspeople and their interests in the workplace. The conference provides a forum for prospective and current graduate business school students, recent alumni and current business leaders to build personal and professional networks, exchange information and promote cooperation within their respective areas of interest.

Attendance at this year’s conference will include over 600 of the best and brightest future LGBT business leaders from the nation’s leading business schools and businesses. The conference will present a dynamic line-up of prominent industry speakers and workshop panelists representing all sectors of the business community, from finance and marketing to non-profits and the arts.

Reaching Out MBA, Inc. Board of Directors:
Peter Allen - McKinsey & Co.
Amy Bennett - IBM
Jonah Brown - Edmunds.com, Inc.
David Cavanaugh - L.E.K. Consulting
Brandt Haynes - NYU Stern School of Business (2006 Conference Co-Chair)
Andrew Fiala - Deloitte
Megan McCarroll - BASF Corporation (Board Secretary)
Christopher Rice - Stockbridge Real Estate Funds
James Robertson - John Snow, Inc. (Board President)
Chris Schuster - NYU Stern School of Business (2006 Conference Co-Chair)
Sarah Singer - Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Kevin Smith - NYU Stern School of Business (2006 Conference Co-Chair)
Ian Tzeng - L.E.K. Consulting (Board Treasurer)

Our officers can be reached at corp_officers@reachingoutmba.org for further information.