President
Barack Obama has named a transgender individual to the President’s
Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
According
to the White House announcement about Barbara Satin’s
appointment:
Barbara
Satin is the Assistant Faith Work Director for the National LGBTQ Task
Force. She is an active member of the United Church of Christ and
served on the denomination’s Executive Council as its first openly
transgender member. Ms. Satin recently worked on the development
of
Spirit on Lake, a LGBTQ senior housing project in Minneapolis. She
served on the Board of Directors for OutFront Minnesota from 2001 to
2008 and has served as Chair of GLBT Generations since 1999. She
has
also served on the Board of Directors of PFund Foundation, a regional
LGBTQ community foundation advancing social justice in Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, since 2013.
Satin
is also a U.S. Air Force veteran.
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