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Mara Keisling, Executive Director
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Mara is the founding Executive Director of NCTE. A Pennsylvania native, Mara came to Washington after co-chairing the Pennsylvania Gender Rights Coalition. Mara is a transgender-identified woman who also identifies as a parent and a Pennsylvanian. She is a graduate of Penn State University and did her graduate work at Harvard University in American Government. She has served on the board of Directors of Common Roads, an LGBTQ Youth Group, and on the steering committee of the Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition. Mara has almost twenty-five years of professional experience in social marketing and opinion research.
Simon Aronoff, Deputy Director
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Simon directs NCTE’s programs and communications. Before joining NCTE, Simon served as a Senior Account Executive at Fenton Communications, a public interest communications firm. In that role, he focused on providing communications and strategic planning counsel to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender nonprofits. He has held an appointed seat on San Francisco’s Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force and served on the board of directors of the Transgender Law Center, a civil rights organization advocating for California’s transgender community. He is a graduate of Smith College.
Justin Tanis, Program Manager
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Justin Tanis earned his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School and his D.Min. from San Francisco Theological Seminary. He was the director of leadership development for Metropolitan Community Churches in West Hollywood, CA. Justin joined NCTE in August of 2005.
Sarah Cook, Legal Intern
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Sarah Cook serves as the legal intern for NCTE. Sarah has a BA in Political Science from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She is currently a student at the Georgetown University Law Center. Sarah was the first recipient of the Georgetown University Anti-Discrimination in Employment Fellowship for her work at NCTE in the summer of 2006. Sarah is a proud Michigan native, and would be happy to show you where she is from on her palm.
Harry Nagendra, Intern
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Harry Nagendra is interning with NCTE through April 2007 supporting our operations and programmatic work. Harry is a strong progressive advocate who is committed to LGBT equality, and it shows. Since graduating from the University of San Francisco in May 2005, Harry has volunteered with Equality California, Family Pride Coalition, Gender PAC, Human Rights Campaign, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Harry is currently researching trans-inclusive employment best practices for NCTE’s workplace training resource.
Past Interns
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Justin Angotti, Intern
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Justin began interning for NCTE in September and ended his term in our office until December 2006. He is a senior at American University, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies: Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG) and Political Science. Justin's main area of interest is judicial politics. He is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and recently finished taping an episode for the Style Network's My Celebrity Home!
Jaya Kalra, Intern
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Jaya Kalra served as NCTE's summer 2006 intern. She is a junior at the University of Michigan, majoring in Sociology with a sub-concentration in Social Inequality and pursuing a minor in math (for fun!). Jaya is a leader of LGBT activism on campus and was recently one of four recipients of the Rosalie Ginsberg Award for Outstanding Campus Impact.
