Stuart Milk

Stuart, was the official surrogate on LGBT rights for US President Barack Obama and he successfully led campaigns for the establishment of the now annual Harvey Milk Day state holiday in California, he accepted the highest civilian honor in the US, the Medal of Freedom on behalf of his uncle, from President Obama. He has led historic successful campaigns to have Harvey memorialized on a US Postage forever stamp and a newly commissioned US Navy ship, the first LGBT person to receive either honor. Stuart is a frequent media commentator on US national television including MSNBC, NBC, and international TV and is a contributor on the Huffington Post. He has been an official US delegate abroad for Human Rights issues and often serves as a liaison for formal dialogue with foreign policy leaders. Stuart's keynote lectures and addresses include the worlds leading Universities including Harvard University in the U.S; Trinity College in Ireland; Cambridge University in the UK; and the University of Milan in Italy, as well as international congresses, LGBT pride events, and global business conferences. Stuart Milk has over two decades of leadership experience in the both the public and private sectors from Senior Vice President for Government Relations at Lockheed Martin IMS to Senior Policy Advisor at the US Department of Labor for workforce programs. He has been recognized with numerous awards including Spain's Muestra T' award, the Irish Society Gold Medal from Trinity College, Canada's Inspire Award from the University of Toronto and has been officially awarded the California Equality Champion Award with Governor Brown for Stuart's tireless volunteer advocacy of a globally inclusive LGBTI rights movement. Stuart also serves on the boards of Equality California, the International Conference on Disadvantaged Youth, and he co- chairs the Beyond Tolerance Global initiative. Stuart Milk's most recent speaking engagements have included 3 keynote speeches with President Obama at the White House, as the featured speaker for European Union's Diversity Congress in both Riga and Vilnius, and was the primary speaker before the 15,000 delegates at the National Education Association annual conference in Denver. Milk's insightful moderation of an internationally televised historic panel of six openly LGBT US Ambassadors at the Newsuem in DC won the MacArthur Award. At the historic UN at 70 celebration, Stuart Milk and UN Secretary General Ban K-moon co hosted the Free & Equal Summit on LGBT inclusive human rights and Milk led the opening of the first national Mexico LGBT Congress in Cuernavaca. Stuart hosted, with the US Navy Secretary, the historic United States Navy Ship Harvey Milk naming ceremony and was the keynote speaker for the first LGBT Pride event at a US military base in Europe. Stuart Milk has worked alongside hundreds of youth and grass roots activists that he describes as our everyday heroes and the reason behind our advances.