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(photo of Lorri L. Jean by Rick Rosendall)
Lorri L. Jean
served as GLAA president for two terms in 1986-1988. She was
named executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in May
2001. From 1993 to 1999, Jean served as the executive director of the L.A. Gay
& Lesbian Center. While at the L.A. Center, Jean co-founded the National
Association of LGBT Community Centers, a coalition of centers serving the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to taking on her role
at the L.A. Center, Jean was the deputy regional director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in San Francisco from 1989 to 1992. In 1988,
she was appointed by Mayor Barry to be chairperson of DC Domestic Partnership
Commission to study the possibility of providing benefits to non-married
partners of city employees. Lorri Jean was the co-founder and chief operating
officer of a Los Angeles-based advertising company serving the e-commerce
industry. She holds a J.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and a
B.S. in communication from Arizona State University. She and her partner of
nine years, attorney Gina M. Calvelli, live in Los Angeles.
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