8 LGBT names to know in 2016

From: The Washington Post

Thomas Wurster

 Co-Director, Stanford LGBT Executive Leadership Program

Apple’s Tim Cook is believed to be the only openly gay chief executive among the Fortune 500. Thomas Wurster (with co-director Sarah Soule) plans to change that by launching Stanford’s LGBT Executive Leadership Program, which will train a new generation of out top-level business executives. Bob Witeck, a Washington-based LGBT business consultant, said, “Glass ceilings in many American companies today make it hard for promising LGBT candidates to follow the footsteps of Tim Cook.” Witeck called the Stanford program “America’s only ‘boot camp’ for LGBT executives to . . . fill the gaps in many C-suites.” Call that change from the top down.

This is not an exhaustive list — but set your Google alerts for this group of eight, sit back and watch change happen.