Reshaping the Lens of Equity Breakfast: Take Pride in Who You Are

Join us on June 14th as we celebrate Pride Month with Georgia OUT Business Alliance Executive Director, Chris Lugo and Amy McCoy with My Hometown Realty Group! Chris and Amy will discuss the meaning behind Pride Month and how the LGBTQ+ community positively impacts businesses and our state.

Meet our speaker, Chris Lugo!

Chris Lugo is the Executive Director of the OUT Georgia Business Alliance, proudly serving as Georgia’s LGBTQ+ and Allied Chamber of Commerce.

Lugo is a dynamic and energetic queer leader with a passion for serving others with generosity, empathy, and respect. As Executive Director of OUT Georgia, he is charged with advancing the mission and vision of the nonprofit chamber through a focus on Advocacy, Business & Economic Development, and Community Impact.

He has been instrumental in leading the organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging efforts; statewide expansion and Membership growth; and strategic planning and program development, including the launch of the OUT Georgia Impact Fund and TGX360, a employment and entrepreneurship program centering Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive Georgians.

Lugo is honored to serve on the City of Atlanta Mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Board as co-chair of its Economic and Community Development Committee; as a Board Member of Out on Film; and as a member of Atlanta Hawks’ LGBTQIA+ Pride Council and Cobb Chamber’s DE&I Council.

Lugo previously held marketing, fundraising, and nonprofit management positions with IBM Corporation, Direct Energy Business, Alzheimer’s Association, and most recently The Cavaliers, a Chicago-based nonprofit developing young leaders through the performing arts, where he served as the organization's first-ever Executive Director.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

Gold Sponsor- $1200
Includes table of 10 at the event, opportunity to provide sponsor remarks during the event, provide swag on table s, must supply three door prizes valued at $25/each, company logo on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and on website

Silver Sponsor - $750
Includes 5 attendee seats at a sponsor table the event, opportunity to provide swag on tables, must supply one door prize valued at $25, company name on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and logo on website