Chuck Wolfe (executive)

For other people with the same name, see Chuck Wolfe (disambiguation).

Charles Albert "Chuck" Wolfe (born November 3, 1961) is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, an American political action committee dedicated to growing the number of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elected officials in the United States. He served on the Victory Fund's Board of Directors for four years prior to joining the staff. In 2003, he was selected by the board of directors to fill the position of CEO. During his tenure as CEO, hundreds of openly LGBT candidates have been elected to public office. Some notable elections he was involved in include those of Houston Mayor Annise Parker[1] and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin.[2]

Previously he served as executive vice president and COO of the American Legacy Foundation, which was created as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement among 46 states and four large tobacco companies.

Mr. Wolfe entered the public sector as an appointee to the late Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. In addition to serving on the governor's 1994 reelection campaign as operations manager, he served the governor for seven years in such capacities as director of external affairs, director of tobacco control and executive director of the Miami Financial Oversight Board. During his tenure, Mr. Wolfe developed and implemented programs that aided the relief efforts of Hurricane Andrew, the City of Miami's financial emergency and the Florida Tobacco Pilot Program.[3]

Mr. Wolfe, an Eagle Scout, has a long history of leadership within the Boy Scouts of America, including a two-year term on the National Executive Board. For more than ten years he was active and outspoken in the effort to rid scouting of its discriminatory policies towards gays and lesbians. His efforts were profiled in a report on CBS News' 60 Minutes.[4]

Mr. Wolfe is a 1985 graduate of Stetson University[5] in Florida and completed the Negotiating Skills Seminar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in 1997. A native of Florida, he has resided in Washington, D.C. since 1999.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The 8th Annual Power 50". OUT.com. Here Media INC. Retrieved 18 June 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. ↑ McKinley, Jesse (November 2, 2012). "A Gay Voice, on the Edge of History". the New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Charles A. Wolfe". Stetson.edu. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Flores, Albert (March 29, 2001). "Boy Scouts: No Gays Allowed". CBS News. MMI Viacom Internet Services Inc. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Stetson University Archives". archives.stetson.edu. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund". Victoryfund.org. Retrieved 2013-12-04.


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