Our Team

 

Evan Wolfson

Evan Wolfson is Founder and President of Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide. In 1983, Evan wrote his Harvard Law School thesis on gay people and the freedom to marry.  During the 1990's he served as co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case that launched the ongoing global movement for the freedom to marry, and has participated in numerous gay rights and HIV/AIDS cases. He earned a B.A. in history from Yale College in 1978; served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Togo, West Africa; and wrote the book, Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry, published by Simon & Schuster in July 2004. Citing his national leadership on marriage and his appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale, the National Law Journal in 2000 named Evan one of "the 100 most influential lawyers in America."  Newsweek/The Daily Beast dubbed Evan "the godfather of gay marriage" and Time Magazine named him one of "the 100 most influential people in the world." In 2012, Evan received the Barnard Medal of Distinction alongside President Barack Obama. 

Email Evan Wolfson at evan [at] freedomtomarry.org.
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Jennifer Cabrera

Jennifer is the Database Coordinator for Freedom to Marry. Prior to joining Freedom to Marry, she worked in application support at Citigroup, helping to manage the global conference room database as well as the firm’s overtime meal program. She has also volunteered with the New York chapter of Room to Read, a San Francisco-based NGO, acting as chair of the auction committee for the chapter’s 2012 Spring Benefit.

A proud Air Force brat, Jennifer graduated from Hendrix College in central Arkansas and now lives with her boyfriend and their adopted four-legged children in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Email Jennifer Cabrera at jennifer [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Nicole Collins Bronzan

Nicole Collins Bronzan blends a newswoman's eye with an advocate's passion as Communications Director at Freedom to Marry. Six and a half years at The New York Times crystallized her appreciation for the power and responsibility of the press, as she handled everything from breaking news to investigative series to online-only features. But after working her way from Copy Editor to Deputy Copy Desk Chief to Assistant Metro Editor, she found herself called to the world of advocacy.

In her most recent post, as Communications Director of the Legal Action Center, a New York-based national social justice policy advocacy and direct service organization, she built a department while honing her skills in media relations, online systems and e-advocacy.

When not glued to her computer, Nicole is a singer-songwriter, casual runner and general outdoor enthusiast. She and her husband and son live in New Jersey, where green lawns and quiet nights (mostly) make up for the much-missed hallmarks of Brooklyn.

Email Nicole Collins Bronzan at nicole [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Jeffrey Correa

Jeffrey Correa is a seasoned fundraising professional who has worked with a variety of institutions ranging from grassroots non-profits to large public research universities. Most recently Jeffrey has served the University of California, Santa Cruz as the Senior Director of Development for the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences. In this role, Jeffrey significantly enhanced the division’s focus on individual major gifts, resulting in the division’s success in raising $10 million annually.

His first fundraising role was with the Nebraska AIDS Project followed by the Monterey County AIDS Project. In 2001 Jeffrey became the Director of Development and Marketing for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County followed by a two year stint as Development Director at the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford in Palo Alto, CA where he raised significant funds to support the families of children receiving treatment at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.

Before his career in development, Jeffrey left home after graduating high school to serve for six years as an Arabic linguist in the US Air Force. Jeffrey ended his Air Force career as a highly decorated linguist because he could no longer serve under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that required servicemembers to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love. In 2010, Jeffrey was part of a group of LGBT veterans who traveled to Washington DC to lobby Congress and meet with Pentagon officials working on the repeal of DADT. Jeffrey also organized awareness events and outreach campaigns in California, which supported the nation-wide repeal effort. Because of this coordinated effort, President Obama signed the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Act” on December 22, 2010.

In 2008 Jeffrey married his husband, Jean-Pierre Correa, at a mountaintop winery overlooking the Monterey Bay. In 2006 they founded and began operating Vinocruz, an independent wine shop and tasting room in Santa Cruz, CA that has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Jeffrey and J-P share a passion for food and wine and are the proud parents of three dogs.

Email Jeffrey Correa at jeffrey [at] freedomtomarry.org. 

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford is Director of Online Programs at Freedom to Marry where he manages the organization’s websites, email program, online fundraising, and social media presence. He has a wide range of experience in political advocacy, new media, and grassroots organizing. He was a leading strategist for the successful campaign to win freedom to marry in Washington, D.C. with a focus on public education, community outreach, and communications strategy. He was co-founder and co-chair of D.C. for Marriage, a grassroots group that engaged in thousands of conversations with District residents about gay people and marriage with a particular focus on building support in the African-American community.

Michael served as Associate Field Director at Human Rights Campaign where he specialized in developing field and legislative strategies to advance pro-LGBT legislation at the state and federal levels and building support for endorsed candidates. As Communications Director at Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of youth and student organizations building a clean energy movement, Michael developed media strategies to tell the stories of young people against man-made global warming. He also served as Online Director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Michael was an organizer of the 2000 Millennium March on Washington for LGBT Equal Rights, which brought together more than 750,000 advocates for LGBT equality. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for http://www.bilerico.com/, one of the top sites covering LGBT politics and culture and a blogger for the Huffington Post.

Michael was named as one of The Advocate Magazine's 2009 People of the Year and one of The Washington Blade’s Ten People Who Make Us Proud. He was awarded the Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance Distinguished Service Award in 2010 for his work to win marriage in Washington, D.C.

Email Michael Crawford at michael [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Angela Dallara

Angela Dallara is the Communications Associate at Freedom to Marry. She previously worked as the National News and Transgender Advocacy Fellow at GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), where she helped ensure fair and accurate portrayals of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the media. She worked also as the Women's History Associate at Women's eNews, where she spearheaded a women's history walking tour in downtown Manhattan. In her current position, she works to increase Freedom to Marry's presence in print, online, and Spanish-language media outlets.

Angela graduated in 2010 from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a BA in Political Science and concentrations in Women's Studies and Africana Studies. She is originally from Queens, NY and now lives in Brooklyn.

Email Angela at angela [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Scott Davenport

Scott's background is both as a corporate executive and as an activist for LGBT rights. Scott served as a Vice President for Oliver Wyman Consulting assisting Fortune 500 companies enhance their strategic direction. He also has worked for Capital One as Managing Vice President, Human Resources. At Capital One, he led the creation of its Enterprise Risk Management program. Scott is the father of two teenage children and has served as Co-Chair of the Board of the Family Equality Council. He is the co-founder of Family Week in Provincetown, MA., and previously served as the Board President for Equality Maryland.

Email Scott Davenport at scott [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Tyler Deaton

Tyler Deaton is the Campaign Manager of Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry, an initiative he helped launch in the summer of 2012. The campaign highlights and builds support for the freedom to marry among young conservatives across America.

Tyler is Secretary of the New Hampshire Young Republicans and a member of the Manchester delegation to the New Hampshire Republican State Committee. He also is Managing Director of b-fresh consulting llc, a national, full-service project management and lobbying firm based in New Hampshire. In 2011-2012, Tyler led the successful effort to protect the freedom to marry in New Hampshire, working with Standing Up for New Hampshire Families and New Hampshire Republicans for Freedom and Equality PAC.

Tyler grew up in Georgia and Alabama and studied political science at Wheaton College in Illinois. He and his partner James live in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Email Tyler at tyler [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Jo Deutsch

Jo Deutsch is the Federal Director for Freedom to Marry and oversees the campaign's Washington, D.C.-based work to overturn the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act" and end federal marriage discrimination. Jo's political career and activism began at 13 when she joined the National Organization for Women in Miami, Florida. Since then, she has dedicated both her personal and professional life to fighting for equality and rights for women, the LGBT community and the labor movement. Combining all her passions, Jo fought for the rights of working women and men including LGBT members while leading the federal legislative and political campaigns at the Association of Flight Attendants, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

Jo lives in Maryland with her partner of 29 years and their three children. She was picked as one of "100 Women We Love!" by Go! Magazine for its Class of 2012 in the Summer 2012 issue.

Email Jo Deutsch at jo [at] freedomtomarry.org.

April Domino

April Domino is the Office Manager at Freedom to Marry. She previously served as the Office Manager at GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for over nine years. She also worked as the Program Coordinator/Event Planner at Noelle-Media, where she played integral roles in the Black Enterprise’s Annual Entrepreneur’s Conference and the Disney Channel launch in NYC. April studied Early Childhood Development at LaGuardia Community College and is a Notary Public.

In her spare time, she volunteers for Divine Concepts, Ltd., a start-up non-profit organization, assisting in the fight against AIDS by providing assisted living to women with AIDS in the borough of Queens. She also enjoys learning American Sign Language and crocheting. Although born in Boston, MA, she was raised in Queens, NY where she still resides with her family.

Email April at april [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Michel DuBois

Michel DuBois joins Freedom to Marry with over ten years of finance and operations experience in the LGBT not-for-profit arena. In 2003 he joined Mountain Pride Media as Operations Manager for Out in the Mountains, Vermont's state-wide newspaper for the LGBTQ community (published 1986-2007). He then served at Outright Vermont (2007-2013,) a queer youth advocacy organization and youth center as Director of Operations, then briefly as Interim Executive Director.

Michel's undergraduate years were in Europe, studying languages, philosophy and religion, finally earning his bachelor's in Philosophy from the University of Leuven, Belgium. In his spare time, Michel applies his operations skills through volunteerism at the New York City Dhamma House and the Vipassana Meditation Center in Shelburne, Massachusetts while doing his best to maintain his daily meditation practice. He lives with his partner in New York City.

Email Michel DuBois at michel [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Sean Eldridge

Sean Eldridge is an investor and political activist. He is the President of Hudson River Ventures, a small business investment fund focused on the Hudson Valley, and a Senior Advisor at Freedom to Marry. He is also the founder of Protect Our Democracy, a campaign finance reform advocacy group.

Sean joined Freedom to Marry in 2010, serving initially as Communications Director and then as Political Director, a role in which he was instrumental in winning the freedom to marry in New York. As a spokesperson for Freedom to Marry, he has made the case for marriage in numerous media outlets, including Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.

Sean resides in Shokan, NY with his husband Chris Hughes, publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic. They were featured on the cover of The Advocate's Forty under 40 issue in May 2011, honoring LGBT "leaders and newsmakers" under the age of 40. They were also profiled in The New York Times in May 2012.

Sean serves on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson, the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley, GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), a legal organization dedicated to LGBT rights, and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.

Sean received his B.A. in Political Philosophy from Brown University and also studied at Deep Springs College and Columbia Law School.

Email Sean Eldridge at sean [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Sergio Lopez

Sergio Lopez is the Director of Latino Programming at Freedom to Marry and leads the organization’s partnership with national Latino-based organizations through the Familia es Familia public education program. Previously, as Political Coordinator at People For the American Way, Sergio spearheaded the Young Elected Progressives program, which endorsed 79 candidates on the local level and had a 79% win rate in the 2012 elections. In addition, Sergio worked closely on marriage campaigns in South Dakota and Wisconsin in 2006 with state coalitions.

He authored a weekly blog column, El Chanclaso, for Voto Latino that was regularly featured in The Huffington Post through the November 2012 elections. He lives in Washington, DC where he currently serves on the boards of the Latino GLBT History Project and Pac+.

Sergio is a proud Texan having been born and raised in San Antonio. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

Email Sergio at sergio [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Sarah Moeller

Sarah is the Events Manager at Freedom to Marry. She works with staff, volunteers, and board members to produce all donor events and manages personal fundraising campaigns and strategic partnerships that benefit our important work. Previously she worked at the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) both on college campuses training and empowering students to implement local and state-wide issue based campaigns; and running fundraising campaigns from Westchester through Suffolk County, New York. She is also the Development Coordinator on the Board of Directors at Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER), a national organization that fights sexual violence and rape culture by empowering student-led campaigns to reform college sexual assault policies.

Sarah received a Bachelor’s in History with a minor in Women’s Studies from Towson University. She is as an avid reader, pop-culture junkie, and craft beer enthusiast living with her fiancée on Long Island.

Email Sarah Moeller at sarah [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Adam Polaski

Adam Polaski is the Online Content Manager for Freedom to Marry. He brings a wide range of journalism experience to the organization, including extensive reporting on LGBT issues, politics, and culture. Adam has previously worked as an editor for The Bilerico Project and a writer for The Good Men Project magazine. In July 2012, his work in The Bilerico Project won third place in the Excellence in Online Journalism category from the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association. He volunteers with the Ali Forney Center in New York City.

Adam is originally from Philadelphia. He graduated summa cum laude in May 2012 from Ithaca College, where he studied journalism and Spanish, co-edited the campus' alternative publication Buzzsaw, and served on the boards of the student United Way group and Habitat for Humanity.

Email Adam Polaski at adam [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Che Ruddell-Tabisola

Che Ruddell-Tabisola is the Federal Associate for Freedom to Marry and supports the campaign's Washington, D.C.-based work to overturn the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act" and end federal marriage discrimination.

Che has served in LGBT public education and advocacy since 2006. He managed research and special projects for the Human Rights Campaign, where he directed the organization’sEquality Forward study about the lives and experiences of LGBT people of color. He was also a field organizer for the California No on Proposition 8 Campaign and for marriage equality in New Hampshire. Most recently he headed the U.S. Census Bureau’s national outreach to LGBT Communities and facilitated the Our Families Count Partnership.

Che holds a masters degree in international conflict analysis from the University of Kent at Brussels and lives in Washington, DC with his husband.

Email Che Ruddell-Tabisola at che [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Marc Solomon

Marc Solomon joined Freedom to Marry after serving as executive director of MassEquality. Solomon led the campaign to defeat two constitutional amendments in the first freedom to marry state in the nation, beating back attacks by the Catholic Church, President George W. Bush, Gov. Mitt Romney, and the right-wing anti-gay industry. Following the victory in Massachusetts, Solomon consulted with state-wide equality organizations in Connecticut and Vermont as well as Freedom to Marry, as part of the nationwide effort to end marriage discrimination.

Most recently, Marc served as marriage director of Equality California, Solomon led the largest state effort in movement history to make the case for marriage equality through face-to-face conversations. In that campaign, EQCA field organizers and coalition partners organized hundreds of thousands of conversations at people’s doors, moved 26 percent of opponents with whom they spoke to be significantly more supportive, and helped grow public support for the freedom to marry in California from 44 percent to 50 percent. Under Solomon’s leadership, EQCA placed special focus on building support in communities of color.

Solomon has extensive background in advocacy, public policy, and media, having served as a Senate policy adviser in Washington, D.C. and researcher for Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward. In May 2009, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick presented Marc with the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s prestigious Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award, given each year to someone who espouses FDR’s ideals “with respect to democracy, justice, individual freedoms, and citizenship.”

Solomon graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Political Science and Economics from Yale University and holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1999, the Rockefeller Foundation named Solomon as one of 24 of America’s next generation leaders and invited him to participate in its prestigious two-year Next Generation Leadership fellowship program.

Email Marc Solomon at marc [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Cameron Tolle

Cameron Tolle is the Online Campaign Manager for Freedom to Marry. In his role at Freedom to Marry, Cameron leads the organization's state-based digital work. Most recently, he served as Digital Director for the successful campaigns to secure the freedom to marry in Delaware and Rhode Island in 2013 and the campaign to defeat a marriage repeal bill in New Hampshire in 2012. He was also crucial in shaping and executing the digital programs for the first-ever marriage wins at the ballot box in Maine and Washington in 2012 and the historic New York victory in 2011. 

Cameron is a native of Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated cum laude from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio with an Honors BA in Philosophy, Politics, & the Public and an emphasis in Gender & Diversity studies. 

Email Cameron Tolle at cameron [at] freedomtomarry.org. 

Shawn Werner

Shawn Werner is the Director of Political Operations at Freedom to Marry. His work at Freedom to Marry includes providing strategic advice to state-based organizations in their fight for the freedom to marry. Prior to joining Freedom to Marry, he served as the Political Director at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. While at the Victory Fund, he assisted dozens of LGBT candidates in breakthrough elections, including Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Cincinnati City Councilmember Chris Seelbach, Oklahoma State Representative Al McAffrey, and Maryland House of Delegates Luke Clippinger and Mary Washington.

In the spring of 2008, Shawn served as the Pennsylvania director of LGBT outreach with the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. In his final semester in college, he served as president and founder of The Fight to Give Life, a national collegiate mobilization against the Food and Drug Administration’s antiquated and discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donations by gay and bisexual men.

Shawn received his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. He resides in Washington, D.C.

Email Shawn at shawn [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Thomas Wheatley

Thomas Wheatley is the Director of Organizing at Freedom To Marry. His work focuses on providing strategic guidance to state-based organizations in the western part of the country and advancing message research and testing. Prior to joining Freedom to Marry, he served as the Organizing Director for Basic Rights Oregon where he led one of the movement’s most advanced combined media and field campaigns. Over seven years he built a grassroots field operation, coordinated extensive research and testing on public education strategies, played a key role in statewide elections and helped to secure significant legislative victories for LGBT families and youth.

Most recently, Thomas served as Deputy Campaign Manager for the successful congressional campaign of Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) to fill an open seat in January 2012. Before moving to Oregon, Thomas worked in the labor movement supporting low-wage and immigrant workers in California, the Midwest and New York City.

Thomas graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego.

Email Thomas at thomas [at] freedomtomarry.org.

Thalia Zepatos

Thalia Zepatos has thirty years’ experience as a community organizer, campaign manager and political consultant, focusing on building political power for underrepresented communities.

She has recruited and trained candidates across the West and played key roles in defeating anti-choice ballot measures in several states. She began fighting anti-LGBT ballot measures in her home state of Oregon in 1988, and has subsequently been involved in fighting dozens of other anti-gay measures in communities across the Uninted States.

Since 2004, when a wave of Constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage were placed on the ballots of states across the country, Thalia has focused on cracking the messaging code on marriage, resulting in four statewide ballot wins in November, 2012 – the first-ever victories at the ballot. Her collaborative approach to message research led to the development of Why Marriage Matters – a public education partnership of 30 state and national organizations – and Familia es Familia, a national partnership of two-dozen Latino civil rights organizations.

Zepatos is the co-author of Women for a Change: A Grassroots Guide to Activism and Politics and is the author of two travel books for women. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Mike.

Email Thalia Zepatos at thalia [at] freedomtomarry.org.