Event Date
Tuesday, November 18 2008 : 6:00pm
Location
The Center
Description
6:00 pm cocktails; 7:00 pm panel
Join us for an exciting and informative panel discussion highlighting a number of important topics related to the issue of same-sex marriage. Key areas of discussion will include the likelihood of same-sex marriage in New York, and the practical realities for those who have married in states where same-sex marriage is legal. Panelists will include: Michelle E. Phillips (Jackson Lewis LLP), Lenore Greenberg (Ernst & Young LLP), Cindi Creager (GLAAD) and Cathy Marino-Thomas (Marriage Equality New York). The panel will be moderated by Ken Fakler (Ernst & Young LLP). Sponsored by Ernst & Young's tri-state network for LGBT people and their allies (known as Beyond).
Panelists
Cindi Creager (GLAAD)
Cindi Creager serves as GLAAD’s National News Director working to ensure fair, accurate and inclusive national news coverage for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Prior to joining GLAAD Cindi spent 13-years as a local and national news reporter/producer in Alaska and New York City working for ABC News, PBS Frontline and several independent documentary producers. She earned her Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. During her tenure at ABC News, Cindi shot and field-produced for the series “Hopkins 24/7,” about life inside Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which won a Columbia DuPont Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
Lenore Greenberg (Ernst & Young LLP) Lenore Greenberg is an executive director in the New York City office of Ernst & Young LLP where she is a member of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice. Lenore focuses on strategic records management solutions within the risk advisory framework for the financial, insurance, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. She has been widely published in Internal Auditor, Compliance Week, Market Solutions, and Library Journal, and is a frequent speaker at many professional conferences. Lenore received her Masters degree from SUNY Albany. In addition, Lenore is a member of Beyond, Ernst & Young’s people resource network for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender people and their allies. Lenore met her partner Roberta in 1985. While Reform Judaism has permitted gay/lesbian religious matrimony since 1996, Roberta needed to convert to Judaism before a religious ceremony could take place. In 2004, Lenore and Roberta were religiously wed. Thanks to Governor Paterson’s courage and sense, the State of New York now acknowledges legal civil ceremonies, so Lenore and Roberta were married in San Francisco’s City Hall in July of 2008.
Cathy Marino-Thomas (Marriage Equality New York)
Cathy Marino-Thomas is the Executive Director of Marriage Equality New York. Founded in 1998, Marriage Equality New York is the oldest organization in the state of New York to advocate full and equal marriage for same-sex couples. A grassroots, not-for-profit organization, Marriage Equality New York and its dedicated volunteers are devoted to ending discrimination in civil marriage through education, awareness and media campaigns, political actions, and coalition building. Marriage Equality New York is also the founding chapter of Marriage Equality USA, the national organization with chapters in California, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Michelle E. Phillips (Jackson Lewis LLP)
Michelle Phillips is a partner in the White Plains office of Jackson Lewis LLP. She is the founder and Chairperson of Jackson Lewis’ Gay & Lesbian Practice Group as well as a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee. Michelle is a featured speaker at the National Out & Equal Workplace Summits, Out & Equal New York Metro Regional Council, the New York Out Professionals and at the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Annual Conferences. Ms. Phillips conducts training on race, ethnic, intergenerational, interfaith, LGBT and other inclusions issues. She is a national speaker on such issues as an employer’s duty to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees, sexual stereotyping in the workplace and respecting each individual’s gender identity and expression. Michelle is a member of the New York State Bar and is admitted to practice in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Moderator: Ken Fakler (Ernst & Young LLP)
Ken is a Partner in the New York City office of Ernst & Young’s Risk Advisory Services Group and the Global Director of the Marketing & Advertising Risk Services group. With more than 20 years of experience working within the marketing communications and advertising industry, Ken’s list of clients includes top global and national clients across all major industries. In addition, Ken is a member of Beyond, Ernst & Young’s people resource network for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender people and their allies, where he serves as a partner advisor to the External Networking Committee. Ken is a Certified Public Accountant and began his career at Coopers & Lybrand in Boston. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University.
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