Brent Bilodeau (Moderator)
Director, Office of LGBT Concerns, Michigan State University

Brent Bilodeau is Director of the Office of LBGT Concerns at Michigan State University. A scholar whose research interests include transgender student identities, he is the author of "Beyond the Gender Binary: New Perspectives on Transgender Student Identity Development" published in the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education.

Jayden Sampson
Board of Directors, Mazzoni Center

Jayden Sampson is an African-American transman who serves on the boards of both the Attic Youth Center and the Mazzoni Center. An ordained Inter-Faith minister, he previously practiced law for five years in Philadelphia and taught high school for six years at Friends Select School.

Margaret Stumpp
Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Investment Management Associates

Margaret Stumpp is CIO of Quantitative Investment Management Associates, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial. In 2002, Margaret formally changed genders from male to female. She now speaks regularly on issues affecting transgender people in the workplace and is a past recipient of the NGLCC's "Courage in Business Award" and Lambda Legal's "Liberty Award."

Leslie Townsend
Author, Hidden in Plain Sight

Leslie Townsend is the author of an autobiography, Hidden in Plain Sight. She was recently featured in the Logo Channel documentary "Beautiful Daughters." The University of Pennsylvania honored her accomplishments by establishing the Leslie Townsend Fund to benefit transgender students.