
Ryan Roemerman
Executive Director, LGBTQ Institute, National Center for Civil and Human Rights
2022
Ryan Roemerman serves as a Partner at Lexicon Strategies and as the Executive Director of the LGBTQ Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, in Atlanta. Ryan is an innovative strategist who has served as a consultant for state, national, and global businesses and organizations seeking to advance equity and social impact. Throughout his career, Ryan has utilized partnerships, relationship building, and research to create policies and practices that change lives; campaigns that focus on coalition development and storytelling to amplify messaging; and tactical insights to help organizations pivot and thrive.
He has successfully launched programs and campaigns across the country with partners like the U.S. Department of Education, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Child Trends, the National Institute of Justice, and The White House. His current strategy and implementation consulting to independent, civic, and business clients include the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Atlanta Braves, and the American Medical Association Foundation, among others.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.

