Barack Obama has chosen Amanda Simpson as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce.
Simpson has more than 30 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry, most recently serving as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona. While working at Raytheon, shetransitioned from male-to-female over a six-year period, and successfully lobbied to add gender identity to Raytheon’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy.
Simpson also holds degrees in physics, engineering and business administration along with
an extensive flight background. She is a certified flight instructor and test pilot with 20 years of experience.
She has also been very active politically, having served on the Board of Directors of two national organizations: Out & Equal and NCTE. In Arizona, she has been on the board of Wingspan, the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, the Southern Arizona ACLU and the Arizona Human Rights Fund (now Equality Arizona). She also ran an unsuccessful congressional bid in Arizona back in 2005.
The appointment makes good on a promise made by White House Office of Public Engagement (aka the LGBT liaison) Brian Bond, who stated an LGBT would have a visible role in the Obama Administration.
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- On January 17 At 14:04 -SkyofQtown- said
Bravo to the US President Obama and his Admistration for the appointment of Amanda Simpson - a member of the GLBT/LGBT family.
There is always hope when the cause is as important as Life Herself!
This is quite inspiring and beautiful!
Love and Light,
Sky a.k.a. JD Aeon - A GLBT Pagan Wiccan Thinker Musician Writer and Astrologer
