Roberta Achtenberg

Roberta Achtenberg

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1950 -

Occupation

Politics

Description

Commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights since 2011. Former Senior Vice President for Public Policy at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (1995-2005). Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1990-1993). Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1993-1995) (being the first open lesbian to be appointed to a position by the U.S. Senate). co-founder of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.usccr.gov/cos/bio/rachtenbergbio.htm
• http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/achtenberg_r.html
• http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/04/13/that-damn-lesbian-roberta-achtenberg-thinks-now-may-finally-be-the-time-for-executive-order-barring-sexual-discrimination

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