February 7th. Continuing my LGBT interest, I spent the weekend in Los Angeles with Reaching Out (www.reachingoutmba.org). Reaching Out is the annual national conference for LGBT MBA students. We meet every October. Last year's conference had about 1000 participants (60% MBAs & 40% alums/professionals). Every year they have a major job fair with all the big banks, consulting firms, and marketing firms that typically hire MBAs.
I am one of the organizers of next year's conference that will be held in Los Angeles. We spent the weekend hearing from last year's organizers and also from the Board which consists of organizers from other years. The conference started in 1999.
I am on the sponsorship committee and we are looking to raise about half a million dollars to run the conference.
