EBar.com – by Heather Cassell
A new team of advocates will soon take the helm of the Transgender Law Center in a bold move to strengthen the civil rights organization’s statewide presence to ensure that California remains the best state for transgender people.
Starting later this month, TLC will have two new leaders. Masen Davis will be the organization’s first executive director, and Kristina Wertz will be the organization’s first legal director. Together they will lead a team that includes Ben Lunine, a staff attorney who started in February, and Alexis Rivera, the policy advocate who started in March.
The staff expansion demonstrates the strength of TLC, which is celebrating its five-year anniversary and has grown from a project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights into its own entity with an annual operating budget of $385,000 as of 2007, according to outgoing TLC director Chris Daley. TLC is ready to take the step to the next level, Daley noted.