Alphonso David (born 1970) is an American attorney and LGBT civil rights leader. In August 2019, he became the president of the Human Rights Campaign. He is the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as president of the organization.
Editorial: HRC board made the right call
It's not easy for a nonprofit board to reach the stunning conclusion that it must fire its leader "for cause," but that's what the board of the Human Rights Campaign and its Human Rights Campaign Foundation did late September 6.
It was a decisive and courageous move when it became clear that now-former HRC president Alphonso David made poor decisions that backfired on him with respect to trying to help his old boss, disgraced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, counter allegations of sexual harassment.
As the nation's largest and wealthiest LGBTQ rights group, HRC had been in the media spotlight since New York Attorney General Letitia James' scathing report on Cuomo came out in early August.
