Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Kelley Robinson (Courtesy HRC) Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced that Kelley Robinson will become the organizations’ ninth president and its first Black, queer woman leader.
HRC spokesperson Elizabeth Bibi said she’d keep us posted on whether Robinson will attend this weekend’s Black Tie Dinner at the Sheraton in downtown Dallas.
Black Tie is one of HRC’s largest fundraisers. Her first official day as president of HRC will be Nov. 28. Robinson comes to HRC after serving as the executive director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF), where she led the organization and its 18 million supporters in its efforts to ensure all people have access to healthcare as a human right.
From an HRC press release on Robinson’s appointment, she started her career as a community organizer for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in Missouri and has spent more than 15 years on the frontlines of the progressive movement and the fight for equality.