Jimmy LaSalvia of GOProud.org

A longtime Republican activist, Jimmy LaSalvia has held volunteer and professional staff positions in Republican campaigns and party organizations in South Dakota and Kentucky, including serving on the campaign staff of former South Dakota Governor Walter D. Miller. He has also previously worked as a development officer for Kentucky Opera and as a real estate broker in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2006 he joined the national staff of Log Cabin Republicans, first as Grassroots Outreach Director then as Director of Programs & Policy. He helped to build the organization across the country and lobbied to pass pro-gay legislation in state capitols and in Washington. Jimmy was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and grew up in a well-traveled military family. He is a graduate of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. We will discuss his political life, gay conservativism and the new 527 for gay conservatives and their supporters: GOPROUD