Meet the Honorees

Meet the 2022 Community Health Award honorees! The Community Health Awards is Callen-Lorde’s annual gala held in support of our mission. This year’s theme is Deeply Rooted, Holding Strong, and it is in that spirit that we will honor the leaders, trailblazers, and visionaries in LGBTQ+ health and wellness whose shoulders we stand on, while celebrating Callen-Lorde’s unwavering role in our communities. Past honorees include Roxane Gay, Satchel Lee, Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, Raquel Willis, Papi Juice, Cecilia Gentili, Dr. Oni Blackstock, Jenna Wortham, Chase Strangio, Chris Mosier, Cynthia Nixon, Tony Kushner, The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, and Keith Boykin.

This year, we are proud to bestow honors upon:

Brad Baumoel, Managing Director, Global Head of LGBT+ Affairs, JPMorgan Chase

Brad Baumoel

Brad Baumoel is Managing Director and Global Head of LGBT+ Affairs at JPMorgan Chase. In this role, Brad has led globally diverse teams and driven many aspects of JPMorgan Chase’s LGBT+ agenda. In 2021, he established JPMorgan Chase’s Office of LGBT+ Affairs – a first of its kind, where he leads their unified, global strategy for the LGBT+ Community. Externally, Brad helped launch and lead OPEN Finance, an external network of Financial Services LGBT+ leaders, to drive LGBT+ equity and inclusion, across the Finance industry.