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| name = Todd G. Sears
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Entrepreneur
| education = Duke University ('98)[1][2]
| organization = Out Leadership
| awards = Paula L. Ettelbrick Award (2015)[3][3]
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}}Todd G. Sears is an American businessman and advocate for LGBT equality. He founded Out Leadership, a strategic advisory firm that works to extend equality for LGBT people worldwide,[5] and served as head of diversity at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse.[6]

Career

Sears began working at Merrill Lynch in 2001, where he created the first national team of financial advisors on Wall Street to focus on the LGBT community.[6][4] While at Merrill Lynch, he produced seminars that addressed the challenges LGBT clients face in estate-planning and his team expanded to include 10 financial advisors in six cities. Under Sears, the team generated $1.4 billion dollars over four years.[5] Sears worked at Credit Suisse after Merrill Lynch, and became the head of diversity and inclusion.[6][6][7] While at Credit Suisse, Sears created the first Veteran's Network on Wall Street.[2]

Sears founded Out on the Street, a group which works to increase LGBT awareness at financial firms. The organization holds an annual summit for LGBT and straight ally leaders of the biggest banks in New York City.[8][9] In 2011, Sears founded Out Leadership, a strategic advisory firm that advises multinational corporations on LGBT issues.[10] The firm holds business conferences and summits. Out on the Street became part of Out Leadership.[3][10][6][11]

Additionally, he started similar initiatives including Out in Law which focuses on the legal industry, OutNEXT focused on young professionals, and Quorum, a professional network that aims to increase LGBT representation on corporate boards.[3][12] He is principal of Out Leadership LLC, formerly known as Coda Leadership Consulting LLC.[13] Sears is also the founding co-chair of Jeffrey Fashion Cares.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/todd-sears-out-on-the-street_n_1525891.html| title=Todd Sears, Out On The Street Founder, Has Wall Street's Attention| date=May 18, 2012| author=D.M. Levine| publisher=Huffington Post| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web| url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wall-street-banks-participate-lgbt-leadership-summit/story?id=13260303| title=Wall Street Bans Come Out in Support Gay Employees| author=Susanna Kim| date=April 1, 2011| publisher=ABC News| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/06/minority-corporate-counsel-association-to-award-local-business-leader-todd-sears/| title=Minority Corporate Counsel Association to award local business leader Todd Sears| author=John Riley| date=June 5, 2015| publisher=Metro Weekly| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=https://hbr.org/2011/07/for-lgbt-workers-being-out-brings-advantages| title=For LGBT Workers, Being "Out" Brings Advantages| author=Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Karen Sumberg| date=July 2011| publisher=Harvard Business Review| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web| url=https://hbr.org/2016/02/lgbt-inclusive-companies-are-better-at-3-big-things| title=LGBT-Inclusive Companies Are Better at 3 Big Things| author=Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Kenji Yoshino| date=February 2, 2016| publisher=Harvard Business Review| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2014/08/21/making-the-business-case-for-diversity/| title=Making The Business Case For Diversity| author=Dorie Clark| date=August 21, 2014| publisher=Forbes| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.sddt.com/reports/article.cfm?RID=458&SourceCode=20061130crs#.Vkt5DN-rS9Z| title=Gays no longer miss best jobs at Citigroup, Goldman, Merrill| author=Lisa Kassenaar| date=November 30, 2006| publisher=San Diego Source| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/todd-sears-gay-business-guru-out-street141212/| title=Todd Sears: The gay business guru Out on the Street| author=Tris Reid-Smith| date=December 14, 2012| publisher=Gay Star News| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2016-01-14/wall-street-s-straight-man-in-washington| title=Wall Street's Straight Man in Washington| author=Joshua Green| date=January 14, 2016| publisher=Bloomberg News| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.ibtimes.com/lgbt-workforce-apple-ceo-tim-cook-identifying-gay-monumental-shift-activists-say-1716567| title=For LGBT Workforce, Apple CEO Tim Cook Identifying As Gay Is A Monumental Shift, Activists Say| author=Maria Gallucci| date=October 31, 2014| publisher=International Business Times| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/us/gays-lgbt-corporate-america/| title=One job, two lives: LGBT in the American workplace| author=Grace Wong| date=October 30, 2014| publisher=CNN| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web| url=http://southfloridagaynews.com/Community/out-leadership-s-todd-sears-to-receive-ettelbrick-award.html| title=Out Leadership's Todd Sears to receive Ettelbrick Award| date=June 25, 2015| author=Jillian Melero| publisher=South Florida Gay News| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/538aab59-a1b4-4a33-ac6b-d500c7007099| title=Maximizing LGBT Opportunity in the Workplace| publisher=Bloomberg| access-date=February 25, 2016}}
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