100 Women We Love
July 10, 2008 by Melody Wells, editor Tags: 100 women we love, activists, annie leibovitz, artists, cynthia nixon, daniela sea, entrepeneurs, god-des and she, heather matarazzo, jackie warner, jane lynch, kate clinton, lesbian, martina navratilova, melissa etheridge, politicians, suze orman
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Yvette Burton
"You're fighting to be totally free and equal," Burton’s father told her. Her upbringing cultivated a boldness that led her to IBM seven years ago, where she focuses on the LGBT community and leads large-scale business development in the U.S. and Latin America. Burton didn't always run with the white collar crowd. One of her first jobs was in the correctional health system, at a time when HIV/AIDS was a top concern. This job opened doors for her to work with epidemiologists and LGBT coalitions in context of government policy. "I'm so thankful that I started in a movement where there was a clarity about coalitions," Burton says. "Because if I had grown up in corporate America, I'm not sure I'd have the same boldness I have now." –TP
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