Wesley is a co-founder of Altria’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group and currently serves as its vice chair. He has led numerous efforts that convinced Altria to make consequential changes to its policies and practices to ensure it is more welcoming for LGBT+ employees, including expanding adoption benefits, extending surrogacy and fertility benefits to cover same-sex couples, and launching a voluntary self-ID program for LGBTQ employees. He also has worked to highlight the diversity of the LGBT+ community, bringing to Altria speakers who challenge stereotypes and empowering employees to have conversations about difference. Through his efforts and advocacy, Altria has joined companies to oppose legislation targeting trans individuals, has publicly endorsed state and Federal non-discrimination bills, and has encouraged the passage of a federal statute protecting same-sex and interracial marriages. Wesley is a frequent author and speaker on inclusion and diversity within both the corporate and legal communities and has testified before multiple legislatures on the need to ban the LGBTQ+ panic defence. Externally, he serves as the immediate past president for the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, is a commissioner for the American Bar Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Commission, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
