Jon is the Global Chair of dbPride, Deutsche Bank’s LGBT+ and ally Employee Resource Group. At Deutsche Bank, he developed intersectional programming for LGBT+ Pride month, which featured the first openly gay Black and Latin members of the US House of Representatives in conversation with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart. Jon also organized and secured funding for the first in-person Pride event since the pandemic, which took place at The Q, New York’s first queer event space designed to help make nightlife more inclusive. In addition to his role at Deutsche Bank, Jon was Co-Chair of OPEN Finance which brings together 48 financial services firms and have engaged thousands of people in the New York area to drive forward LGBT+ inclusion using the power of the financial services sector including the first Open Finance Forum. This marquee event has engaged senior leaders from across the industry in dialogue on how companies can achieve positive change for LGBT+.
