Knights Out

Assistant Secretary Douglas Wilson Will Keynote Historic OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit

WASHINGTON, Oct 13, 2011 – OutServe has announced that this weekend’s OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit will welcome Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Douglas B. Wilson as the Keynote Speaker. Wilson will headline the OutServe National Dinner Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nominated by President Obama on December 2, 2009 to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Douglas Wilson was confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on February 11, 2010.  As the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Mr. Wilson serves as the principal staff advisor and assistant to the United States Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, community relations, information training, and audiovisual matters in support of DoD activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of several thousand military and civilian personnel.
“We are incredibly honored to have Secretary Wilson speak at our Summit,” said Air Force 1st Lt. Josh Seefried, OutServe co-director. “He has served this country with distinction and honor and we are proud to welcome him.”
The OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit will provide an international forum on creating an environment of respect in the military with regards to sexual orientation and gender identity, and provide the LGBT military community a venue for building professional networks, sharing best practices and formulating strategies that help build a stronger military community.
More information about the conference agenda is here.
OutServe is the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel that launched in 2010. With more than 4,000 members and 40 plus chapters worldwide, it is one of the largest LGBT employee resource groups in the world. OutServe works to support a professional network of LGBT military personnel and create an environment of respect in the military with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.