Kirk Fordham

Among them, hewas the Executive Director of Gill Action, a Denver-based political and advocacy organization leading efforts to ensure equality for LGBT individuals and their families.

Fordham led efforts to fund state-based campaigns to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States, cultivating and expanding a network of major donors organized at Gill Action's invitation-only, Political OutGiving conferences.

Fordham has led lobbying efforts in Tallahassee and Washington, DC to secure funding for the multi-decade restoration initiative that is important to the Florida business community, including large tourism, boating and recreational and fishing industries.

[2] [3] In recent years, a number of large restoration projects have broken ground after being funded by both the Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Florida.

[6] In December 2006, Fordham launched his own public affairs and government relations firm, called Rock Creek Strategies.

Upon hearing the news, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, said: “Kirk practices a bi-partisan approach to problem-solving that has earned him the respect of many friends on both sides of the aisle.

The report suggested Fordham had been truthful when he testified he had informed Palmer of Foley's inappropriate behavior toward young male staffers and pages.