Our Team
Staff
Ineke Mushovic, Executive Director
Ineke directs the Movement Advancement Project, including MAP's strategic analyses, LGBT movement analyses, and all inquiries into issues of LGBT movement communications. She is a former McKinsey & Company consultant with 15 years of strategy experience, including a successful stint as Vice President of Strategy for a dot-com start-up and as Chief Strategist for an advertising agency. Ineke's nonprofit strategy work includes the YWCA, the United Way, and Impact on Education. She has consulted on LGBT issues since early 2005. Contact Ineke via email at ineke@lgbtmap.org.
Laura Deaton, Policy Research Director
Laura leads MAP’s public policy and issue analysis. This work includes outlining how current laws and social stigma stand in the way of giving LGBT Americans the same chance as everyone else to pursue health and happiness, earn a living, be safe in their communities, serve their country, and take care of the ones they love—and providing detailed recommendations for making things better. Laura has more than two decades of research and consulting experience with local, regional and national organizations, including work with The Arc, the ACLU, and the YWCA. A former attorney, Laura’s also on the faculty at Duquesne University, where she teaches a Master’s level class on “Catalyzing Community Change.” Contact Laura via email at laura@lgbtmap.org.
Naomi Goldberg, LGBT Movement and Policy Researcher
Naomi leads MAP’s LGBT movement research analyses. Naomi also conducts research in support of MAP’s public policy work. Prior to joining MAP, Naomi was the 2008-2010 Peter J. Cooper Public Policy Fellow at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, where her research focused on adoption and foster care, domestic partner benefits, and the issues affecting older LGBT Americans. Naomi received a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College. Her work has been published in the Journal of Health Psychology, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Family Theory & Review, PolicyMatters, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, and TaxNotes. Contact Naomi via email at naomi@lgbtmap.org.
Sean Lund, Messaging Strategist
Sean directs MAP’s work in LGBT movement messaging and communications. Prior to joining MAP, Sean served for 11 years with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), where he directed the organization’s messaging program and research initiatives, created resources for journalists and community members (including the GLAAD Media Reference Guide), and oversaw movement capacity-building work in the areas of message development and communications strategy. Contact Sean via email at sean@lgbtmap.org.
Jack Ziegler, Financial Consultant
Jack leads MAP’s LGBT Movement Standard Annual Reporting and all of MAP’s work with LGBT movement CFOs. Formerly a manager with KPMG Peat Marwick, Jack has 23 years of consulting experience in areas including management studies; financial management and accounting analyses; organization and operations analyses; systems assessments, requirements definitions, and implementation assistance; budgeting; audits; business plan preparation; and financial forecast models. Jack has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from University of Colorado, an MBA from Babson College and a CPA. Contact Jack via email at jack@lgbtmap.org.



