Win Chesson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | MBA/MPA Candidate, 2017 |
| Location | Cambridge, MA, United States |
| Introduction | Win Chesson is a Gleitsman Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and an MBA candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. From 2008-2014 he led the development team at Immigration Equality, the national leader in LGBT and HIV immigration rights. Since joining the agency, Immigration Equality doubled its number of offices, tripled its budget, quadrupled client services, and handled over 500 LGBT asylum cases with a 99% success rate. He loved his job! Win won a Morehead-Cain Scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he graduated with Highest Distinction. At UNC, Win wrote for Lambda Magazine, directed the largest LGBT student conference in the South, and taught an accredited seminar called “T is for Transgender: An Ally’s Guide to Activism.” |
| Interests | Win is passionate about social justice philanthropy and outdoor adventure. He cycled across the United States to raise money for affordable housing, swam 28 miles around Manhattan on a four-person charity relay, and summited Mount Kenya. He swims for Team New York Aquatics (TNYA), the largest LGBT swim team in the world, and helped TNYA raise and give away over $100, 000 in fiveyears. Under his leadership as Board Co-President in 2012, TNYA won the LGBT International Aquatics Championships. Win has received multiple top ten national rankings as a Masters swimmer, including nine firsts. |