Hohman, Leslie
LESLIE HOHMAN, GM EMPLOYEE AND LGBT OUT & EQUAL TRAILBLAZER AWARD RECIPIENT
Leslie Hohman, Engineering Group Manager from General Motors Corporation and former chair of GM’s LGBT Employee Affinity Group, GM PLUS, was awarded the Trailblazer Award at the annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Denver in 2005.
The Out & Equal Workplace Awards, or Outie Awards, honor individuals and organizations that are leaders in advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees in America's workplaces. Through these awards, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates provide the business and LGBT communities with examples of innovative approaches and proven successes to help create safe and equitable workplaces.
According to the GM PLUS leadership team who nominated Hohman for the award, she has been a catalyst in shifting the GM PLUS (GM People Like Us) group from a loosely organized, mostly male social and support group to a dynamic and leading agent for the advancement of LGBT workplace issues at General Motors.
Hohman said, "I am fortunate to have support from the past and present leadership committee of a terrific GM PLUS board and its many members. The entire board works tirelessly to educate and affect change at the world’s largest automobile manufacturer. We have made some great strides at General Motors over the past five years, and this certainly would not have been possible without the support of a strong corporate diversity initiatives effort."