Denise Brogan-Kator is the Chief Policy Officer at Family Equality, joining the organization in 2012.  Previously, she was the Executive Director at Equality Michigan and the Managing Director for the Rainbow Law Center in Southeast Michigan.  She is the first openly transgender law student to matriculate at the University of Michigan Law School (and later returning as the first openly transgender adjunct law professor).  In addition to her JD, she has an MBA from the University of Colorado.  She currently lives in Florida with her wife, mother-in-law, and 5 cats.  She has three grown daughters and two grandchildren who are, collectively, the lights of her life.