Ellen Kahn
Family Project Director
Ellen Kahn joined the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in November 2005. Before joining HRC, Kahn spent eight years as director of the Lesbian Services Program of Whitman-Walker Clinic, the most comprehensive lesbian health and wellness program in the country. Among her many accomplishments at LSP, Kahn developed innovative educational and support programs for lesbians and gay men in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, helping to ensure that information about social, legal and political and practical issues of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families was widely available. In 2004, Kahn played a lead role in creating the first comprehensive GLBT parenting conference in the district, drawing more than 300 people from the region.
Kahn advocates for GLBT family equality at a wide variety of professional conferences, through membership on advisory boards and through her contacts with local and national media.
Originally from Philadelphia, Kahn earned her master of science degree from Temple University and her master of social science degree from the Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work. The first 10 years of her professional life were dedicated to addressing the needs of people with HIV/AIDS. Kahn lives with her partner and two children in Silver Spring, Md.