Sherise Bright

Sherise Bright leads HRC’s comprehensive, multi-faceted communications and marketing efforts that highlight the ongoing work of the organization to build a world where LGBTQ+ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.

Bright is a strategic communications and marketing leader with over 20 years of experience working in the entertainment, sports, education, legal, and social justice sectors. Bright most recently served as Chief Communications Officer at Lambda Legal, where she built and led a team that rebranded the organization, redesigned its website, and significantly increased major media placements.

Bright has spent her career defining, elevating, promoting, and safeguarding the brand, reputation, and impact of world-leading nonprofits and global media properties. This includes building multi-use communications and marketing departments from the ground up and developing cross-functional alliances to drive innovative, high-visibility campaigns, thought leadership programs, and strategic communications. She is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and splits her time between Northern and Southern California.