Team LPAC
Janelle Perez is currently the Executive Director at Team LPAC, a position held since December 2023. Prior to this role, Janelle served as the candidate for Florida State Senate in the 2022 elections and worked as a Network Development Contract Specialist at Doctors HealthCare Plans, Inc. from April 2018 to August 2021. Janelle's experience also includes a position as a Business Analyst at Columbus Capital Lending, LLC. and as a Government Affairs Associate for the Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Early career roles consisted of serving in the U.S. House of Representatives as Director of Travel and Scheduling for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and as a Hearing Coordinator, along with internships in the Republican/Minority Office and for Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Janelle holds a Master’s Degree in Government from The Johns Hopkins University, completed a Semester in Washington Politics, Elections & Congress at The George Washington University, and earned a BA in Political Science from Florida International University.
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Team LPAC
LPAC is the only organization whose mission is to elect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. LPAC was founded in 2012 by a group of LGBTQ women seeking to create a place, and voice, at the power table for our community. At the time of our founding, the scarcity of queer women and nonbinary candidates prompted LPAC to also support staunch allies who championed LGBTQ rights nationwide. These allies have been pivotal in shaping a political environment where queer candidates are now empowered and feel safe to pursue office. We do this by endorsing and investing in candidates directly and supporting them through independent expenditure campaigns. We’ve raised more than $7.1 million and endorsed more than 255 candidates. And we’re just getting started. LPAC’s focus is on electing LGBTQ women and nonbinary candidates who share our values: LGBTQ and women’s equality, women’s health, and social justice, while helping coalesce LGBTQ women as a concrete and powerful political demographic. If you are running for office and would like to find out more about our endorsement process, please contact us.