Alana Jochum ’10 is an attorney and Executive Director of Equality Ohio. She has been passionately engaged in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality at the local, state, national, and international level for more than a decade. She spent time in Mumbai, India volunteering with the Humsafar Trust, a nongovernmental organization working to advance LGBTQ+ equality in India. After returning home, she worked at United Way of Greater Cleveland and continued her LGBTQ+ volunteer work through the Human Rights Campaign. Alana served as Editor in Chief of the Cleveland State Law Review while attending CSU|LAW and is now an active alum and member of the CSU|LAW Board of Visitors. She became an Associate at Squire Patton Boggs, LLP where she focused her legal practice on complex civil litigation, international law, product liability disputes and other commercial litigation. She also represented clients in habeas proceedings before the Sixth Circuit and at the District court level. Alana left Squire in 2014 to work with Equality Ohio full time where she has the privilege of advocating for LGBTQ+ equality statewide. She also proudly serves as a Board member for the Equality Federation, a national organization focused on capacity building and support for statewide LGBTQ+ organizations across the country.