OutBüro Voices - In each episode host Dennis Velco has engaging and casual conversations with LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the globe. Let's chat, share, learn, grow, and be inspired. together. We’ll explore their career path, inspiration, strategy, startup journey, successes balanced with insights from lessons learned. We’ll also talk with leaders in Diversity and Inclusion and community allies across many sectors with a keen LGBTQ perspective. Join u ...
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DJ Doran for Chicago Mayor - Discusses Key Issues (2023 Race)
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with DJ Doran, a media entrepreneur, LGBTQ community organizer, 23 year US Airforce veteran, and long-time Chicago citizen. Chicago News: Breaking DJ Doran announces his candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.…
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dr. Kelly. Today we are chatting about the need and importance of having wills and other end-of-life planning for LGBTQ persons. Don't leave headaches, problems, burdens for others. Estate plannin…
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Loving Yourself to Financial Abundance with Martin Cowart
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Martin Cowart, a spiritual and mindset coach helping clients heal personally and financially. Listen in or watch now or later on the video or audio apps you already use. The summary below doesn't …
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Hot New Book "The Wisdom of Guncles" from Gay Author Michael Dumlao
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out gay author Michael Dumlao regarding his new book "The Wisdom of Guncles" (gay uncles). Michael Dumlao (he/his) is an artist, author, and activist equipped with more than twenty-one years of ad…
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Technology Support and Education for LGBTQ African NGOs
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jaco Kleynhans is a South African based technology business owner, NijaCo, and founder of the NGO A Community of Humans that provides technology support and training to other LGBTQ NGOs throughout…
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IT Security For LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses & Organizations
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Sarah Lynn, an IT security professional focusing on LGBTQ+ owned small and midsized businesses and LGBTQ+ community non-profits. Lynn has a 30-year career in technology with a significant portion …
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LGBTQ+ 2nd Parent Adoptions - What You Need to Know
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dr. Kelly about legal issues LGBTQ+ persons should be aware of in 2nd parent adoptions building their family. We welcome your comments and questions. Join us on https://outbur.com and join the Out…
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Leadership Coaching Centered on Your State Of Consciousness
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Kevin Huntting, a Leadership Coaching Centered on Your State Of Consciousness. If you are a professional or entrepreneur in either capacity and would like to up your leadership skills, make sure y…
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Creating Services for LGBTQ+ Homeless Youth in South Dakota
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Joseph Barb founder of the LGBTQ+ Family Connections Center located in South Dakota to support LGBTQ+ homeless youth. Joe has a career background in corporate human resources and had a moment of r…
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Being LGBTQ and Sikhism with Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices host, Dennis Velco chats again with our friend Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu who is the LGBTQ Global Leader at the United Nations about being LGBTQ and Sikh. OutBüro Voicesfeaturing LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world. During the recording of our initial interview (link below)…
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An Exit Strategy is a MUST have to Grow Your Business
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Stephen Crawford a Business Coach who focuses on the end game. Stephen Crawford throughout his career has been a teacher and/or coach in some manner. For the bulk of his career, he was a vocal coa…
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OutBüro - Let's chat, share, learn, grow, and be inspired together. In each episode, we'll have casual and informative conversations with interesting LGBTQ professionals. We'll chat with LGBTQ entrepreneurs about their inspiration, strategy, startup journey, successes balanced with insights from lessons learned. We chat with LGBTQ non-profit leader…
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United Nations Globe President Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu - LGBTQ+ Leader
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with the United Nation's LGBTQ+ personnel leader Gurchaten "Nanoo" Sandhu. His reach incorporates 70 UN organizations in a unique personnel bargaining way. This is just the text description is just a b…
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LGBTQ Caregiver Center - New Resource for Information and Support
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jennifer Henius and Zander Keig founders of the LGBTQ Caregiver Center. Jennifer has a long history of working in the caregiving space at the national headquarters for the US Veterans Affairs wher…
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Richard LaMay - Executive Producer, Director, Screenwriter, and Author
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Richard LeMay. He is an executive producer, director, screenwriter, screenwriting instructor, actor, and author. If you have questions or comments for Richard or Dennis, please add them to the com…
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The HPV Pandemic - What You Need To Know - HPV Global Action
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Teresa Norris and Anthony Lombardi from the HPV Global Action registered charity. Be sure to listen or watch this episode packed full of great information. https://hpvglobalaction.org/ Teresa foun…
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Curtis Danskin-Ainslie: Virtual Assistants for Entrepreneurs & Life Purpose Coaching
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Curtis Danskin-Ainslie: Helping Entrepreneurs with Virtual Assistants & Life Purpose Coaching. In this lively, open, and candid conversation, we cover quite a bit - so be sure to listen in. Curtis…
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Jennifer & Stephanie: Science and Loving Yourself Toward Great Relationships
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jennifer and Stephanie of Enchanted Awakenings - they are holistic relationship coaches. Listen in to learn more. Jennifer and Stephanie are a warm, open, and giving couple that immediately makes …
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Ella Slade - IBM's LGBTQ+ Striving for Authenticity Report
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ella Slade who is the LGBTQ+ Global Leader at IBM. We discuss the recently completed LGBTQ+ Striving for Authenticity report by IBM with support from LGBTQ+ organizations Out&Equal and Workplace P…
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Michael Grey - Holistic Spiritual Life Coach for the LGBTQ Community
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michel Grey, a holistic spiritual life coach for the LGBTQ community and great allies. Michel is a non-binary queer professional that has past experience as a youth soccer coach and was always the…
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Bob Witeck - Pioneer in LGBTQ Marketing Communications
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Bob Witeck, a legend in the LGBTQ marketing space. He founded the first LGBTQ marketing communications agency helping brands connect with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer communi…
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Andy Cramer - LGBTQ Community Pioneer - Now Creating a Safe Space for All Caregivers
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders worldwide, host Dennis Velco chats with Andy Cramer, retail entrepreneur, founder of the gay.com network, ROIgenius™, and his newest venture with his husband, Al. It’s called ExtendaTouch.com. Growing up in the 1950's he was closeted in an era wher…
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Scott Seitz - SPI Marketing Helping Brands Reach the LGBTQ+ Community
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Seitz of SPI Marketing. SPI Marketing was one of the first LGBTQ-focused marketing agencies founded in 1996. Early on SPI Marketing was able to attract beverage and spirits companies. Seitz'…
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Jacob Kneip: Building LGBTQ+ Community Support
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Jacob Kneip who saw a need to create an LGBTQ+ community support center in a conservative suburb 45 minutes outside of Chicago - Wheaton, Illinois. I apologize for my mis-introduction. Neither cau…
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Alfred Verhoeven: Marketing the Rainbow - Corporate LGBTQ Advertising
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Alfred Verhoeven, marketing consultant and Marketing Ph.D. candidate. 01:15 Brief intro by Alfred 02:30 Alfred's background includes a law degree and initially stubbled into marketing and has work…
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Brian Sims: Pennsylvania State Lawmaker Announces Running for Luitenent Governor
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with out gay Pennsylvania State Lawmaker Brian Sims, who just days after this recorded chat wherein I asked about political aspirations, he announced that he is running for Pennsylvania Lutienent Gover…
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Romy Newman: Social Entrepreneur - Empowering Careers of Women
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Romy Newman a social entrepreneur with a focus on advancing workplace gender equality, career opportunities for women, and corporate transparency. Romy brings a long and rich career background in …
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Darren Loli: Creating LGBTQ Content with Passion and Vigor
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Darren Loli, Founder/CEO and Executive Producer of Happening Out Television Network providing an LGBTQ perspective and programming. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Darren has a long and rich ca…
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Wesley Smoot: Unleashed LGBTQ - Virtual Showcase
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Wesley Smoot, Marketing Director for Unleashed LGBTQ. Located in Dallas, Texas Unleashed LGBTQ is an expo and due to COVID a virtual event featuring brands, talent/entertainers, apps, films, fresh…
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AJ Mizes: 80% of Jobs are Filled Through Connections
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with AJ Mizes a career coach, leadership coach, and HR consultant. A.J. is a talent and human potential aficionado with over a decade of experience within Career Coaching and Human Resources--and has b…
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Chris Rollins: A Coach for LGBTQ+ HR, People, and Culture Professionals
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Chris Rollins who is a coach for HR, people, and culture professionals. Chris Rollins is a Leadership and Executive Coach for HR, People, and Culture Leaders, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, y…
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Lisa Geason-Bauer: Environmental and Sustainability Consulting
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Lisa Geason-Bauer based in Wisconsin is an entrepreneur focusing on environmental and sustainability consulting. 01:30 Lisa describes her career started as a sociologist putting that background in…
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John-Manuel Andriote: Exploring Resilience of the LGBTQ Community
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with John-Manuel Andriote, freelance health/medical-focused journalist for the likes of The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and others and author. In his early journalist career, he focused his reporting o…
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Zander Keig: Trans US Veteran Mental Wellnes Coach
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Zander Keig, a US military veteran, a trans man who has dedicated his career in service to others. After a military medical discharge, his career took a slightly winding path yet always with a foc…
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Art Smith: Documenting LGBTQ Community History Through Bygone Bars
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Art Smith, artist, promoter, entrepreneur, and founder of Gay Barchieves. Art shares his story of working for two local LGBTQ community local print media companies starting in the mid-'80s. This f…
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Building Business and Life from Opportunity and Passion
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Dëv Ramsumair, out gay entrepreneur, fashion event producer, museum curator, foster parent, and much more. Warning! When Dëv and I have the opportunity to chat we cover lots of ground. This interv…
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Kevin Shah: Learn Empathy in Just 6 Minutes a Day with Jaago
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Kevin Shah. Kevin is an out gay entrepreneur, product manager with an engineering background, immigrant, filmmaker, startup founder of Jaago, and so much more. I listed many things that Kevin iden…
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Christopher Clawson-Rule: Writer's Block is Bullshit!
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Christopher Clawson-Rule, publisher, author, out gay entrepreneur. Christopher, who has several books published himself turned publisher with over 150 authors he represents says writer's block is …
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Tyler Davis: New America Awakenings - Author Chat
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Tyler Davis author of the book titled "New America Awakenings". "New America Awakenings" is a fictional tale of a world where the United States grapples with divisive factions of radical extremist…
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Michael Johnson-Ellis: Building LGBTQ Families
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michael Johnson-Ellis gay dad and entrepreneur helping the LGBTQ community be informed on family building and family life. When Michael met his partner, his partner had a daughter from a previous …
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Scott Ballina: Diversity and Inclusion in Practice
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Scott Ballina, Senior Director, Diversity, Belonging & Giving for a global technology company. Scott learned the value of diversity while serving in the US Navy as an officer leading a diverse gro…
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Max Appenroth: Transgender Experience Focused Healthcare Consultant
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Max Appenroth: Transgender Experience Focused Healthcare Consultant based in Berlin, Germany. Max is a male of transgender experience and has had to navigate the public medical system of Germany w…
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Ashley Brundage: Empowering Differences Author and Transgender Activist
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Ashley Brundage, author, transgender activist, and VP of Diversity and Inclusion for a national financial institution. Ashely's journey is remarkable and inspiring. When faced with homelessness an…
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Donna Williams: LGBTQ Authentic Stock Images on LibertiPix
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Donna Williams, out lesbian entrepreneur and co-founder of LibertiPix. LibertiPix is a new online stock photography site that is authentically LGBTQ from A to Z. Co-founder Donna Williams has year…
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Tyler DeSouza: Fashion Pioneer for the Transgender and Cross-Dressing Community
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Tyler DeSouza, CEO of enFemme. Tyler is an out sexually fluid entrepreneur who grew up with his mother being a stylist for crossdressers. The business started in their living room over 25 years ag…
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Wendy Weiss: The Queen of Cold Calling. Wendy started her career as a ballerina dancer. She moved to New York City to pursue that dream. Like most, she had to work a day job to make ends meet. Aft…
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Gina Battye: Fostering Psychological Safety in the Workplace
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Gina Battye, out lesbian entrepreneur in corporate diversity and inclusion with a keen focus on psychological safety. This short description nearly does this robust and in-depth conversation justi…
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Michael Stephens, founder of Create Space. In this candid conversation, we share some personal experiences that led us both in different ways to arrive at the same destination: ourselves. We discu…
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Martin Stark: World Gay Boxing Championship
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In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Martin Stark, founder of the World Gay Boxing Championship based in Sydney, Australia. After a medical condition with Addison's disease nearly took Martin's life, he searched for ways to improve h…
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Paul Lorenz: Painter, Composer, Architect, Renaissance Man
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Paul Lorenz is gay LGBTQ artist renaissance man whose work not only spans but unites art, painting, photography, dance, performance, video, film making, architecture, and music. Paul is definitely an LGBT artist worth checking out. He is a multi-disciplinary multi-medium artist who not only has incredible abstract paintings he blends his painting w…
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