2016

Biography

Ted Martin is the Executive Director of Equality Pennsylvania, the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) political advocacy organization. He is also a native Pennsylvanian, a longtime LGBT activist and non-profit professional. Martin has worked in several varied administrative and communications capacities over the past two decades.

Starting his career as a Legislative Assistant and the Deputy Chief of Staff of a subcommittee of the Education and Labor Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, Martin has subsequently worked in the field of architectural preservation, communications and marketing. He is also a busy volunteer, and serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations. In 2011, Martin was named a Person of the Year by the Philadelphia Gay News. He and his husband, Dwayne, reside in Camp Hill outside of Harrisburg and were married on June 19, 2008 in La Jolla, California.