Brandon Wolf
Brandon Wolf is a bestselling author, nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and gun safety reform, and survivor of the 2016 mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub. He frequently appears on CNN, MSNOW, and other network and new media outlets, and often goes on-the-record with The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Teen Vogue, and more. Brandon has been named one of Logo TV’s 30 LGBTQ Trailblazers, Huffington Post’s 30 LGBTQ Influencers Under 30, and Out Magazine’s 100 Most Influential LGBTQ People in the world. Brandon’s memoir, A Place For Us, was Amazon’s top selling memoir on release day and has received acclaim from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and USA Today. A Place For Us was a finalist for the 2024 Audie Award for Best Autobiography/Memoir.
In 2019, at the invitation of the late Congressman John Lewis, Brandon became the first survivor of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy to testify before Congress. He went on to serve as a national surrogate for Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign and an advisory council member for President Biden’s general election bid. In 2021, he was appointed to the Florida Advisory Council to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, studying voting rights in the Sunshine State and making policy recommendations to improve access to the ballot box. And in 2022, Brandon was a featured speaker at the White House’s inaugural United We Stand summit on combatting hate violence in America, where he introduced Vice President Kamala Harris in the East Room. He returned to Congress again that year to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Florida’s role in the rise in anti-LGBTQ hate and violence in the country. He currently sits on the national Advisory Board for the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the country’s oldest organization advocating for survivors of violent crime.
Most recently, Brandon served as National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, where he oversaw political communications strategy, messaging, and acted as chief spokesperson for the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. In that role, Brandon managed the launches and execution of several multimillion dollar electoral campaigns, led the organization’s communications efforts in state legislatures, advised candidates at every level on defeating anti-equality attacks, and spearheaded the organization’s approach to new and emerging media platforms.
