Paul E. Scott is executive director of Equality Texas and Equality Texas Foundation. He previously served as executive director of the Resource Center of Dallas, the third largest LGBT Community Center in the country. Previously, he focused on HIV nonprofit work in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he became executive director of Chattanooga CARES HIV Care Center. His passion for LGBT advocacy arose from discriminatory employment and judicial practices in Tennessee. He is treasurer of the Equality Federation and the Equality Federation Institute. He previously served as a board member of the National Association of LGBT Community Centers.

Ryan Valentine is deputy director of the Texas Freedom Network, a nonpartisan organization of religious and community leaders who advocate a mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right. Ryan directs TFN’s Faith Network, which includes more than 600 mainstream religious leaders who share a faith that produces a politics of community and compassion. The Faith Network works to involve clergy from a variety of faith traditions in the political process in Texas. Ryan holds a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his studies focused on American evangelicalism and fundamentalism.

Sara Cleveland, a lifelong Texan and longtime supporter of women's rights, joined NPCT as executive director in March 2007. Prior to joining NPCT, Sara held various development positions during her career with the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Her focus on major gifts, as well as her dedication to individual rights, prompted her decision to join NPCT. Sara has also worked as a Regional Instructor Manager with ProsoftTraining.com, an Austin-based technical training firm. Sara holds a bachelor's in psychology and a master's in educational human resources Development from Texas A&M University. When not traveling, Sara resides in South Austin.

Randall "DyspepTex" Terrell is a Native Texan, a recovering lawyer and the political director for Equality Texas. He works with Equality Texas to achieve equality for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. He has been a campus organizer for CalPIRG, a federal judicial clerk, and an environmental policy wonk. He practiced (for far too long) as an administrative lawyer—which basically means “he sued the government.” His wife Christine and two children, Doran and Fletcher, look forward to being able to communicate with him between the November elections and the start of the next legislative session.