PERSON: Robin Biro

Strategist

Robin Biro currently resides in Atlanta, GA, works for his family business, is a Director for the Democratic Party, and does extensive volunteer work in the area, his most passionate being as a mentor for the Respect Institute, which allows him to directly mentor youth in the Juvenile Justice System, in Foster Care, and in Atlanta’s most underprivileged public schools.<br> <br> A political operative and LGBT rights activist since early adulthood, Robin was hired in 2008 to be a Regional Director on the Obama campaign, for which he worked in SC, NC, and GA. When the Obama campaign ended, at the age of 33 he enlisted into the U.S. Army as an Airborne Ranger candidate. He was selected, and is distinguished as the first U.S. Army airborne ranger to come out as openly gay while was serving in Ranger Regiment. He has completed two rotations in Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Task Force (America’s Top-Secret Army), and completed his tour of active duty in 2013, at which time he enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserves.