Celebrated as the key architect behind the Freedom to Marry movement, Evan Wolfson helped millions of people in all 50 states win the fundamental right to love and marry. Evan's core message conveys the essential elements of “how to win” in three words: hope, clarity, and tenacity. Drawing from decades of history, stories, and personal experience, he illustrates how these tenets empower advocates and help organizations overcome challenges on their unique path to achieving change. His vision, knowledge, and passion for change and activism will inspire and instruct audiences and sharpen their goals and strategies alike.

An attorney and professor, Wolfson is renowned for his ability to make change happen, no matter the challenges. He is the founder and former President of Freedom to Marry, the campaign that secured marriage equality in the United States. His career in transformative activism and communication strategies has established him as one of today's most sought-after advisors by diverse movements, causes, and organizations seeking to adapt the lessons of his campaigns to their pertinent struggles.

A lifelong crusader for civil rights, Evan consults activists, funders, and academics working to improve immigration, gun control, education, healthcare reform, the environment, LGBT and women's rights, civic engagement, philanthropy, and to reinvigorate democratic values as well as diversity and inclusion. On a global scale, he advises human rights advocates, business leaders, and organizations eager to adapt his model for changing hearts and minds as well as the law and policy.

In 2025, Wolfson was a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal for “helping millions of people in all 50 states win the fundamental right to love, marry and be themselves, and for his singular focus and untiring optimism to change not just the law but society…”

Wolfson championed gay and lesbian military personnel fighting for the freedom to serve, gay parents wishing to adopt children and preserve their visitation rights, police officers to remain on the force, members and leaders to remain in the Boy Scouts, medical treatment for those impacted by HIV/AIDS, and LGBTQ couples seeking insurance benefits on behalf of their spouses.

As a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown Law and a Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University, Evan teaches law and social change, sharing his expertise on the impetus, building blocks, and actions necessary to achieve change on a grand scale. He also serves as Senior Counsel at Dentons, the world's largest law firm.

Evan has been hailed as “the godfather of gay marriage” by Newsweek/The Daily Beast, one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal, and one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” by Time Magazine, among many awards and honors.

He was the recipient of Barnard College's Medal of Distinction (alongside President Obama) and authored Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry. His pioneering work is featured in the acclaimed documentary, The Freedom to Marry, and he frequently makes media appearances alongside his speaking gigs.