Reaching Out MBA

Reaching Out MBA, Inc. (ROMBA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that empowers LGBT+ MBA students and LGBT+ MBA graduates to become professionals who will lead the way to equality in business education, the workplace and throughout society. The organization seeks to educate, inspire and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender graduate business students and school clubs through its year round events. This programming anchored by the annual Reaching Out LGBTQ MBA & Business Graduate Conference, which is held each year in October and brings together over 1,800 LGBT+ MBAs and other business graduate students and over 90 corporate partners.

ROMBA was first granted non-profit status by the IRS in 2004, though the annual conference has been going on since 1999.





== Organization ==



Reaching Out MBA, Inc. (ROMBA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit managed by a full-time Executive Director, two full-time staff members, and overseen by a 10-member independent Board of Directors. The Board of Directors positions include President, Secretary, and Treasurer; additionally there are six other Directors. Each member of the Board of Directors has participated as a leader for ROMBA programming.

The organization hosts year-round events anchored by the Annual Reaching Out LGBTQ MBA & Graduate Conference, which attracts over 1,800 attendees annually with representation from 100 business school programs and over 90 corporate partners.