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About Jake
Jake Rostovsky is a globally known advocate, thought leader and facilitator working to bring awareness, inclusion and empowerment to the transgender and non-binary community, as well as helping to provide insight and knowledge about issues the community often face.
Openly transgender since he was thirteen — Jake uses his personal experience and professional background as a mental health clinician to educate and facilitate deep and meaningful learning experiences for individuals centered around topics facing his community. Through appearances on Oprah, Dr. Phil and global news sources he has brought a unique and dynamic voice to an often ignore cause.
Jake has over 15 years of advocating on behalf of the LGBT community and has helped to facilitate diversity, treatment and inclusion of Transgender and Non-Binary individuals in the workplace, educational institutions and in media. He has worked with some of the world's top entertainment, media and educational brands including as NBCUniversal, LionsGate, Warner Brothers, Buzzfeed, UCLA and Kaiser Permanente.
While working at NBCUniversal’s Talent Development team, Jake worked on bringing diversity and inclusion to each training and development experience. Currently sitting on West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board, Jake takes an active role in influencing legislation both locally and nationally, as well as promoting awareness to political problems the Transgender community faces on a daily basis.
Jake is honored to have served as a mental health clinician for Gateways Hospital, Being Alive Los Angeles and the LA LGBT Center, and to have made progress towards eliminating the mental health disparities facing the LGBT community.
To view Jake's Resume, click here.