C. Michael Woodward, MPH, is a speaker, lecturer, corporate trainer, peer counselor, and coach. He has enlightened thousands of people across the country on matters of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. His essay, “Manning Up,” became the title piece for the critically acclaimed anthology Manning Up: Transsexual Men on Finding Brotherhood, Family, and Themselves (Transgress Press, 2014).
He provides policy and best practices consulting, inclusive strategic planning services, and sexual orientation and gender identity and expression education to employers, health care providers, law enforcement, policy makers, educators, and others.
A native of Indiana, Michael earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public and Corporate Communication from Butler University in 1986. He completed graduate studies in 2014 at the University of Arizona, where he achieved a Master of Public Health Policy and Management degree and a Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance.