Gina Duncan

Gina Duncan was born Greg Pingston and lived as a man for 50 years. "Greg" transitioned to Gina in 2006. Gina was a standout football player in high school and earned a football scholarship to attend East Carolina University. Gina was a father of two, a husband, a brother and a son. Gina was the Captain of a state championship football team, and was homecoming king in high school. Gina Duncan has been in the Mortgage Banking business in Orlando since 1980. She has served on the Home Builders Association of Mid-Florida and Mortgage Bankers Association Boards of Directors. Gina was President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Central Florida in 2005. She was with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage from1997 to 2011, and served as the Area Manager of Central Florida, and Regional Manager for East Florida. Gina has also served on the HRC Steering Committee, as Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee. She chaired the Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Career and Wellness Fair events. Gina also served two terms as President of the Metropolitan Business Association (MBA), the LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Orlando. She was the President of MBA's Come Out With Pride event, which annually draws over 100,000 people to the Orlando area. Gina was invited to attend the first ever Human Rights Campaign's National Women's Diversity Leadership Conference, and also served on the HRC National Business Council. Gina served on the Steering Committee of Equality Florida and on the Orlando Anti-Discrimination Alliance, which has been instrumental in passing the Orange County Human Rights Ordinance as well as a Domestic Partnership Registry in both the City and County. Gina recently ran for County Commissioner garnering 40% of the vote in an unsuccessful bid for county office. Gina was a guest speaker at The Diversity in Economics Summit in Milan, Italy, sponsored by the Harvey Milk Foundation. Gina has now retired from her career in mortgage banking and is serving as a state-wide Corporate Transgender Inclusion Trainer for Equality Florida.