Alana Shepherd is an award-winning lighting designer and the founding principal of Intangible Light, in Spokane, WA. She has an MFA in Lighting Design from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Theatre from Eastern Washington University. In 2020, Shepherd founded the North American Coalition of Lighting Industry Queers (NACLIQ) after coming out as transgender and seeing a need for LGBTQIA+ advocacy within the lighting community. She currently serves on several committees and advisory boards related to equity, inclusion and belonging.