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Paul Davis, Director of Global Campaigns: Paul is a leader in ACT UP Philadelphia and was the Director of U.S. Advocacy for Health GAP for 9 years. He learned community organizing when he was a tenant organizer in Seattle, Washington. Paul is a 2008 recipient of the Keith Cylar Courage Award from Housing Works.

Jennifer Flynn, Managing Director: Jennifer was the co-founder and Executive Director of the NYC AIDS Housing Network for9 years prior to joining Health GAP in September, 2007. She has been a consultant to the Center for Community Change and the Open Society Institute, and worked at the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center. Jennifer holds a Masters Degree from the New School for Social Research and was the first US based and focused human rights activist selected for Columbia University's Human Rights Advocates Training Fellowship. Jennifer was a recipient of the Union Square Award, Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award and New York City Council Hero Award. She was named one of the most promising AIDS activists in 2001 by Poz Magazine and was a member of ACT UP NY, Fed Up Queers and other direct action groups.

photo of matthew kavanagh, director of us policy speaking out at rally about HIV denialist in South Africa, former Minister of Health Matthew Kavanagh, Director of US Advocacy: Matthew has worked with a wide variety of NGOs and social-movement organizations in the US, Latin America, and Southern Africa. He was previously the global campaigns director for the RESULTS Educational Fund and executive director of Global Justice, working on policy and organizing surrounding global health, trade, and development issues. His organizing work has ranged from water rights and Apartheid reparations campaigns in Johannesburg to racial justice work with the Boston Youth Organizing Project. Matthew has been interviewed in outlets ranging from the Washington Post to the BBC to Al Jazeera and writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He holds a BA in political science from Vassar College and a Masters in community organizing and education from Harvard University. Matt lives in DC and is an active member DC Fights Back.

Kaytee Riek, Director of Organizing: Kaytee began her activist work with the Student Global AIDS Campaign at George Washington University, where she graduated with a degree in Public Health. Since then, she has worked with the Campaign to End AIDS, Housing Works, and Global AIDS Alliance. In her spare time, Kaytee is an active member of ACT UP Philadelphia.

Asia Russell, Director of International Policy: Asia has been working with Health GAP since the beginning. Prior to her employment with Health GAP, she was a leader in ACT UP Philadelphia. She has also worked with Philadelphia FIGHT and various other AIDS activist and service organizations. She is a graduate of Temple University and is currently the NGO representative from North America to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Her writing can be found in Global Politics of AIDS, edited by Paul G. Harris and Patricia Siplon. Asia is a 2008 recipient of the Keith Cylar Courage Award from Housing Works.

Board

Brook Baker, Co-chair: Brook is a Law Professor at Northeastern School of Law and is Health GAP's Policy Analyst.

Jacqueline Patterson, Co-chair: Jacqui Patterson is an organizer with Women of Color United and a long-time civil rights activists.

Aaron Boyle, Vice Chair: Aaron is a high school teacher in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a member of ACT UP NY and a fomer Peace Corp volunteer.

Amanda Lugg, Treasurer: Amanda is the Community Advocate at African Services Committee in Harlem, NYC. She is also a member of ACT UP NY and is also a board member of the Astraea Foundation.

Eustacia Smith, Secretary: Staci is the Program Director of the Ben Michalski Residence, which provides supportive housing for 18 formerly homeless people living with AIDS in NYC. Staci is also a founding member of Health GAP, a member of ACT UP NY, former member of Fed Up Queers and is a mother of twins.

Sean Barry: Sean is the Director of the NYC AIDS Housing Network, the nation's only membership organization comprised and led by low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. Sean has worked with CHAMP, Campaign to End AIDS and Student Global AIDS Campaign.

Dazon Dixon Diallo: Dazon is a long-time activist for women's rights. She is the Executive Director of Sister Love in Atlanta , Georgia and South Africa.

Jose de Marco: Jose is the founder of Proyecto Sol Filadlephia, and is an active leader and long-time member of ACT UP Philadelphia.

Patricia Siplon: Trish is a Political Science Professor at St. Michaels College in Vermont and author of AIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States. Most recently, she was awarded Vermont's highest teaching honor.

Paisan Suwannawong: Paisan is the founder and Executive Director of the Thai AIDS Treatment Action group (TTAG) and the Thai Drug Users Network. He is the former chairman of the Thai Network of People LIving with HIV/AIDS.

Rob Weissman: Rob is the Director of Essential Action and a legal expert on compulsory licensing and trade policy. He is also the editor of Multinational Monitor.

Jennifer Flynn: Ex Officio