STEFAN BARAL

Stefan Baral is a physician epidemiologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  Through his role as the Director of the Key Populations Program in the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Stefan has focused on trying to understand why people continue to be at risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV with a focus on the interactions of structural and individual-level risks for HIV.   This work has included studying the burden of HIV and HIV-related vulnerabilities and effective strategies leveraging new technologies to better serve gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, transgender women, people who use drugs, and sex workers across Western, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

The unifying lesson from working around the world for Stefan is the increasing focus on technology in all aspects of life.  And consequently, the significant potential impact of leveraging those technologies to provide services with a focus on those particularly marginalized from existing health services.

MARGUERITE HANLEY

Marguerite is a global health generalist with experience spanning academia, NGOs, foundations, and social entrepreneurship. Her HIV-focused work has included qualitative research on issues of access, policy analysis of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for key populations in sub-Saharan Africa, and the development and implementation of HIV-education programs. She has worked at various intersections of health, policy, education, gender, and behavior change, and is passionate about the great potential of cross-cultural and multi-sector solutions.

Marguerite was previously with the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the Institute for Global Health Sciences, part of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and served as Executive Director of KnowledgeBeat, a Zambia-based NGO. She has held roles with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, the World Bank, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the World Affairs Council, and currently serves on several leadership and advisory councils.

SEAN HOWELL

Sean is an activist turned entrepreneur; he founded Hornet, where he built a 25 million-user gay social network and the largest LGBT newsroom in the world, publishing in seven languages on five continents. He serves as CEO at the LGBT Foundation, which works to leverage the LGBT Token and the benefits of blockchain technology for the empowerment of the LGBT community. Previously, he was a fellow of the World Affairs Council, trustee, and President of the Young Professional International Network.

He helps many organizations leverage technology to expand their impact; serves on various nonprofit boards and committees including Mpact (MSMGF), UNAIDS, E-CDC, PFLAG and co-chair at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at John Hopkins; and is a founding member of the UN Global Coalition for HIV Prevention and technical advisor to UNDPs and the World Bank LGBTI Index.