Former US Assistant Surgeon General; Real Admiral (ret), First Deputy Asst. Secretary for Women's Health; Visiting Professor, MIT Media Labs; Distinguished Provost Professor, Northeastern University; Senior Medical Advisor, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. served as U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Senior Global Health Advisor and the first Deputy Assistant Secretary of Women’s Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services and was a White House Advisor on Health. She is currently Director of the Health and Medicine Program at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Senior Policy and Medical Advisor at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research and Chair of the Global Health Program at the Meridian International Center. Media experience includes serving as the health columnist for US News and World Report and Elle magazines, Public Health Editor of the Huffington Post, Medical Director of a Discovery Channel, American Film Institute Global Health Series, Chief Medical Advisor to a PBS Health Initiative.

Professor of the Practice of Public Health; Director

Ana Langer, MD, is the Director of the Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health and is a Professor in its Department of Global Health and Population. Prior to this, Dr. Langer was the President and CEO of EngenderHealth. During her tenure, EngenderHealth experienced significant growth and expanded its programmatic portfolio to include maternal health and unsafe abortion, family planning, gender and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Langer sits on editorial boards such as The Lancet International Advisory Board, the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, the WHO Reproductive Health Library, and the Journal of Reproductive Health.

President & CEO

Ana L. Oliveira is the President and CEO of The New York Women’s Foundation. Ana has served as a member of the New York City HIV Planning Council and in the New York City Commission on AIDS. Ana was profiled in Newsweek as “America’s Best,” a series highlighting ordinary individuals using their extraordinary vision on behalf of others.

Founder and CEO

Dr. Kate Tulenko is a health Specialist in the World Bank. She coordinates the Bank’s $2 million Africa Health Workforce program and has worked extensively on issues of global aging, health systems, hygiene and sanitation, maternal and child health, non-medical determinants of health, and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Tulenko has been interviewed for print and television by a variety of media outlets and was recently interviewed and quoted by the Washington Times in a front page article on aging-in-place.

Former Executive Director

Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is one of the most prominent leaders in the U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights movement. Carey worked extensively in HIV/AIDS prevention and in the LGBT community as one of the co-founders of Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence and the founding executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition. Rea has served on the advisory boards for wide-ranging publications such as Teen People magazine, the Georgetown University journal of Gender and the Law, and LGBTQ Policy Journal of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Executive Director/Director of Health and Community Initiatives

Dr. Sharon Allison-Ottey serves as Executive Director and Director of Health and Community Initiatives of The COSHAR Foundation. Dr. Allison-Ottey is an avid medical researcher with numerous publications and presentations. She was named the American Geriatric Society’s 1999 Investigator of the Year in recognition of her pioneering work in AIDS in the Elderly and was one of the first in the world to publish on this topic. Dr. Allison-Ottey has appeared on Black Entertainment Television (BET), is a frequent guest on nationally syndicated/regional radio programs across the country, contributes month to Gospel Today magazine's Health in Action column, and has been interviewed by various print publications including Ebony, USA Today, Black Enterprise, Wall Street Journal, and Redbook.

Psychologist/ Teen Expert

Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace is an award winning Psychologist who uses research, writing and social commentary to educate teens and parents about the importance of health and overall wellness. She is widely published and holds several leadership positions including serving as Chair of the American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on Psychology and AIDS. Dr. Wallace has published many scientific articles, has contributed her writing to thegrio.com and BlogHer, as well as been featured in Essence magazine, ABCnews.com and Sunday Times South Africa. She has appeared on BET 106 & Park, Hot 97, the Michael Baisden Show and NY1.

Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President

Dr. Aletha Maybank is an Assistant Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Dr. Maybank is also a Founding Board Member of the Artemis Medical Society, an organization created in 2012 to support and nurture women physicians of color worldwide with a current engagement of over 3500 women. Her areas of expertise include HIV/AIDS, health injustices and inequities, preventive medicine, and community health. She is pediatrician board certified in preventive medicine/public health. Dr. Maybank has been a medical expert on various networks and shows including MSNBC, Disney, WBLS, Good Morning America, BET 106 & Park, Huffpost Life, FOX 5, and is a weekly Medical Contributor on Arise America News and BKReader.com.

Founder and Host

Françoise Girard is President of the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) and a leading expert on women’s health, human rights, sexuality, and HIV and AIDS. She is regularly consulted by governments and UN agencies and has played a key advocacy role during international negotiations, including most recently on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals). She collaborates closely with women’s groups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to advance national policies on issues such as preventing child, early, and forced marriage, promoting comprehensive sexuality education, and ensuring access to safe and legal abortion.

CEO

Charon Asetoyer, a Native American women's health activist, holds a Masters of International Administration and Management. She is the CEO and Founder of the Native American Community Board (1985) and the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center (1988) on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. She served as an advisory committee member for the Center for Constitutional Rights, Women and People of Color (The AIDS Project, NY), and as an Advisory Committee Member for the Center for Women's Policy Studies (Women and AIDS) Project.

Executive Director

Glennda Testone joined New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center as its first female Executive Director in 2009 and is a member of the Ending the Epidemic Task Force, which works to implement Governor Cuomo’s plan to end the AIDS epidemic in New York. Testone also sits on the CenterLink Board, the Executive Board of the City University of New York Institute for Health Equality and is a member of the Bronx Borough President’s LGBT Policy Task Force.