Devin Hursey is an advocate for people living with HIV and public health, from Kansas City Missouri, currently pursuing dual master’s degrees in Public Health and strategic communications at the University of Missouri Columbia.  In 2019, Hursey was honored as one of the 40 under 40 in public health by de Beaumont.  His local and […]

Charles is the founder and Executive Director of the Counter Narrative Project and is committed to working at the intersection of art, culture, and social justice. He served as the Conference Organizer for the historic 2014 conference “Whose Beloved Community Black Civil and LGBT Rights” at Emory University. He also led the innovative social marketing […]

Living with Black Girl Magic, HIV, and chronic optimism; Kamaria Laffrey (she/her) serves nationally as Program Director for HIV policy reform with The SERO Project offering strategic planning and community mobilization training to state leaders living with HIV to change their HIV criminalization laws.

Tyler Barbarin is a Policy Associate at Positive Women’s Network-USA and has been an organizer and facilitator of topics of racial justice, education equity, and reproductive justice. She began her work in leadership development at Covenant House Washington, facilitating programming for youth experiencing homelessness. She then transitioned into working for the Poverty and Race Research […]

Fran Hutchins is Executive Director at Equality Federation, the national strategic partner to state-based organizations working to win equality in the communities we call home. She has been with the Federation since 2012 and has worked on the ground with our partners to build strong organizations, develop tailored strategies, and create data-driven solutions to meet […]

Stan Ball is the VP & Chief Litigation Counsel at Eaton Corp. At Eaton, Stan develops and implements strategies for resolving legal disputes involving Eaton’s various lines of business globally and creates processes to mitigate risk associated with disruptive technologies. He also oversees fraud and theft investigations and facilitates recovery efforts. Lastly, Stan oversees Eaton […]

Sam Castic (he/him) serves as the Chief Privacy Officer of Blackhawk Network, a global financial technology company offering branded payment solutions. Before joining Blackhawk Network, Sam led the Privacy Team and program at Nordstrom. Sam has also worked as a privacy and cybersecurity lawyer at two global law firms, and in house at T-Mobile where […]

Kelly Durden Posey is an NC Licensed attorney and founder of Inspired Inclusivity Consulting, LLC. Through her career, Kelly has taken every opportunity to speak her truth, while educating and inspiring others. Kelly began practicing law 15 years ago with a focus on making the law accessible for everyone. She worked at Legal Aid of […]

Sharon M. McGowan (she/her) is the Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director of Lambda Legal, the country’s largest and oldest legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV. Relying on her decades of litigation experience and insight gained during her […]

Kyle Velte is an associate professor of law at the University of Kansas School of Law, where she teaches Evidence, Torts, Employment Discrimination, and Sexual Orientation & the Law. Velte joined the KU Law faculty in 2018. Her scholarship, which examines the intersection of sexuality, gender and the law, has appeared in law journals, including […]