The Coalition is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals through federal advocacy that is focused on research, policy, education, and training.
The LGBT community includes individuals of every sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and age; regardless of disability, income, education, and geography. Our members are dedicated to effecting change by uniting this rich diversity at the national level.
Senior Policy Associate Joseph Jefferson - jjefferson [at] lgbthealth [dot] net
Joseph is the Senior Policy Associate for the National Coalition for LGBT Health. His arrival to the policy arena is preceded by 15 years in nonprofit management, where he worked with a range of LGBT and HIV/AIDS service providers on both coasts in fund development, strategic planning, marketing/communications, change management, and organizational development. In preparation for his transition into health policy, Joseph recently earned his MPH at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. For his practicum, Joseph produced for AIDS Community Research Initiative of America a foundational white paper on HIV and aging. The memo was widely distributed across the federal bureaucracy and contributed to the formation of a working group on HIV and aging at the NIH.
Verónica Bayetti Flores, MPH (Board Co-Chair)
Senior Policy Analyst
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health in New York, NY
JoAnne G. Keatley, MSW (Board Co-Chair)
Minority Programs Manager, Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center in San Francisco, CA
Director, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at UCSF in San Francisco, CA
Leslie Calman, PhD (Board Secretary)
Executive Director
Mautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization in Washington, DC
Terry Stone (Board Treasurer)
Executive Director
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A. Cornelius Baker
Senior Policy Advisor
National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition in Washington, DC
Kevin Cranston, MDiv, Director
Bureau of Infectious Disease
Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Boston, MA
Januari Leo
Public Affairs Field Specialist
Legacy Community Health Services in Houston, TX
Teresita Rodriguez
Executive Director
APICHA in New York, NY
Nurit Shein
Executive Director
Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia, PA
Shane Snowdon
Director, LGBT Health & Aging Program
Human Rights Campaign Foundation in Washington, DC
Lee Thornhill
Director of Prevention
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. in Jamaica Plain, MA
Advocates for Youth (Washington, DC)
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (Boston, MA)
AIDS Foundation Chicago (Chicago, IL)
AIDS Institute (Washington, DC/ Tampa, FL)
Alder Health Services (Harrisburg, PA)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (New York, NY)
American Psychological Association-LGBT Concerns Office
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) (New York, NY)
BAGLY (Boston, MA)
Beth Israel Medical Center (New York, NY)
BIENESTAR (Los Angeles, CA)
Boston Public Health Commission (Boston, MA)
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (New York, NY)
Care Resources (Miami, FL)
Center for LGBT Social Sciences (New York, NY)
CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
Chase Brexton Health Services (Baltimore, MD)
Chicago Department of Health (Chicago, IL)
Compass, Inc. (West Palm Beach, FL)
Diverse & Resilient (Milwaukee, WI)
Equality California Institute (Los Angeles, CA)
Fenway Community Health Center (Boston, MA)
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Gay Men's Health Crisis (New York, NY)
Gil Gerald & Associates Inc./LGBT Tristar (San Francisco, CA)
GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (Washington, DC)
Hartford Gay & Lesbian Health Collective (Hartford, CA)
Howard Brown Health Center (Chicago, IL)
Hunter College Center for LGBT Social Science and Public Policy (New York, NY)
International Federation of Black Prides
Johnson Family Foundation (New York, NY)
JSI Research and Training Institute (Boston, MA)
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles, CA)
LBGT Caucus of the American Academy of Physican Assistants
Legacy Community Health Services (Houston, TX)
Lesbian Health & Research Center at UCSF (San Francisco, CA)
Lesbian Health Initiative of Houston Inc(Houston, TX)
LGBT Caucus of the American Public Health Association
Long Island Lesbian Cancer Initiative (LILCI) (Jericho, NY)
Lyon-Martin Health Services (San Francisco, CA)
Mass. Asian and Pacific Islanders for Health (Boston, MA)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston, MA)
Mautner Project: The National Lesbian Health Organization (Washington, DC)
Mazzoni Center (Philadelphia, PA)
METRO Wellness & Community Centers (St. Petersburg, FL)
Metro Health (Cleveland, OH)
Midlands Sexual Health Research Collaborative, University of Nebraska (Omaha, NB)
Multnomah County Health Department (Portland, OR)
National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
National Association of Lesbian & Gay Addiction Professionals, Inc.
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National LGBT Cancer Network (New York, NY)
New York LGBT Community Center (New York, NY)
New York State Dept. of Health, AIDS Institute (Albany, NY)
OutHealth - A Program of Healthcare of Southeastern Massachusetts (Brockton, MA)
Pacific Center for Human Growth (Berkley, CA)
Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (Washington, DC)
Philadelphia Health Department, AACO (Philadelphia, PA)
Pride Center of WNY (Buffalo, NY)
Program for LGBT Health at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Queens Lesbian and Gay Community Center (Jackson Heights, NY)
Rainbow Access Initiative (Niskayuna, NY)
Rainbow Health Initiative (Minneapolis, MN)
Rainbow Heights Club (Brooklyn, NY)
SafeGuards Project & LGBT Health Resource Center (Philadelphia, PA)
Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
Staten Islan LGBT Community Center
St. Cloud University (St. Cloud, MN)
Tapestry Health (Florence, MA)
Transgender Law Center (San Francisco, CA)
The Health Initiative, Inc (Atlanta, GA)
The Trevor Project (Los Angeles,CA)
UCSF LGBT Center(San Francisco, CA)
UMHS-Comprehensive Gender Services Program (Ann Arbor, MI)
United Church of Christ Office for Health and Wellness Advocacy (Cleveland, OH)
Whitman-Walker Health (Washington, DC)
Woodhull Freedom Foundation (Bala Cynwyd, PA)