Kent Klindera has over 30 years’ experience in global health, working at the crossroads of HIV and human rights. Currently, he serves as a Senior Technical Advisor on Key Populations with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of HIV/AIDS advising USAID’s country missions in implementing PEPFAR funded HIV p
Kent Klindera has over 30 years’ experience in global health, working at the crossroads of HIV and human rights. Currently, he serves as a Senior Technical Advisor on Key Populations with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of HIV/AIDS advising USAID’s country missions in implementing PEPFAR funded HIV prevention and treatment services, as well as championing rights-based programming and policies. In the past, Kent directed amfAR’s GMT Initiative, an annual portfolio of over 50 small grants for LGBTQI+ community-led organizations in the Global South to increase access to HIV services. Prior to amfAR, Kent worked on gender and masculinity programming, and queer youth initiatives globally and in the United States. He is a founding board member of the Rustin Fund for Global Equality, as well as serving on the US board of UHAI-EASHRI; both entities are focused on fundraising in the United States for grassroots LGBTQI+ and sex worker efforts in low- and middle-income countries. Currently residing in Brooklyn, NY, Kent lived for several years in both South Africa and Thailand. Kent holds a master’s in public health degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Iowa.
Marc J. Sokol is an expert in aligning organizational talent, values, cultures, strategies, departments and
resources for maximum success and delivery on mission. As an independent consultant, Marc brings his
more than 30 years of global and national nonprofit experience to organizations dedicated to arts and
culture and social justice, espe
Marc J. Sokol is an expert in aligning organizational talent, values, cultures, strategies, departments and
resources for maximum success and delivery on mission. As an independent consultant, Marc brings his
more than 30 years of global and national nonprofit experience to organizations dedicated to arts and
culture and social justice, especially LGBTQI+ rights and gender equality. Marc served at Let’s Breakthrough, Inc. for 15 years as Interim E.D., COO, and CoS, and as Secretary of
the Corporation. Other career highlights include serving as VP for Business Development and COO of a spin-off for-profit affiliate of a nonprofit, whole-school reform organization, growing it from $500K to $7M in sales in 5 years, delivering 4,500 training days yearly. Marc also created the nationally replicated Architectural Youth Program, which received numerous awards and multi-year funding from the NEA. As a member of Visual AIDS for the Arts, he co-created and helped produce the first World AIDS Day tribute, Night without Light, in New York City, later globally celebrated. Marc currently serves on the Board of UHAI EASHRI USA, an affiliate of Nairobi, Kenya-based UHAI EASHRI, a feminist, activist, indigenous, LGBTQI+ funder resourcing and supporting African movements. Marc is an enthusiastic, certified practitioner of the MBTI (Myers-Briggs) and holds a master’s in arts administration from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Originally from Nairobi, Kenya, Milap Patel has lived in the US since 2009 and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Milap has worked at the intersections of climate policy, global human rights, and economic justice with an overarching commitment to civil society, internationalism, and to our natural world. Milap has a master’s in pu
Originally from Nairobi, Kenya, Milap Patel has lived in the US since 2009 and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Milap has worked at the intersections of climate policy, global human rights, and economic justice with an overarching commitment to civil society, internationalism, and to our natural world. Milap has a master’s in public administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Development Studies from the University of Sussex, UK.
Peter Twyman is a social impact leader with 30 years of experience working on complex social challenges in the U.S. and globally. He is currently the Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects at Columbia University, a campus-wide effort to support faculty, students, and social entrepreneurs to achieve greater social impact. Peter spent a
Peter Twyman is a social impact leader with 30 years of experience working on complex social challenges in the U.S. and globally. He is currently the Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects at Columbia University, a campus-wide effort to support faculty, students, and social entrepreneurs to achieve greater social impact. Peter spent a decade leading NGOs focused on child welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa, first at Keep a Child Alive and then at Yamba Malawi. He also has more than a decade of experience working on U.S. government-funded global health programs, including 8 years at ICAP Global Health at Columbia, where he managed programs to support ministries of health in numerous African countries to scale HIV treatment and prevention interventions. In addition to UHAI-EASHRI, he serves on the U.S. boards of directors of Yamba Malawi and Friendship Bench. Peter is a graduate of Connecticut College and holds a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine, and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.