Barb Cardell – They/Them
Organization: Positive Women’s Network -USA
Barb Cardell is an educator, activist, and advocate. Barb has been a part of PWN since joining the Steering Committee in 2009. In 2013, when PWN created its Board of Directors Barb joined the board and served as the Board Chair for 6 years. Stepped down early in 2019. Barb joined PWN USA staff as the Training and Technical Advising Director becoming their Program Director in 2023. Barb is Engaged in local, statewide, national and global HIV issues and currently serving as a Governor appointed representative to the statewide Colorado Alliance for HIV Prevention and Education. Barb co- founded PWN USA CO, a Colorado based advocacy group for ALL self identified women living with HIV in the state of Colorado. Barb is a founding member and served as the Vice-chair of the US Persons Living with HIV Caucus (USPLHIV Caucus), now in an Emeritus role. Barb is the Legislative Chair of the Colorado Organizations Responding to AIDS (CORA) and led HIV criminalization reform which modernized HIV statutes and repealed two criminal statutes that targeted people living with HIV. They are currently working on grassroots mobilization, electoral organizing, meaningful involvement of people living with HIV and Denver Principles, collaborating to support a Racial Justice framework in HIV advocacy and the People Organizing Positively project.
Evany Turk – She/Her
Organization: Community Member
Katie Willingham – She/Her/They
Organization: The Well Project
Katie Willingham is a bisexual, two-spirit woman of transgender identity and a freelance blogger for WebMD and The Well Project, she is an HIV activist with The Positive Women’s Network USA and works in HIV prevention in her local state communities with The 6:52 Project Foundation and the HIV Prevention and Care Planning Committee for the Alabama Department of Public Health.
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