Dr. Asif is currently working in the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) as the Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator. Before joining the ITF, he used to coordinate a HIV prevention programme for transport workers implemented by the CARE Bangladesh in partnership with local transport unions. Over the last 15 years he also worked as Program Managers in number of international organizations and implemented different reproductive and occupational health care programs. His professional skill areas include project planning and implementation, advocacy & networking, participatory action research.

Dr.Asif has lead many collaborative/networking initiatives from grass root to policy level with donors, government, and community based organization and partner NGOs. He has traveled all over the world to bring out and present realities, challenges, success story and raised issues related to health care need including HIV prevention and support services for vulnerable and marginalized population.

Nathalie is the associate director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The Center's mission is to promote in-depth coverage of international affairs, focusing on topics that have been under-reported, mis-reported - or not reported at all. The Center’s model combines quality reporting, comprehensive media dissemination and educational initiatives to raise awareness of critical global issues that have been largely ignored in the American media. As associate director of the Pulitzer Center, Nathalie helps oversee the development of the organization, manage proposals and reporting projects, and is the managing producer on all video and interactive narrative projects. The last two multi-media projects Heroes of HIV: HIV in the Caribbean and Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica recently received honorable mentions in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Nathalie also oversees the design of their website, educational outreach programs, and the development of outreach strategies for reporting projects.

Nathalie has worked nationally and internationally on documentaries, educational, political and commercial productions as a producer, director, and editor. She has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations and as a project manager and media specialist for the University of Pennsylvania's Literacy Research Center. She received a Master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University where she concentrated in international security policy with a regional concentration in the Middle East, and co-founded and directed the Media and Communications in War and Peace student group (now MIC).

Lorraine Teel is the Executive Director of the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP). Founded in 1983, 2008 marks the 25th year of service for MAP.  MAP envisions a world free of AIDS.  Our mission is to lead Minnesota’s fight to stop HIV through advocacy, education and service.  We stop HIV the “social disease” by making sure the public has current, accurate information, individuals use their legal protections responsibly, and we are all engaged in creating smart public policies.  We stop new infections by providing effective education, especially for those at highest risk as well as to the public at large. Finally, we stop the devastating effect HIV has on people’s health by ensuring their access to health care and the services they need to use that care.

MAP provides prevention and outreach services for Minnesotans with questions about HIV transmission, testing and services. In addition, MAP offers targeted prevention programs for gay and bisexual men, gay and bisexual men who also inject drugs (primarily methamphetamine) and for all other injecting drug users and their sexual partners.  MAP also operates the AIDSLine, both a telephone and web-based service for those with questions about HIV, including the capacity for live chat.  MAP also provides range of supporting services for those living with HIV throughout the State of Minnesota. 

Finally, MAP works on the advocacy issues related to reducing stigma and discrimination and to insure that those at risk for or living with HIV are treated fairly.  Our work in this arena includes advocacy both at the State capitol and in Washington DC to insure that non-U.S. born Minnesotans are treated fairly and that international relief efforts to aid those affected around the world by HIV receive the services and support needed. 

Sarah Kalloch is Outreach and Constituency Organizing Director at Physicians for Human Rights. In this role, Ms. Kalloch spearheads PHR’s efforts to build a movement of doctors, nurses, researchers, public health practitioners, students and others dedicated to health and human rights who can bring their expertise and voice to PHR’s campaigns and research. Previously, she coordinated PHR’s groundbreaking partnerships in East African, which have built the capacity of local NGOs in Uganda and Kenya to engage health workers in innovative and effective AIDS and health rights advocacy. Ms. Kalloch has presented on AIDS, health, human rights and advocacy at conferences and symposiums in the US, Africa and Asia, and her work has been covered in academic journals, major newspapers, radio, magazines, and a forthcoming book on health and human rights. Prior to coming to PHR, Ms. Kalloch worked at a major family philanthropic foundation focused on the environment and youth organizing, managed the Deep Way Cay Club, an exclusive fly-fishing resort in the Bahamas, and conducted research on gender, economics and community management in fishing communities around Lake Victoria in East Africa . Ms. Kalloch received a B.A., magna cum laude, in Social Studies from Harvard College.