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Innovative Response Globally for Trans Women and HIV (IRGT) Board Chair, JoAnne Keatley, was born in Mexico City and received a Master of Social Welfare degree from the University of California, at Berkeley. In addition to her role as Chair and helping oversee the growth of the IRGT, she was the founder and Director of the renowned Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE). JoAnne served as Co-Principal Investigator of the UCSF capacity building and technical assistance program funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Co-Principal Investigator of the HRSA funded Special Projects of the National Significance (SPNS) Transgender Evaluation and Technical Assistance (TETAC) Project. The CoE has worked diligently to enhance transgender care services in California, the nation, and the world. In partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), JoAnne co-authored the PAHO document “Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care to Transgender and Transsexual Persons and Their Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean” that has impacted the quality of transgender care throughout the region. JoAnne has directed numerous research and HIV prevention projects and has consulted on transgender health at the World Health Organization, the NIH, CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, and at the White House. JoAnne has received numerous awards and recognition including, in 2001, being the first staff recipient of the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for LGBT Leadership, in 2009 the UCSF Martin Luther King Jr. Chancellor’s Award for advancing cultural diversity and social justice on campus, in 2010 the Kaiser National HIV/AIDS award for diversity and, in 2015 was recognized by the State of California for her work advancing the health of transgender Californians.