This panel of HIV and Aging experts will discuss challenges facing HIV survivors as they age and provide recommendations on structural and policy changes. The depth and breadth of lived experience and professional expertise these panelists will bring to the discussion makes this a can't miss session at ANAC2026!

Moderator: Jeff Taylor
Executive Director

HIV+Aging Research Project- Palm Springs

HIV+ for 45 years, Jeff has served as a community advisory to many research groups—beginning with theUCSD AntiViral Research Center CAB, and (what is now called) the Community Scientific Subcommittee of theAIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). He currently serves on the ACTG Global CAB; the community advisory board for the DARE Collaboratory, the Eisenhower Medical Center Clinical IRB, the Clinical Advisory Panel for CIRM-

funded trial at City of Hope, and serve as the community engagement coordinator for the Reversing Immune Dysfunction Delaney HIV Cure Collaboratory. He also serves on the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalitions Drug Development Committee which meets regularly with pharma and FDA on HIV drug development issues, and on the President’s Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS.

Cecilia Chung

Senior Advisor

Transgender Law Center

Cecilia Chung is an internationally recognized civil rights leader and advocate for LGBTQ+ equality, health equity, and human rights. She serves as Senior Advisor at the Transgender Law Center and Commissioner on the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, and is a Former Human Rights and Health Commissioner.

Through decades of activism and leadership, Cecilia has advanced policies that uplift transgender communities, people living with HIV, and other marginalized groups. Her work continues to inspire global movements toward justice, inclusion and dignity for all.

Michael Donovan

Managing Director

POZabilities

Michael Donovan retired after over 30 years as an information technology strategy consultant and CTO. Michael has long believed in giving back to the community and supporting causes important to him. He served as a volunteer and board member for the Texas AIDS Network in the 90s while living in Dallas. In addition to his role as Chairman and Managing Director of POZabilities, he is currently a member of the board of the San Diego County HIV Planning Group, chairing the Community Engagement Committee.

He serves on the ACTG CAB, is a mayoral appointee to the San Diego Mobility Board as well as various urban planning efforts around San Diego.

David "Jax" Kelly, JD, MPH, MBA
Founder, President and CEO

Aging and HIV Institute

David “Jax” Kelly is Founder, President and CEO of Aging and HIV Institute, a California-based organization engaged in national policy and advocacy efforts at the intersection of aging, HIV, behavioral health, and equity. He also serves as President of Let’s Kick ASS Palm Springs (AIDS Survivor Syndrome), a community organization supporting HIV long-term survivors through connection, advocacy, and visibility.

A former ANAC HIV & Aging Scholar, Kelly works across HIV, aging, behavioral health, and public policy, advocating for the inclusion of older adults living with HIV within aging and disability planning frameworks. His work emphasizes survivor-informed advocacy and equity-centered implementation within healthcare and aging systems.

Kelly co-chairs California's Equity Advisory Committee on Aging and Disability and has contributed to statewide and national conversations on HIV and aging, long-term survivorship, behavioral health, and care coordination. He is also a Public Voices Fellow on Public Health with The OpEd Project, amplifying underrepresented expert voices in public discourse. A Black gay man living with HIV since 2006, he brings both professional and lived experience to his work advancing dignity, inclusion, and healthier aging for people living with HIV.

Martha Robles

Peer Navigation Coordinator

Christie's Place

Martha Robles,

Christie’s Place Peer Navigation Coordinator

Martha began her work in the HIV field twenty-one years ago as an outreach volunteer in San Diego, CA where she provided information to the community about HIV testing as well as other services available persons living with HIV/AIDS. 

Martha began working at Christie's Place as a Family Case Worker in 2010 and became a Peer Navigator with the Change for Women Program in 2011. 

Martha recently was promoted to Peer Navigation Program Coordinator leading a group of four peer navigators making sure the bio/psycho/social needs are met for women living with HIV who know their status but are not accessing HIV medical care.

Register for ANAC2026!

Join us!

• Attend engaging presentations covering the latest in HIV/AIDS care and related co-morbidities.
• Examine the connections between LGBTQ+ rights, social determinants of health, racism and trauma related to quality of life, HIV prevention and treatment.
• Connect with more than 400 nurses and other members of the health care team from around the world who are interested in HIV, health equity and advocacy.

Conference hotel

The Sheraton San Diego Resort serves as the official host and conference hotel for ANAC2026. Book your room today and don't miss out on the amazing amenities offered at this newly-renovated space right on the harbor.

Your room rate includes these perks:

• Premium high-speed internet access
• Morning Yoga class
• 1-hour cruiser bicycle use
• 1.5-hour paddle board tour & lesson
• 1-hour daily tennis court rental with equipment for two
• Lawn games
• S’mores
• Unlimited local & domestic long-distance phone calls
• Electric vehicle charging
• Complimentary Airport shuttle transportation to and from the San Diego International Airport
• $15 off self-parking rates