A/Prof James McMahon, is ASHM President. James is also Head of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit at the Alfred Hospital and an Infectious Diseases Physician at the Alfred and Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He is a clinical researcher with research interests in HIV cure, HIV treatment and the cascade of HIV care. He also leads research in COVID-19 focusing on the best vaccination strategies and the immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination and infection in diverse populations including people with HIV. He has 20 years of clinical experience in HIV and Infectious Diseases and is a current member of the board’s Finance, Risk Management and Audit Sub-Committee and the ASHM HIV National Board Advisory Group.

Mark Orr AM has close to 20 years experience in leading and governing key organisations in the Australian community response to HIV. He has been a board director of Health Equity Matters (formerly AFAO) since 2017 and its President since 2020. This followed 9 years on the board of ACON, with seven of those served as its President.

Scott Harlum is the current President of the National Association of People With HIV Australia (napwha.org.au) and has been a NAPWHA Board Director since 2014. Scott is also a Board Director of Health Equity Matters and in 2023 represented people with HIV in Australia on the Health Minister’s HIV Taskforce.

Alexis, ASHM's CEO since 2018.

Dr Phillips is a research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University with a background in genetics. Her current research focuses on STI epidemiology and prevention, with a particular interest in health promotion.

Marcus Shaw is the Manager of Population Health and Community Development for WAAC. Having worked at WAAC for five years, Marcus has coordinated several projects across the organisation including the Needle and Syringe Exchange Program, health promotion, School Leavers harm reduction project and Freedom State. One of his many achievements came from the establishment of Freedom State, a one year pilot project funded by the Mental Health Commission to offer community support and counselling to LGBTIQA+ youth in regional WA – a first for WA. Marcus has also had success within health promotion; by changing the status quo, the team have engaged with the community in innovative and thought-provoking ways to ensure greater reach and continue to break down barriers around STIs, BBVs and HIV stigma. One of the key health promotion projects Marcus has worked on has been the Step Forward: Fight Stigma campaign; he spearheaded the project, which has been recognised nationally for its emotive and impactful approach. The project that brought Marcus to WAAC, was Leavers, offering sexual health and drug and alcohol harm reduction support and messaging to school leavers attending celebrations in WA. Marcus rejuvenated the project to ensure greater access to sexual health information for all, established inclusive safe spaces and has advocated for sexual health and drug and alcohol harm reduction to be a central pilar of the project. As evident by Marcus’s work, he is passionate about working with community, through applying best-practice evidence based approaches to be responsive to community need.

Cesare Di Feliciantonio (he/him) is Researcher in Economic and Political Geography at Sapienza University of Rome, specializing in geographies of sexualities, HIV, and housing and urban geographies. He is one of the editors of Social & Cultural Geography. He has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. He is currently working on a monograph and two co-edited handbooks, including the new Routledge Handbook of Sexualities and Space.

Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland.

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Medical Director of the HIV Clinic ("Ward 86") at San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on HIV treatment and prevention optimization, long-acting ART and PrEP, HIV and women, and adherence measurement and interventions.