Jason Cianciotto

Jason Cianciotto, MPA, has been advocating for the health, safety, and well-being of LGBTQ people for over two decades. He is the Senior Managing Director of Institutional Development & Strategy at GMHC. Previously, he served at the national level as executive director of The Tyler Clementi Foundation and research director of the National LGBTQ Task Force Policy Institute. At the state level, he served as Director of Public Affairs and Policy at GMHC and as executive director of Wingspan, Southern Arizona's LGBT community center. He is the author of "Hispanic and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households in the United States: A report from the 2000 Census" and co-author, with Sean Cahill, of "Youth in the Crosshairs: The Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism." As a consultant specializing in policy analysis and government affairs, Jason has worked in collaboration with nonprofits and private foundations to support the appointments of experts on LGBTQ issues to federal advisory boards and to secure bilateral funding for international LGBTQ human rights work.