Transitions Project Staff
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Susan Kegeles, Principal Investigator [e-mail]
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Jae Sevelius, Co-Principal Investigator [e-mail]
Jae
Sevelius, PhD, is a Post-Doctoral Scholar with the Center for
AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS). At CAPS, Dr. Sevelius is the
Co-Principal Investigator of the Transitions Project, which
provides capacity building assistance and technical assistance
to community based organizations and health departments throughout
the U.S. to promote knowledgeable, sensitive, and effective
HIV/AIDS prevention for transgender communities of color and
HIV+ transgender people. In addition, she is the Principal Investigator
on two transgender specific research studies, one focusing on
HIV risk behaviors among transgender men who have sex with men
and another on the experiences of transgender women who have
been incarcerated. As Co-Principal Investigator of the CoE,
Dr. Sevelius is the liaison to CAPS and is responsible for the
systematic review and synthesis of existing transgender HIV
prevention research and programs in California, and identifying
research priorities, best practices, and service gaps to inform
a report on emerging issues and a research agenda for transgender
HIV prevention in California. -
Paul Cotten, Project Director [e-mail]
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JoAnne Keatley [e-mail]
JoAnne
Keatley, MSW, was born in Mexico City and became a citizen of
the U.S. in 1986. Ms. Keatley received her Master of Social
Welfare degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Beginning at CAPS in 1999 JoAnne has directed numerous NIH transgender
research projects and co-founded the Transgender Resources and
Neighborhood Space (TRANS) project. She is Chair of San Francisco
Transgender Empowerment Advocacy and Mentorship (SFTEAM) and
has served on the UCSF Chancellor’s Advisory committee
on LGBT issues since 2000. In addition, she has consulted on
transgender health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
and at the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
As Director of the Center
of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention (CoE), Ms.
Keatley is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the CoE
scope of work. She develops the infrastructure to support a
successful and sustainable CoE, provides day to day leadership
of CoE staff, oversees the state-wide Community Advisory Board,
supervises the design and implementation of the website, identifies
potential funding sources, assures the quality of deliverables,
and is the liaison with the California
Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS and community
partners. -
Luis Gutierrez-Mock [e-mail]
Luis
Gutierrez-Mock, MA, is a fierce biracial, queer, transgender,
Chicano. He received his Master’s Degree in Human Sexuality
Studies from San Francisco State University (SFSU) in 2005 and
is currently completing his second Master’s Degree in
Ethnic Studies at SFSU. His role on the Transitions Project
as a Capacity Building Assistance Specialist involves providing
technical assistance to agencies implementing HIV interventions
with transgender populations. Prior to joining the Transitions
Project in 2008, he worked as the primary case manager at Bay
Area Young Positives, the world’s first peer-based HIV/AIDS
youth agency. He recently co-authored the Bay Area Multiracial
Youth Health and Wellness Guide with Dr. Andrew Jolivette and
is published in Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender
and Conformity edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Seal Press,
2006).
Luis sits on the Board of Directors of Interracial Family Pride, an agency serving mixed heritage and transracially adopted youth and their families. The creator of Mixed Fruit Productions, he produces events featuring LGBT mixed race people and LGBT transracial adoptees. He has been a featured performer in The National Queer Arts Festival, Mixed Fruit, Gender Pirates, Trans as F*ck, and many other events throughout the Bay Area.