Murray Penner is the Deputy Executive Director at the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD). Penner’s primary responsibilities include oversight of NASTAD’s domestic programs, including Health Care Access (including ADAP), Prevention, Viral Hepatitis and Health Equity. Penner’s background includes service as the planning coordinator for the Fort Worth, Texas, Ryan White CARE Act Parts A and B planning bodies for nearly five years. Prior to that, he served as an administrator with the Fort Worth Metropolitan and Greater Oklahoma City YMCAs. Penner has extensive volunteer service in HIV prevention and care community planning, and served as the community-elected co-chair of the regional HIV prevention community planning group in north central Texas from 1998-99. He has conducted numerous HIV needs assessments and authored several comprehensive service plans, needs assessment reports and other planning documents in the north-central Texas region. Penner has presented at numerous local, state and national conferences on a variety of topics related to HIV/AIDS care and prevention services. Penner has a strong personal interest in helping to ensure adequate treatment and care services for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Penner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work with a Minor in Psychology from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas and has two children, Chance and Bailey.