Jarad Ringer, LMSW, is a social worker and has worked on issues related to LGBTQ communities, people living with HIV/AIDS, people with mental health issues, sex work, and drug use for close to 20 years. Jarad is the Manager of Capacity Building Services at the Harm Reduction Coalition program and is currently a doctoral student in the Social Welfare Program at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work. He is also a Board Member of the Providers and Resources Offering Services to Sex Workers (PROS) Network Prior to HRC, Jarad worked at the CUNY Hunter College Center for HIV Educational Services and Training (CHEST) and at the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP).