Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Adrian Shanker, executive director of the Spahr Center in California, has been appointed senior adviser on LGBTQI+ health equity in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.Shanker has been serving in a voluntary capacity in the Biden-Harris administration as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS since 2021.
He joined the Spahr Center, which provides health care and other services to LGBTQ+ residents and people living with HIV in Marin County, in April.
He previously had founded the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, Pa., and led it for more than seven years.During his time at the Spahr Center, Shanker led an organizational rebranding with a new logo and website, an expansion of programs for LGBTQ+ families, and the launch of the organization’s Training Institute.
