Lynn Barclay
President and Chief Executive Officer

Lynn Barclay became President and CEO of the American Social Health Association (ASHA) in July of 2006 and immediately took the challenge of leading the transformation of this 94 year-old nonprofit specializing in educating the public about and advocating for those with sexually transmitted infections.

For virtually every major health issue, Americans can easily access information. When it comes to sexually transmitted infections, only the American Social Health Association (ASHA) is dedicated to advocating for as well as providing medically accurate information and support to patients, providers, policy makers and the public. In a time when these subjects are not always welcome topics her greatest desire would be to eliminate the stigma associated with infections that more than 19 million Americans will experience this year alone. In fact, more than half of all people will be infected with an STD at some point in their lifetime.

With more than 25 year experience in nonprofit management, Ms. Barclay is a seasoned nonprofit executive whose career has largely focused on meeting the needs and interests of those most at risk.

Following her early nonprofit work, Barclay became a nonprofit management consultant. In this capacity, she advised a wide variety of organizations on strategic planning, outreach, fund development and programming. Clients ranged from large and small organizations as varied as the Salvation Army to community choral arts groups.

In a career that began with a BA in Public Relations from the University of Alabama, Barclay has received numerous awards.

Throughout her career, Barclay has aligned her efforts with organizations committed to advancing social change, helping to foster civic dialogue, and promoting the responsibility of nonprofit institutions to their communities.

Deborah Arrindell
Vice President, Health Policy

Deborah Arrindell has more than 25 years of experience in social policy and health policy issues and has provided leadership to a number of national organizations. She has served as Associate Director of Governmental Affairs for the American Nurses Association and as Executive Director of the Home Care Aide Association of America. For ASHA, she has been instrumental in organizing lobbying efforts on a number of STD-related policy issues and is well known among organizations in the sexual and reproductive health field.

Lisa K. Gilbert, PhD
VP, Health Communications

Dr. Gilbert conducts numerous program and research activities at ASHA. She designs research methods for federal, state, foundation, and industry proposals; designs and conducts a variety of sexual health research studies (including investigations of Internet data collection methods and assessments of public, patient and provider knowledge, attitude, behavior and skill levels); and she presents the research findings through peer-reviewed publications, lay press articles, media interviews, and at conferences around the world.

Dr. Gilbert's areas of research specialization include adolescent and women's health, STI prevention (including hepatitis and cervical cancer), and reproductive health/sex education and risk reduction, and developing innovative education and evaluation methods, such as Web-based tools.

Prior to joining ASHA, Dr. Gilbert served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho where she taught a variety of health education courses to undergraduate and graduate students, and conducted, published, and presented health education research. She also has taught health education courses at the University of Maryland, University College, American University and Montgomery Community College.