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Scout, PhD
Scout, PhD
(he/they)
Scout, PhD (they/he) is the Executive Director of the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network and the principal investigator of both the CDC-funded LGBTQI+ tobacco-related cancer disparity network and Out: The National Cancer Survey. They spend much of their time providing technical assistance for tobacco and cancer focusing agencies expanding their reach and engagement with LGBTQI+ populations. Scout has a long history in health policy analysis and a particular interest in ensuring research includes LGBTQI+ people. They have faculty appointments at Dartmouth Cancer Center and both Brown University and Boston University’s schools of public health. They are a member of FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, a longtime member of the NIH Council of Councils, on the Advisory Panel for NIH’s All of Us initiative, and the former Co-Chair of the NIH Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office Work Group. Their work has won them recognition from the U.S. House of Representatives, two state governments, and many city governments. Scout is an openly nonbinary and trans father of three, a vegetarian, an avid hiker and climber.
Helen Cappuccino, MD
Helen Cappuccino, MD
(she/her)
Jack Kavanaugh, LMSW
Jack Kavanaugh, LMSW
(he/him)
Jack Kavanaugh (he/him) is a social worker with nearly 20 years of experience in youth programs and nonprofits. As Executive Director of GLYS: Growing LGBTQ+ Youth Support, he focuses on expanding services and advocacy for LGBTQ+ youth and their families in Western New York. Jack holds a Master of Social Work from the University at Buffalo and Bachelors from Goucher College in Maryland. In his free time, Jack enjoys motorcycles, bicycles and building community.
Cassandra Lange, MSW, MEd
Cassandra Lange, MSW, MEd
(she/they)
Kathleen McGriff Powers
Kathleen McGriff Powers
(she/her)
I was diagnosed with Her2+ DCIS of the left breast in December of 2014. Following a total mastectomy of the left breast, chemo, and immunotherapy as follow-up, I continued in my 30-year career as an academic librarian. In 2019, when the Coronavirus pandemic hit, I thought, "It's time to make a bigger difference out in the world". In 2020 I took the early retirement incentive, trained as a Birth Doula and Lactation Consultant, and started my own business supporting pregnant, birthing, and lactating people and their babies.
When I’m not at a birth or spoiling my three grandbabies, I enjoy knitting, watching YouTube videos on urban legends and cryptids, and teaching belly dance.
Aanya Wood, MPH
Aanya Wood, MPH
(she/her)
“Aanya Wood is the Specialty Care Program Manager at Evergreen Health, where she oversees the gender-affirming care program of more than 2,000 patients, sex worker health pilot program and field education for the agency. She also planned and implemented the agency’s gender-affirming care for youth program. Aanya has worked in harm reduction, HIV prevention and gender-affirming care for 8 years in outpatient clinics, federal prisons and street-based peer outreach in Toronto, Ontario and across Western New York state. When she’s not working, Aanya enjoys playing soccer, cooking and gardening.”
Annaliese Noack, DO
Annaliese Noack, DO
(she/her)
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