About David Munar

David Munar is a local and national leader for sound public policy on HIV/AIDS. A person living with HIV, Munar joined the staff of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago in 1991 and is currently the group's Vice President. He serves on the board of directors of the Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative and the AIDS Action Council, where he chairs its Policy Committee. He is active on several federal advisory committees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the National Institute on Allergies and Infectious Diseases. In 2007, Munar worked with other AIDS advocacy leaders to form the Campaign for a National AIDS Strategy, and he remains actively involved with its Coordinating Committee. This year, he worked with the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project and SisterLove to launch the Prevention Justice Alliance, which advocates for cross-disciplinary responses to the social and structural factors amplifying HIV-related health disparities in the U.S. Munar is bicultural, bilingual and a first-generation Colombian-American. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University.