Corey Prachniak-Rincón, Esq., serves as the director of a state agency focused on reducing the disparities facing LGBTQ people. Before beginning this role, Corey was a research fellow with Harvard University and the Center for Reproductive Rights, leading an international investigation on the Zika epidemic. Corey previously worked as a law clerk and then attorney at Whitman-Walker Health in Washington, DC, where they founded and led a novel project on LGBTQ aging. They have also served as a consultant to the largest LGBTQ public health campaign in U.S. history and were the lead author of a national LGBTQ health education effort. Corey earned their undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Georgetown University, and their Master in Public Health degree from Harvard University, where they also served as a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership and as a visiting scientist at the Women & Health Initiative.