Kevin Cranston Director, Bureau of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health

Kevin Cranston is the Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Bureau of Infectious Disease and was the former Director of the MDPH HIV/AIDS Bureau. Kevin previously served as the AIDS/HIV Program Director at the Massachusetts Department of Education. Prior to government work, Kevin was an adolescent HIV prevention specialist at The Children's Hospital, Boston. He is past Chair of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) and served as a technical assistant through NASTAD’s Global Program to the national, state, and provincial AIDS control programs of Nigeria, Brazil, and South Africa. Kevin earned his Master of Divinity degree at Harvard University. Until recently he served as Co-Chair of the Board of the National Coalition for LGBT Health.