Regan Hofmann is currently editor-in-chief of POZ magazine and
poz.com, a national, award-winning magazine and website for people
living with, and affected by, HIV/AIDS. She is editorial director of
Smart + Strong, the multimedia healthcare information company that
publishes POZ and poz.com (as well as a host of other magazines and
websites focusing on other health concerns). A journalist of 20 years,
Hofmann first publicly disclosed her HIV positive status in April 2006
when she appeared on POZ's cover above the words “I am no longer
afraid to say I have HIV.” Hofmann believes in leadership by HIV-positive people in order to fight the spread of the pandemic. She
regularly speaks to students, health care professionals, government
leaders and the general public worldwide about her HIV status in an
attempt to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding
HIV/AIDS. Her message is one of personal empowerment, overcoming fear and standing up against ignorance and discrimination.

She is a board member of the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), a board member of the Names Project, an ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, co-chair of God’s Love We Deliver’s Leadership Council, a member of the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment, and a steering committee member for ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action program.

She has served as a U.S. delegate at the United Nations’ General Assembly’s Special Session on AIDS and has traveled internationally on behalf of the U.S. Department of State to speak about HIV/AIDS and stigma. She was named by MIN magazine "One of the Top 21 Most Intriguing People of 2006." Hofmann has professional media training and frequently participates as a keynote speaker, moderator or panelist at various conferences and conventions internationally.
She has emceed fundraisers and has hosted charity events.

She has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America with
Diane Sawyer, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Doctors, NBC's Your
Total Health and NPR. She has been featured in numerous publications
around the world including: The New York Times, Vogue, New York magazine, The London Daily Telegraph, British Marie Claire,
Australia's Madison Magazine, The Taipei Times and The China Post. She appeared in a Cable Positive documentary -- Women and HIV -- with E.R.actress Gloria Reuben. She was featured in Kenneth Cole's spring 2008 fashion advertising campaign.

Simon and Schuster recently published Hofmann’s memoir of her life as an advocate for people living with HIV, entitled "I Have Something to Tell You." Ms. Hofmann has a B.A. from Trinity College in Connecticut and lives on a farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey where she enjoys riding her horses.
Find her blog at blogs.poz.com/regan.
Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/reganhofmann.
Click here to see her Facebook page.

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