Jax has been a tireless advocate for health care for people living with HIV and people of color for more than 30 years. He assumed his first leadership role in HIV advocacy in 1991 serving as a board member of The Upper Room AIDS Ministry (now Harlem United). Diagnosed with HIV in 2006, he has served as President of LKAPS since May 2019.
Jax was recently appointed to the to the Equity in Aging Advisory Committee (EAAC) whose purpose is to advise the Newsom administration on the implementation of the Master Plan for Aging, as well as the California Department of Aging on the planning and implementation of aging and disability programs, services, data collection, and staff development.
Jax is treasurer of The Reunion Project, the national alliance of long-term survivors of HIV. He is a member of the California Planning Group, a community advisory board for the CDPH Office of AIDS, serving as co-chair of its HIV and Aging Committee. He also is a member of the Coachella Valley Senior Collaborative.Jax serves on the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and the HIV 50+ Strong and Healthy Program of NMAC (formerly the National Minority AIDS Coalition). He is a former commissioner of the L.A. County Commission on HIV and served as a member of its Priorities and Planning Committee.
Jax graduated from Yale University, received an MBA from New York University and a juris doctorate from Fordham University School of Law. He expects to complete his MPH degree at USC in Health Services and Policy in August 2022. Email Jax