One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Persons in the World and author of Stand Up To Stigma: How We Reject and Shame, Dr. Pernessa C. Seele is Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead, Inc., a not-for- profit organization, celebrating three decades of providing technical support that strengthens the capacity to faith institutions in the USA and in Africa to promote health education, disease management, and services that contribute to the elimination of human suffering.