Scott Evertz is currently Senior Vice President at Gibraltar Associates, a strategic PR firm in Washington, DC, where he leads the health policy practice. There he advises pharmaceutical, biotech and not-for-profit clients on communications and governmental relations strategies related to health policy. Previously, he was Vice President for International Affairs, OraSure Technologies. Prior to that, he was the first openly gay

Gay

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 director of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Office of National AIDS Policy

The Office of National AIDS Policy coordinates the continuing domestic efforts to reduce the number of new infections in the United States. In addition, the Office works to coordinate an increasingly integrated approach to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The Office also emphasizes...

, first started by Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

, and was appointed by George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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. He has also has served as president of the Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 Log Cabin Republicans

Log Cabin Republicans

The Log Cabin Republicans is an organization that works within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C...

, a branch of the largest gay Republican organization in the country, and raised funds for the Wisconsin Right to Life

Right to life

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Personal life

Evertz is a Roman Catholic who previously worked in resource development for a number of non-profit, faith-based

Faith-based

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 organizations throughout the Midwest. He graduated from Marquette University

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

 in Milwaukee with degrees in Political Science

Political science

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 and Theology

Theology

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. He currently lives in Washington, DC, but he and his partner maintain their legal residence in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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