10 Facts About Jeff Sheehy

Jeff Sheehy is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing Supervisorial District 8.

Jeff Sheehy was appointed to the Board in January 2017 by then-mayor Ed Lee to succeed Supervisor Scott Wiener, who resigned his seat to take office as a member of the California State Senate.

Jeff Sheehy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985.

Jeff Sheehy was a member of San Francisco ACT-UP, and worked on such issues as organ transplants for people with HIV and legislation to facilitate safe conception for HIV-positive men through advanced assisted reproduction techniques with their HIV-negative partners.

In 1996, Jeff Sheehy was one of three people who developed the city's Equal Benefits Ordinance and successfully advocated for its adoption.

Jeff Sheehy was appointed as a victim's advocate for the SF district attorney's office in 1998, serving until 2000.

Jeff Sheehy was appointed as a member of the governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in 2005.

Jeff Sheehy is the communications director of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute.

Jeff Sheehy was a founding member of the Steering Committee of San Francisco's Getting to Zero Consortium.

Jeff Sheehy has received several awards for his activist work: the Human Rights Campaign's Leadership Award, the Caped Crusader Award from Equality California, the Tomas Fabregas AIDS Hero Award, the UCSF Chancellor's Award for Public Service, and has been named to OUT magazine's "Out 100" and POZ magazine's "POZ 100".