The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has announced that Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) David Furnish will give a keynote address at a special opening plenary focused on gay men at the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), slated to take place November 10-13, 2011 in Chicago.

Joining David in addressing the plenary will be openly gay CNN anchor Don Lemon and Arizona state Sen. Jack Jackson. Former Project Runway contestant Mondo Guerra is also slated to be there. David serves as chairman EJAF both in the United States and the United Kingdom, taking an active leadership role as a public speaker on behalf of the foundation, writing editorials on the epidemic and traveling the world as an ambassador to develop partnerships with like-minded organizations.

Lemon anchors CNN Newsroom during the weekend and serves as correspondent across CNN's U.S. programming. On February 2, 2010, Jackson was appointed to serve on President Obama's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He previously sat on President Clinton's HIV/AIDS Council in 1999.

Also participating in this session will be singer and Broadway legend Jennifer Holiday. Holiday is a longtime supporter of the gay community and ally in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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