James Shackelford became CEO of Lifelong in 2025, overseeing its HIV care and prevention, housing, aging and disability, and food and nutrition programs, including the Chicken Soup Brigade meal service. An out gay man who grew up with a lesbian mother during the AIDS epidemic, he brings 25 years of nonprofit, corporate and consulting experience, including work with amfAR. In October 2026 he announced Lifelong's plan to expand its services statewide.