PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Research Consultant

Confidential, Baltimore, Maryland

Responsibilities:

• Principal Investigator for the Care and Support Access(CASA) Study for the Implementation of a Palliative Approach with HIV Care and Treatment for Young, Black Gay Men living with HIV/ Confidential in Baltimore City, funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), completed Qualitative Interviews of Patients enrolled in the CASA Study assisted with dissemination of Research rganizing and compiling information for the Final Report to PCORI; assisted in overview of final data abstract required for the Final Report facilitated final Community Panel Input; finalized dissemination plan in preparation for new submission for funding.

Director of HIV Programs

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Responsibilities:

• Director of HIV/ Confidential Programs and Initiatives for Confidential, ) responsible to develop, implement and manage the Act Against Confidential Leadership Initiative ( Confidential ) and report to CDC‘s HIV Prevention Division on program goals; program development and implementation throughout Confidential ’s Health Programs, Regions, Sections and 118 Affiliates.
• Responsible to ensure that the Confidential ’s Membership and Network of over 20,000 African American physicians prioritize HIV/ Confidential Prevention, Care and Treatment.
• Responsible to widely distribute CDC’s HIV/ Confidential Prevention and Education materials throughout the Confidential ; and expand the reach of CDC’s HIV/ Confidential Prevention Campaigns such as HIV Treatment Works; Responsible to represent the Confidential when working with Confidential and other partner organizations.
• Increase visibility of the Confidential ’s strong commitment and prioritization of eliminating HIV/ Confidential in African American Communities, which continue to have the largest disease burden from HIV/ Confidential in the United States; Provide strategic program direction for the Confidential ’s Confidential Act Against Confidential Leadership Initiative
• Communications and Editorial Services, as well as Health Policy.
• Responsible to work with physicians in African American Communities where there are the highest rates of HIV infection and Confidential ; and work with African American people living with HIV/ Confidential (PLWHA) to develop, implement and evaluate new projects which are created based on CDC/HRSA’s Recommendations for HIV Prevention with HIV Positives.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Founded by long - time professional colleagues to focus on three of our major challenges
• Job Creation and Training; Healthcare Access and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; and Ending Poverty in America. Founding Members of Confidential have worked
• HRSA Office of Minority Health and other Confidential Agencies
• Job Training Partnership Act Programs; Historic Black Colleges on Health Disparities; as well as Organizational Development, Management and Leadership Coaching for community-based organizations and HIV/ Confidential organizations upon Special Request.
• Specific Areas of Expertise include HIV/ Confidential, Hepatitis C Prevention and Care; and Health Policy; Proposal and Grant Writing; Community Development and Trainings; Scientific Presentations and Publications on Health Access and New Treatments for HIV/ Confidential and Hepatitis C; and Barriers to Preventative Health and Access to Quality Healthcare and Treatment.
• Our consulting services will evolve and Best Choice will grow as we meet critical needs of our clientele and leverage a long list of established relationships.
• Healthcare reform and the evolving area of Healthcare services are creating opportunities to assist organizations in innovative ways to efficiently and cost-effectively grow and change with the evolving Healthcare landscape.

President & Chief Executive Officer

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Responsibilities:

• As President and Chief Executive Officer directly responsible to lead the Executive Management Team of the Confidential (NAPWA)
• Responsible for ensuring the organization’s programmatic success, fiscal stability and philanthropic support and for recruiting and hiring and retaining qualified, employees and volunteers.
• Prevented the collapse of the organization in 2006-2007.
• Led successful Annual STAYING ALIVE PLWHA Summit in 2008 which generated $100,000 in revenue; Successfully competed for federal government grants which are the main revenue for the organization
• Developed and implemented a New Strategic Plan 2009 to 2011; Successfully raised funds from private sector corporations and developed private/public partnerships such as the Mayors Campaign Against Confidential with OraSure Technologies and the Office of Confidential Policy of the Confidential .

Executive Director

Confidential, New York City, New York

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administration and management of the Confidential
• Ensured that it achieved the goals and objectives of its Strategic Plan; responsible to ensure maintenance and improvement of HIV/ Confidential prevention and HIV primary care and essential supportive services for the Community Service Area (CSP) of upper-Manhattan as designated by the Confidential ’s Confidential Institute; responsible to strengthen and expand the consortium of HIV/ Confidential service organizations in Central and East Harlem and upper Manhattan.
• Harlem and Upper Manhattan have the highest Confidential death rate in New York City. HDG built a continuum of HIV care and services to improve health outcomes and save lives of the most economically disadvantaged African American and Latino New Yorkers disproportionately impacted by the Confidential epidemic.

Citywide Coordinator

Confidential, New York City, New York

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administration, management and programmatic direction of the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ( Confidential ) Social Services Agency in the Mid-West.
• Established over thirty years ago, Horizons operated on a budget of approximately $2,000,000.
• As Executive Director was responsible to participate in the leadership of the development and planning of Chicago’s Confidential Community Center:
• The Center On Halsted Street.

Managing Director

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Executive Director, directly responsible for the management, administration, programmatic direction of the Confidential and Lesbian Center.
• Directly responsible for the management and supervision of the Center’s Senior Management Team including the Chief Financial Officer; Director of Institutional Development; Director of Health Services; Director of Social Services
• Director of Marketing and Communications, Director of Education and Programs; and Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs.
• Responsible with the Executive Director for the Center’s Operating Budget of $35,000,000; and to generate revenue to support the Center’s programs and services.

Assistant Commissioner

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Served under the direction of the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Sister Sheila Lyne, RN, RSM.
• Managed and directed all programs and services of the Confidential Public Policy and Programs.
• Provided overall strategic vision and direction for the Confidential ’s programs, services and policy with a budget of $37,000,000 in federal, state and city funds.
• Supervised Directors of four (4) programs within the Division: HIV/ Confidential Prevention Programs; HIV/ Confidential Counseling and Testing Services and HIV/ Confidential Clinical Services; Grants Administration including the City of Chicago’s Confidential HIV Prevention Grant; and the Chicago EMA’s HRSA Ryan White Title 1 Grant; Responsible to develop and recommend HIV/ Confidential federal, state and city policies to improve public health outcomes; and HIV/ Confidential Program Planning and Evaluation.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of several cutting- edge programs the Syphilis Elimination Campaign; and HIV/ Confidential Correctional Health Initiatives.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner

Confidential, New York City, New York

Responsibilities:

• Reported to the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of HIV Prevention Services.
• Directly responsible to supervise the Bureau’s Management Team for all Divisions of the Bureau which provided HIV/ Confidential Prevention Services, and HIV Counseling and Testing Services to target populations at high risk for HIV/ Confidential throughout the five (5) boroughs of New York City.
• Supervised nine (9) Division Directors for the following program and service areas: The Adolescent Confidential Education and Prevention Unit; the Confidential Prevention Program for Correctional Facilities; the Office of Gay and Lesbian Health Concerns; Immigrant Confidential Prevention Services the Confidential Resource Library; Confidential Mobile HIV Testing Units; Confidential Services for Substance Abuse Populations and HIV/ Confidential Counseling and Testing Units located in Confidential Clinics.
• Responsible to make decisions on expenditures and funding allocations for the Bureau’s internal programs; as well as oversee the competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process to Community Based Organizations and Contractors.
• Reported to the Commissioner of Health and the Director of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia.
• Directly responsible for the supervision of the Senior Management Team overseeing Administration and Finance; HIV / Confidential Prevention and Education Programs; HIV/ Confidential Counseling
• Testing and Referral to Treatment and Care; HIV/ Confidential Surveillance; and Grants Management for Ryan White Care Act Title 1 HRSA funded programs and services throughout the Washington D.C. Eligible Metropolitan Area, including Program and Contract Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Served as the Mayor’s Representative on the Ryan White Title 1 HIV/ Confidential Planning Council. Responsible to oversee submission of competitive funding proposals.
• Directly responsible to manage Staff and Consultants of the Mayor's Office of Confidential Policy assigned to the Mayor’s Health and Human Services Planning Council.

Director of the Office of Gay and Lesbian Health Concerns

Confidential, New York City, New York

Responsibilities:

• Reported to the Deputy Commissioner for Disease Intervention, responsible to assist with the development of Public Health Policy, Program Development and Implementation which constructively impact the lives of approximately one million
• Responsible to develop policy recommendations which reduce Homophobia, end Homo-Hatred and Anti- Confidential Violence; provided life-skills training programs of Healthy Living for Confidential Youth; reduce HIV/ Confidential stigma; increase HIV Testing among Gay men; develop and implement effective programs on Lesbian Health.
• Responsible to monitor HIV/ Confidential service contracts awarded to Confidential Community Based Organizations and Confidential Service Organizations from the Confidential .
• Provided leadership and management to 10 program and support staff.
• Reported to the Director of the Office of Gay and Lesbian Health Concerns. Responsible for program management and supervision of five (5) Outreach Workers and HIV/ Confidential Peer Educators specifically assigned to reduce HIV infections among African-American, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander and Native American Gay and Bi-sexual Men throughout New York City. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and with NYC funds, the project was the one of the first of its kind to address HIV prevention needs of Gay and Bi-sexual Men of Color.