About Us :: IHPL Alumni Association Board of Directors


Officers:


  • President: Rev. Debra Hickman, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc., Baltimore, MD
  • Vice-President: L. Dean Wong, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, Maui, HI 
  • Secretary: Rev. Neely Williams, IMF Peniel Initiative, Nashville, TN
  • Treasurer: Nydia Rivera, Rivera Interpreting & Consultant Services, Rochester, NY
  • Immediate Past President: James Coleman, Best of Washington, DC, Inc., Washington, DC

Directors:


  • Ofelia Barrios, Latino Commission on AIDS, New York, NY
  • Erick Brown, Catholic Charities Shelter/Care Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA
  • John N. Caranto, HIV/AIDS Prevention Consultant, New York, NY
  • Robert Curry, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Albany, NY
  • Martín González-Rojas, CALOR, a division of Anixter Center, Chicago, IL
  • Katherine Patterson, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control, Lansing, MI
  • Kenneth Pettigrew, Us Helping Us People Into Living, Inc., Washington, DC
  • Juan M. Pierce, Sr., Minority Health Consortium, Inc., Richmond, VA
  • Lisa Diane White, SisterLove, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Ex-Officio Member:


  • María González-Gelabert, Health Consulting Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Our Mission:

The mission of the Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership Alumni Association is to promote and provide HIV prevention leadership, training, education, and technology transfer to improve the health of minority and underserved populations at the local, state, national, and international levels.