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Board & Staff

Board Executive Committee
Chair - Ruben Medina
Vice Chair - Elías J. Guerrero, Jr., MD, MPA.
Secretary - Nilsa Olivero, PhD
Treasurer - Allan Vergara
 
Board Members
Lillian Anglada
Founder, President
Caring Hands for Positive Women

Isabel Bello de Navarro
President
Casa Mexico

Anna Carbonell
Media Strategist
NBC-4 Television

Jose M. Davila
Executive Director
Bronx AIDS Services

José Martin García Orduña
Network Coordinator
East Harlem HIV Care Network

Luís Garden Acosta
Founder, President/CEO
El Puente

Elias J. Guerrero, Jr.,MD, MPA
Director of Planning
New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Corporation Planning & HIV Services

Ernesto Loperena
Executive Director
NY Council on Adoptable Children

Ruben Medina
Partner
RC Consulting Solutions, LLC

José Morales, Jr.
Retired Vice President
St. Barnabas Medical Center

Dr. Claudia M. Moreno
Associate Professor
Fordham University

Nilsa Olivero

Consultant, Board of Education
Columbia University Station

Aracelis Quiñones
Coordinator
Poder Latino

Vanessa Ramos, Esq
Deputy Director for Policy
The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc.

Luis O. Reyes, PhD
Visiting Fellow
Bronx Institute / Lehman College

Raul Russi
Chief Executive Officer
PROMESA, Inc.

Sandra Ruiz Butter
Special Executive for Housing
VIP Community Services

Allan Vergara
Former Director of Finance
Columbia University

LATINO COMMISSION on AIDS STAFF:

Executive Staff
Guillermo Chacón, President and CEO- gchacon@latinoaids.org
Ofelia Barrios, Director of Programs - obarrios@latinoaids.org
Miriam Vega, PhD - Director of Research and Evaluation - mvega@latinoaids.org
Karan Itwaru, Director of Finance - kitwaru@latinoaids.org
Andrew Spieldenner, PhD - Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation - aspieldenner@latinoaids.org

Finance Department
Karan Itwaru, Director of Finance- kitwaru@latinoaids.org
Alvaro Arias, Finance Manager and Administration - aarias@latinoaids.org

Administration Department

Migdalia Frasqueri, Administrative Assistant/Office Manager - mfrasqueri@latinoaids.org
José Tineo, Receptionist - jtineo@latinoaids.org

Research and Evaluation Department - RED
Miriam Vega, PhD - Director of Research and Evaluation - mvega@latinoaids.org
Andrew Spieldenner, PhD - Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation - aspieldenner@latinoaids.org
Bertha Ramos, Data Manager - bramos@latinoaids.org

Development Department
Andrew Spieldenner, PhD - Director of Development - aspieldenner@latinoaids.org
Annie Mulgrew, Development Officer - amulgrew@latinoaids.org

Graphics and Website Department
Daniel Ravelo, Graphics and Website Manager - dravelo@latinoaids.org

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Community Development Initiatives
Guillermo Chacón, President, Setting the Agenda Initiatives - gchacon@latinoaids.org

Hands United/Manos Unidas
Miriam Vega, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation - mvega@latinoaids.org
Guillermo Chacón, Co-Director - gchacon@latinoaids.org
Bolivar Nieto, Team Leader – bnieto@latinoaids.org
Leandro Rodriguez, Team Leader – lrodriguez@latinoaids.org
Erika Morillo, CBA Specialist - emorillo@latinoaids.org
Yanira Arias, CBA Specialist - yarias@latinoaids.org
Lina Cherfas, CBA Specialist - lcherfas@latinoaids.org
Kevin Williams, CBA Specialist - kwilliams@latinoaids.org
Natasha Quirch, Program Coordinator - nquirch@latinoaids.org

HIV Counseling and Testing/Linkage to Care/Early Intervention Services
Ileana Morales, Director of Access to Care Services - imorales@latinoaids.org
Hernan Pichardo, Community Health Coordinator - hpichardo@latinoaids.org
Claudia Tejada, CTR Specialist - ctejada@latinoaids.org
Abdiel Rivera, Program Assistant - arivera@latinoaids.org

Instituto de Salud y Educación sobre Tratamientos del VIH
Carlos Maldonado, Director - cmaldonado@latinoaids.org

Latinas por la Salud
Gabriela Ordonez, Program Director - gordonez@latinoaids.org
Maria Jaca, Program Facilitator - mjaca@latinoaids.org

Latino Religious Leadership Project
Daniel Leyva, Director - dleyva@latinoaids.org
Maria Luisa Miranda, Program Coordinator - mhernandez@latinoaids.org

Latinos in the Deep South
Christian F. Castro, Program Director - cfcastro@latinoaids.org

Mano a Mano
Ofelia Barrios, Director of Programs - obarrios@latinoaids.org

Mujeres en Fe
Natalia Ramirez, Director - nramirez@latinoaids.org
Ysaura Crisostomo, Program Coordinator - yrisostomo@latinoaids.org

Mpowerment Project
Hugo Ovejero, Program Director - hovejero@latinoaids.org
Gerardo Pineda, Program Coordinator - gpineda@latinoaids.org
Mauro Julca, Outreach and Referral Specialist - mjulca@latinoaids.org

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - NLAAD
Melissa Faith Ramírez, Director - mramirez@latinoaids.org

National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN)
Guillermo Chacón, President, Member - gchacon@latinoaids.org

Para Ayudar
Juan David Gastolomendo, Program Director - jdgastolomendo@latinoaids.org
Arbert Santana, Program Coordinator - asantana@latinoaids.org
Francisco Acurero, Intake Coordinator - facurero@latinoaids.org
Eduardo Pagan, Data Entry Specialist - epagan@latinoaids.org

Poder Latino
Aracelis Quiñones, Coordinator - aquinones@latinoaids.org

Puente para la Salud
Carlos Maldonado, Program Director - cmaldonado@latinoaids.org

Turning Research into Prevention - TRIP
Miriam Vega, PhD, Principal Investigator - mvega@latinoaids.org
Bethsy Morales, Program Director - bmorales@latinoaids.org

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National Latino AIDS Awareness Day promotes HIV testing and prevention education nationwide.
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Mpowerment
A peer and network based intervention targeting gay and bisexual men in the New York metro area.
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