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Board & Staff

Board Executive Committee
Chair - Claudia L. Moreno, PhD
Vice Chair - Jesus Aguais
Secretary - Nilsa Olivero, PhD
Treasurer - Ben Rodriguez (Interim)
 
Board Members

Martha R. Acero

Lillian Anglada
Founder, President
Caring Hands for Positive Women

Jesus Aguais
Founder/Executive Director
AIDS for AIDS

Isabel Bello de Navarro
President
Casa Mexico

Yvette Calderon, M.D, M.S.
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alvaro Carrascal, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Cancer Control
American Cancer Society

Anna Carbonell
Media Strategist

Jose M. Davila
Executive Director
Bronx AIDS Services

George M. Fesser, LMSW
Referral Director
Corcoran Group

José Martin García Orduña
Network Coordinator
East Harlem HIV Care Network

Luís Garden Acosta
Founder, President/CEO
El Puente

Ernesto Loperena
Executive Director
NY Council on Adoptable Children

Luz Amarilis Lugo, MD
Attending Physician
St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, Comprehensive HIV Center

Ruben Medina
Partner
RC Consulting Solutions, LLC

Susana R. Morales, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates

Claudia L. Moreno, PhD., MSW
Lecturer
School of Social Work
Columbia University

Nilsa Olivero, PhD
Consultant, Board of Education
Columbia University Station

Diana Ramirez, MD, DTM&H, AAHIVS
Attending Physician – HIV Site Coordinator Family Health Center Assistant Professor,
Department of Family & Social Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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

Luis O. Reyes, PhD
Research Associate
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños

Rody A. Reyes
Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Ben Rodriguez
CEO, Consultants Just for You, Inc.

Adriene Rosell
VP/Administrator
Casa Promesa/Adult Day Health Care Center


LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS STAFF:

Dennis deLeon, President Emeritus (1994-2009)

Executive Staff
Guillermo Chacón, President- gchacon@latinoaids.org
Miriam Vega, PhD - Vice President - mvega@latinoaids.org
Leandro Rodriguez, Director of Programs - lrodriguez@latinoaids.org
Karan Itwaru, Director of Finance - kitwaru@latinoaids.org

Finance Department & Administration
Karan Itwaru, Director of Finance- kitwaru@latinoaids.org
Migdalia Frasqueri, Office Manager - mfrasqueri@latinoaids.org
José Tineo, Receptionist - jtineo@latinoaids.org

Research and Evaluation Department - RED
Miriam Vega, PhD - Vice President - mvega@latinoaids.org
Emily Klukas, Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation - eklukas@latinoaids.org
Bethsy Morales, TRIP Director - bmorales@latinoaids.org
Bertha Ramos, Data Manager - bramos@latinoaids.org

Programs Department
Leandro Rodriguez, Director of Programs - lrodriguez@latinoaids.org

Development Department
Natasha Quirch, Development Manager - nquirch@latinoaids.org

Graphics and Website Department
Daniel Ravelo, Graphics and Website Manager - dravelo@latinoaids.org
Russell Wakelin, Social Media Manager – rwakelin@latinoaids.org

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Access to Care
Ileana Morales, Director of Access to Care Services - imorales@latinoaids.org
Maria Jaca, Community Health Coordinator - mjaca@latinoaids.org
Rodney Briggs, CTR Specialist - rbriggs@latinoaids.org
Danny Ochoa, Outreach Coordinator & HIV Counselor - dochoa@latinoaids.org

Circulo de la Salud
Bethsy Morales, TRIP Director - bmorales@latinoaids.org

Community Development Initiatives
Guillermo Chacón, President, Setting the Agenda Initiatives - gchacon@latinoaids.org
John Hellman, Director of Advocacy - jhellman@latinoaids.org

Comunidades Saludables Ahora (CSA)
Miriam Vega, PhD - Vice President - mvega@latinoaids.org

Hands United/Manos Unidas
Miriam Vega, PhD, Vice President - mvega@latinoaids.org
Lina Cherfas, Program Manager - lcherfas@latinoaids.org
Michael Diaz, CBA Specialist - mdiaz@latinoaids.org
Aunsha Hall, CBA Specialist - ahall@latinoaids.org
Anahi Galante, Program Coordinator - agalante@latinoaids.org

Juntos Construyendo/Building Together
Bolivar Nieto, Program Director - bnieto@latinoaids.org
Hector Torres, Program Coordinator - htorres@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
Erik Valera, Program Director - evalera@latinoaids.org
Judith Montenegro, Director of Community Organizing - jmontenegro@latinoaids.org

Mano a Mano
Leandro Rodriguez, Director of Programs - lrodriguez@latinoaids.org

Mujeres Unidas (WILLOW)
Aracelis Quiñones, Program Coordinator - aquinones@latinoaids.org

National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day (NHHAD)
Bethsy Morales, Program Director - bmorales@latinoaids.org

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - NLAAD
Tony Ochoa, Program Director - aochoa@latinoaids.org

National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN)
Guillermo Chacón, President, Member - gchacon@latinoaids.org
John Hellman, Director of Advocacy - jhellman@latinoaids.org

Para Ayudar
Hugo Ovejero, Interim Program Director - hovejero@latinoaids.org
Francisco Acurero, Program Coordinator - facurero@latinoaids.org
Gustavo Morales, Intake Coordinator - gmorales@latinoaids.org
Sergio Salinas, Program Assistant - ssalinas@latinoaids.org

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

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

Somos Hombres (3MV)
Hernan Pichardo, Program Director - hpichardo@latinoaids.org
Mauro Julca, Outreach Specialist - mjulca@latinoaids.org

Tratamiento Ahora/Treatment Now
Carlos Maldonado, Director - cmaldonado@latinoaids.org

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

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Quick Link Programs
HIV Testing at the Commission HIV Testing (EIS)
Free, Confidential HIV Rapid Testing. Results obtained in minutes. Pre and post test counseling session.
NLAAD - National Latino AIDS Awareness Day NLAAD
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day promotes HIV testing and prevention education nationwide.
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A peer and network based intervention targeting gay and bisexual men in the New York metro area.
Tratamiento Ahora Instituto de Salud y Educación sobre Tratamientos
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