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Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director,e AIDS Institute

Carl Schmid has been withe AIDS Institute, a national public policy, advocacy and research organization, since February

2004. He is co-chair of the AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition; a Convening Group member of the Federal AIDSPolicy Partnership, and co-chair of an HIV Testing Reimbursement Work Group. He is a former chair of the HIV PreventionAction Coalition and the Ryan White Reauthorization Work Group. He remains active in those coalitions and others thatadvocate for Medicaid, Medicare, and Healthcare Reform; the AIDS Drug Assistance Program; and Hepatitis. He was amember of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 2007-09, and chaired its Domestic Subcommittee. In 2010he was named by POZ Magazine as one of the 100 most eective AIDSghters and by Whitman Walker Health as one of the25 individuals who have played prominent roles in theght against HIV in DC. Mr. Schmid earned a B.A. in Public Aairsand a M.B.A. in International Aairs from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

A. Cornelius Baker, National Policy Advisor, National Black Gay Mens Advocacy Coalition

A. Cornelius Baker is the senior advisor for National Black Gay Mens Advocacy Coalition. He is also a technical advisor atFHI 360 where he is project director of the CDCs Testing Makes Us Stronger campaign and co-project director for NIAID-funded Be the Generation Bridge. In 2009 he was appointed to serve on the Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS(PACHA). For the past two decades, Mr. Baker has worked in the local and Federal Government sectors, community-basedand national advocacy and service delivery and on a variety of workgroups to advance the nations response to the HIVepidemic and LGBT health. Mr. Baker also has received numerous awards and recognition for his work and contributionstoward ending the IV epidemic for all people and communities, including the 2011 McGovern Award from the University ofTexas School of Public Health.

Julie Scoeld, Executive Director, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors

Julie Scoeld joined the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) as theirrst Executive Directorin February 1993. Under Ms. Scoelds leadership, NASTAD has grown from a staof one, to a highly respected nationalHIV/AIDS organization of 30 FTEs and major programs in the areas of HIV prevention, care and treatment, viral hepatitis,government relations, and global HIV/AIDS technical assistance. Prior to opening NASTADs national oce, Ms. Scoeldserved as legislative assistant in the Washington, D.C. oce of former New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo. Ms.Scoeld represented Governor Cuomo on HIV/AIDS and science and technology policy and funding issues before Congressand the Administration from 1987 to 1993. Ms. Scoeld served on the legislative staof former U.S. Representative StanLundine (D-NY) from 1981 to 1987.

Ronald Johnson, VP of Policy & Advocacy, AIDS United

Ronald S. Johnson currently serves as the Vice President of Policy and Advocacy of AIDS United, a national organization that

achieves its mission to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States through national, regional and local policy/advocacy,strategic grantmaking, and organizational capacity building. AIDS United was formed from the merger of AIDS Action andthe National AIDS Fund. Mr. Johnson had served as the Deputy Director of AIDS Action. Prior to joining AIDS Action, Mr.Johnson served as the Associate Executive Director of Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC). In that capacity, he managedGMHCs public policy, advocacy and government relations functions and served as a member of the senior management. Priorto coming to GMHC in November 1997, Mr. Johnson served forve years in the Oce of the Mayor, City of New York astherst Citywide Coordinator for AIDS Policy. Mr. Johnson also has served as the executive director of a community-basedorganization, the Minority Task Force on AIDS. Mr. Johnson has served on numerous boards of directors of non-protagencies, including Gay Mens Health Crisis, Lambda Legal, and the NAMES Project, and was a member of the PresidentialAdvisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 1996-2001.


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Tuesday, July 24 (tentative nalized information will be sent via advisory) eAIDS Institute, Partners Press Conference on Domestic AIDS Policy, Ocial AIDS2012 Advised Press Event

ursday, July 26 e AIDS Institute, Partners Ocial AIDS 2012 Satellite PanelPresentation AIDS in America at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center (6:30 8:30 pm Eastern)

(In order to receivenalized information about the above events, please see Heather Cronk with LunaMedia Group after the press brieng.)


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We were established in 1994 to give voice to the needs of women, children, youth, and families living with andaected by HIV and AIDS..

www.aids-alliance.org

Michael Ruppal, Executive Director813-505-1946 [email protected]

Marylin Merida, Board [email protected]

e AIDS Institute is a national nonprot organization that promotes action for social change through publicpolicy, research, advocacy and education.e organization's oces are located in Washington DC and Tampa,Florida.

www.theaidsinstitute.org

Carl Schmide AIDS Institute202 669 [email protected]

Michael RuppalExecutive Director813-505-1946 [email protected]

AIDS United is a national organization with the mission to end the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. AIDS United

supports more than 400 grassroots organizations annually that provide HIV prevention, care and support services tounderserved individuals and populations most impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic including communities ofcolor, women and people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. South.

www.aidsunited.org

Victor Barnes, Interim President and CEO202-408-4848, ext. [email protected]

Ronald Johnson, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy202-408-4848, ext. [email protected]


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e American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is a not-for-prot professional organization that supports theHIV practitioner and promotes accessible, quality care for all Americans living with HIV disease. Our membershipof HIV practitioners and credentialed providers give direct care to more than three-fourths of HIV patients in theUS.

www.aahivm.org

Amber McCracken, Communications [email protected]

Research funder and advocate for evidence based and strategic policy.

www.amfar.org

Chris Collins, Vice President and Director, Public [email protected]

Founded in 1991 it is a national advocacy organization that is focused on policy, and funding for the Ryan WhiteProgram, with a special emphasis on the hardest hit HIV epicenters in America and the directly funded communityhealth centers that provide HIV care in geographically isolated and under resourced parts of the United States.

www.caear.org

Ernest Hopkins, [email protected]

Matthew Lesieur, Vice [email protected]

e Community Access National Network (CANN) works to improve access to comprehensive medical services forpeople living with HIV and Hepatitis C.ese services must be aordable to the people who need them regardlessof insurance status, income, or geographic location.


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www.tiicann.org

William Arnold, Executive [email protected]

As one of the largest national HIV nonprots, HealthHIV distinguishes itself by focusing on the integration of HIVand primary care -- from prevention and care to treatment and support services. HealthHIV provides medical andconsumer education, training, capacity building, advocacy, and health services research to diverse stakeholders,providers, professionals and organizations, with a focus on minority communities. HealthHIV provides data,context and perspective to inform the changing healthcare landscape and its impact on HIV disease.

www.healthhhiv.org

Brian Hujdich, Executive [email protected]

Victor Maldonado, Communications [email protected]

e HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) is the professional home for more than 5,000 physicians, scientists, andother health care professionals dedicated to theeld of HIV/AIDS. Nested within the Infectious Diseases Society ofAmerica (IDSA), HIVMA promotes quality in HIV care and advocates policies that ensure a comprehensive andhumane response to the AIDS pandemic informed by science and social justice.

www.hivma.org

John Heys, Communications/Public Aairs [email protected]

Andrea Weddle, Executive [email protected]

e Latino Commission on AIDS founded in 1990 dedicated to addressing the health challenges and addressing theimpact of HIV/AIDS.e Commission is the leading organization coordinating National Hispanic HepatitisAwareness Day, National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention, research, capacity building andadvocacy programs across the United States and its territories.

www.latinoaids.org


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Guillermo Chacon, [email protected]

John Hellman, Director of [email protected]

NAHC is a national housing policy and advocacy membership organization working to end the HIV/AIDSepidemic by ensuring that persons living with HIV/AIDS have quality, aordable and appropriate housing. NAHCworks to synthesize and disseminate the research documenting housing's connection to better individual andcommunity health outcomes.

www.nationalaidshousing.org

Nancy Bernstine, Executive Director202-347-0333

[email protected]

Sarah Henke, Policy Associate202-347-0333

[email protected]

e National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) represents the nation's chief state healthagency stawho have programmatic responsibility for administering HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis healthcare,prevention, education, and supportive service programs funded by state and federal governments. NASTADprovides national leadership to achieve these goals, and to educate about and advocate for the necessary federalfunding to achieve them, as well as to promote communication between state and local health departments andHIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis care and treatment programs. NASTAD supports and encourages the use of appliedscientic knowledge and input from aected communities to guide the development of eective policies andprograms.

www.NASTAD.org

Terrance Moore, Director, Policy and Health [email protected]

Murray Penner, Deputy Executive [email protected]

Founded in 1983, NAPWA is the largest and oldest advocacy organization for People Living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHA), and the most trusted voice in the HIV/AIDS community that advocates for the lives and dignity of allpeople living with and aected by HIV/AIDS, especially the more than 1.2 million Americans who live with ittoday.

www.napwa.org


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Paul DeMiglio, Special Assistant to the President and [email protected]

www.nbgmac.org

e National Black Gay Mens Advocacy Coalition (NBGMAC) is committed to improving the health and well-being of Black gay men through advocacy, education and leadership development. NBGMAC was founded in April2006 following months of strategic organizing by Black gay activist concerned about the lack of a coordinatedfederal response to the disproportionate burden of HIV on Black gay men.

A. Cornelius Baker, Senior Advisor202-489-7490

[email protected]

Venton Jones, Communications & MemberEducation Manager

[email protected]

Works to educate, mobilize and empower Black leaders to meet the challenges of HIV/AIDS and other healthdisparities in their local communities.

www.nblca.org

C. Virginia Fields, President & [email protected]

Philip Hilton, VP for [email protected]

e National Black Womens HIV/AIDS Network (NBWHAN) is organized to provide leadership and expertise inthe prevention and spread of HIV/AIDS and other health disparities that aect black women and girls nationallyand internationally. Our mission is to reduce the burden of morbidity, mortality and stigma of HIV/AIDS and otherhealth disparities associated with gender, social, and economic inequities among Black women and girls.

www.nbwhan.org

Ivy Turnbull, Vice [email protected]

Barbara Joseph, [email protected]


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Since 1987, NMAC has advanced its mission through a variety of public policy education programs; nationalconferences; treatment and research programs and trainings; electronic and printed resource materials; and a websitewww.nmac.org. NMAC represents a coalition of 3,000 faith, community-based organizations delivering HIV/AIDSservices in communities of color nationwide.

www.nmac.org

Kali Lindsey, Legislative and Public Aairs [email protected]

Daniel Montoya, Deputy Executive [email protected]

e Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) was formed in 2001 as a membership organization comprised of governmentrepresentatives, community organizations, advocates, people living with HIV disease, and business entities.e

Southern AIDS Coalition works to provide Southerners in 16 states and the District of Columbia with theopportunity to receive adequate HIV/AIDS and STD prevention information, treatment, support services, andhousing.

http://www.southernaidscoalition.org/

Michael Murphree, Executive Director205-977-5910

[email protected]

Rainey Campbell, Administrator205-977-5910

[email protected]

Coalition of public health and community leaders implementing municipal HIV prevention programs in mostheavily impacted urban areas in US. Cities include: New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Fort Lauderdale,Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

www.uchaps.org

Marsha A. Martin, [email protected]

Dea Varsovczky, Program [email protected]

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