Errol A. Chin-Loy, Chairman

Mr. Chin-Loy was appointed Senior Vice President of Project Samaritan AIDS Services, Inc. (PSI) on February 5, 2007. Prior to that, he was VP for ADHC at PSI. After serving in the Army, Chin-Loy began a career helping others through nursing. On December 15, 1997, he was appointed the Citywide Coordinator for AIDS Policy in the New York City Mayor's Office for AIDS Policy. In addition to his responsibilities in the mayor's office, he served as the governmental co-chair of the Ryan White HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council. Prior to joining PSI, Chin-Loy served as Senior VP of Health Services at Housing Works, Inc. As a community advocate, he has worked with many organizations such as the CAEAR Coalition, AIDS Action, and other advocacy groups. Errol also served as the Board Chair of Body Positive, NYC, and was the Founding President of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

Heidi Romans Nelson, Vice Chair

Ms. Nelson is CEO of Duffy Health Center, which provides health care to persons who are homeless and at risk for homelessness on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  In 2009, Duffy medical, behavioral health and case management staff cared for over 2,400 patients through 22,000 visits.  Ms. Nelson is responsible for program development, funding support, advocacy on behalf of persons experiencing homelessness, and representing Duffy at the local, state and national level.

For 18 years prior, Nelson served as Executive Director of Heartland Health Outreach, Inc., in Chicago, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights.  With a budget of $18 million in FY2010 and 240 employees, HHO served over 15,000 homeless and impoverished persons per year offering over 60,000 primary care, mental health, dental and social service visits.  HHO also conducted extensive training with the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) to manage the HIV dental training component of its program and is a major contractor with the city of Chicago for training of, and technical assistance to, homeless service providers.

Matthew McClain, Immediate Past Chair

Mr. McClain founded the CAEAR Foundation in 1999 when he was Chair of the CAEAR Coalition and is President of McClain and Associates, Inc., a public health consulting firm based in Washington DC. The firm provides policy, planning, health services research and evaluation services. Much of the firm's work is HIV/AIDS related. His firm has consulted with HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau as well as CARE Act programs in Philadelphia, New York City, Utah, Missouri, and New Haven/Bridgeport, among others.  In 2002, McClain began providing technical assistance to countries in the Caribbean region who sought to establish national programs delivering HIV care, including antiretroviral treatment, to their populations.

Paul A. Moore, Treasurer

Mr. Moore has spent almost twenty-five years in HIV/AIDS activities at the state and local levels. Starting as the first staff member (Deputy Director) of the NYS AIDS Institute he formerly served as Director of an HIV/AIDS Coalition in Palm Beach County, FL and is now Budget Director of the Palm Beach County Health Department. Moore's programmatic areas of experience include: prevention, medical/social services, and housing. He is a former ex-officio member of the Board for the American Public Health Association. He received his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Clark University in Worcester, MA and his MSW from the Hunter College School of Social Work. Moore is a former Adjunct Faculty Member at the New School for Social Research where he taught "AIDS Issues for Hospital Administrators."

Carmen Hampton Julious, Secretary

Ms. Julious has been involved in HIV care, support and prevention services for over eighteen years. Since 1999, she has served as Executive Director of Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services in Columbia, South Carolina.  Julious earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling from Wilberforce University in Ohio and her Masters degree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina. She is a licensed independent Social Worker, Certified Grants Specialist and Certified Grants Administrator. She is the founder and principal consultant for Hampton Julious & Associates, a research and communications consultancy.

Dion Richetti, D.C.

Dr. Richetti has been involved professionally in HIV prevention, care, treatment, and education for twenty years. As General Manager at the Discovery Institute of Medical Education (DIME), Dr. Richetti develops medical education across the broader healthcare spectrum, and has been involved with the Ryan White Program as a provider, grant applicant/recipient and grant reviewer. A former Director of the AIDS Education Division at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dr. Richetti served as President and Vice-President of the National Association of AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETCs).

Donna Elaine Sweet, MD, MACP

Dr. Sweet is a researcher with over twenty-five years experience working in HIV, whose leadership on issues of HIV and care for patients with the disease has been nationally recognized. Dr Sweet works extensively with the Health Resource Service Administration on Ryan White issues and serves as national co-Chair for the CDC HRSA AIDS Advisory Council (CHAC).

A certified HIV specialist, Dr. Sweet cares for approximately 1,000 HIV positive patients in Kansas and acts as principal investigator and director of the Kansas AIDS Education and Training Center. As principal investigator and medical director of the Ryan White Part C Early Intervention Program since 1993, she recently expanded her responsibilities when, in 2009, sDr. Sweet secured funding to begin a Ryan White Part D Family Services program to care for women, infants, children and youth infected and affected by HIV.

Dr. Sweet lectures throughout the world to educate other health care providers about HIV and AIDS.

Orlando Taquechel

Mr. Taquechel is Executive Vice President of Project Management at Miami Beach Community Center (MBCHC) has extensive first hand knowledge of HIV/AIDS and primary care issues in Miami-Dade county. He has over 20 years of experience in the management of new projects including financing, contractual agreements, corporate and personnel relations, facilities design and layout, advertising, promotion and community relations. Mr. Taquechel holds a Masters degree in Business Administration with specialization in Health Care Management and has been in charge of Ryan White Title I and Title III programs at MBCHC since 1998. In 2000, he was awarded the South Florida AIDS Network's Award of Service. Mr. Taquechel is a former Title III Representative on the CAEAR Coalition Board of Directors.

Robyn Lynn Watson, Ph.D

Dr. Watson is Director of the Public Health Division at the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation, where she oversees the organization's public health related research and evaluation, develops and manages public health programs, administers public health internships, produces public health publications, and performs professional services relating to traditionally underrepresented populations. Dr. Watson has a Ph.D in Health Services Organization & Policy with a special focus on women and minority health.

Michael Wong, M.D.

Dr. Wong is a nationally-recognized HIV specialist working in a variety of clinical and academic settings, as well as engaging in a variety of advocacy and policy activities locally, nationally and globally. Dr. Wong is an HIV specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston , MA; an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Medical Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Transplant Center, at Beth Israel. He also is a Ryan White Part C, HIV consultant to Dimock Community Health Center. Dr. Wong has worked in a variety of professional positions and major visiting appointments, including an advisor to ADAPs (Virginia Health Department), a director for the Mid-Atlantic AETC, and senior faculty in the AIDS Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government. He has worked in the Ukraine, Moscow, and China with various professional HIV related organizations.

Désirée Younge

Ms. Younge is Senior Manager of the Global Philanthropists Circle team at Synergos Institute in New York City, where her work focuses on supporting philanthropists concerned with addressing root causes of poverty and social justice in Africa. From 2002 to 2008 she worked at the Robin Hood Foundation, where as Senior Program Officer her grant-making experience covered issues including immigration, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, homelessness, health, and education. She also provided technical assistance on management, operations, and program development to a wide range of non-profit organizations in New York and abroad. She has a Masters degree in International Affairs, with a concentration in socioeconomic development from the New School University, and an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and minor in Art, from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.