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WASHINGTON, DC - HealthHIV announces the election of new leadership to its Board of Directors and the addition of three new board members.  Michael Wong, MD, will serve as the non-profit's Board Chair and Donna Elaine Sweet, MD, MACP, AAHIVS, will serve as Vice-Chair.  In addition, Robyn Watson, Ph.D., Director of the Public Health Division at the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation, will serve as Secretary, and Paul Moore, Budget Director of the Palm Beach County Health Department, as Treasurer. 

WASHINGTON, DC – HealthHIV announces the hiring of four staff members as it continues expanding its education, training, capacity building, research, and advocacy capabilities. Joining HealthHIV are Stephen Perez, RN, ANP-BC, ACRN, AAHIVS, as HIV Clinical Specialist; K. Mona Moore, PA-C, AAHIVS, as HIV Program Specialist; James Sykes, MPH, as Advocacy Manager; and Andrea Johnson, MPH, as Research Associate.

Prior to joining HealthHIV, Perez worked as an HIV nurse practitioner with Inova Health System in Virginia and as case manager for the HIV Services Division of Catholic Charities. A registered nurse and HIV Specialist, Perez earned his nursing degree from the University of San Diego and Masters degree from the University of California, SaSan Francisco.

Moore, a family practice physician assistant and HIV Specialist, has over thirty years experience working in global HIV, safe motherhood, maternal and child health, and nutrition programs in more than 20 countries. For the past eight years, she has focused on integrating HIV and other health programs into primary care settings.

Sykes has been involved in HIV since 1994, and joins the non-profit from the AIDS Institute, where he served as Director of Global Policy. Previously he served as health educator and Director of Education with the Tampa AIDS Network. He earned his MPH in Community Health Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Johnson comes to HealthHIV from the Latin American Health Institute, following service in the Office on Women's Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She received her BA in psychology and social behavior from the University of California, Irvine, and her MPH in social behavioral sciences from the Boston University School of Public Health.

HealthHIV is a leading national, 501(c)(3) non-profit working with organizations, communities, and professional to advance effective prevention, care, and support for people living with, or at risk for, HIV through education and training, technical assistance and capacity building, advocacy, and health services research and evaluation. HealthHIV leads the AIDS Education and Training Centers National Center for HIV Care in Minority Communities.  For more information, please visit www.HealthHIV.org or www.NCHCMC.org.

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