Board of Directors and Advisors
Oversight of the Black AIDS Institute is provided by its Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Emeritus Members—a diverse group of medical, community, political and media experts committed to the organization and its mission.
Guidance for the Institute's training and education programs is provided by Advisory Boards that include some of the country's leading scientists and public health experts.
A Media Task Force supports its work related to media and journalism.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Grazell R. Howard, J.D., Board Chair
President, King & Kairos, Ltd.
Vanessa Williams, 1st Vice Chair
AIDS Activist, Actress
Former President/ CEO of Planned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid-Missouri
Rep. Laura Hall, Board Treasurer
Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 19th District
Jesse Milan, Jr., J.D., Board Secretary and Chair Emeritus
President & CEO, AIDS United
BOARD MEMBERS
Gina Brown
Community Organizer, Southern AIDS Coalition
Donna Christensen, MD
Member of Congress 1997 to 2015
David M. Cook, MD
Sr. Vice President of Population Health and Value-Based Care, Novant Health
Chief, Bureau of HIV/STD & Viral Hepatitis Prevention, Houston Department of Health
Marc Meachem
Director, External Affairs North America
ViiV Healthcare
President and CEO, Howard Brown Health Center
Senior Servant, Metropolitan Interdenominational Church
EMERITUS MEMBERS
A. Cornelius Baker, Board Chair Emeritus
Adjunct Lecturer, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Chris Cathcart
Dorothy Davis
Danny Glover
Judge Marilyn Mackel
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Debra Asrate
President and CEO, FreeState Productions
Paulette Mullings Bradnock
Senior Vice President and Director of Internal Audit, American International Group, Inc.
Lavern Deer
President, Jamaica International, Female Football Development Inc. (JIFFD)
Maurice Jamal
Actor, Filmmaker
Neil Lowe, Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO, GCHUS
LeAnn Murray
CIO, MetLife Investments
Jessica Nolfo, Community Advisory Board Vice President
Executive Producer, Filmmaker
Amelia Rose, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Comprehensive Consulting and Counseling Services
Bradford Thompson
Chef
Rev. Derick B. Wilson, Community Advisory Board President
Pastor, Healing Stream United Church of Christ