Daniel C. Montoya Appointed as NMAC Deputy Executive Director

The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel C. Montoya as its new Deputy Executive Director. Daniel brings with him more than 22 years of senior level HIV/AIDS and public health experience, focusing on strategic communications, public affairs and project management with public, private and non-governmental organizations.

“I am thrilled to have Daniel join our NMAC team,” said NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata. “He’s been a friend both to NMAC and to me for many years and his decades of experience in HIV/AIDS policy, research and management will prove invaluable in the coming year. I look forward to working with him closely to ensure that minority communities have a powerful voice in the response to HIV both here in Washington, and across the country.” In his role as Deputy Executive Director, Daniel will oversee all of NMAC’s programmatic efforts, including capacity building and technical assistance, communications, conferences, government affairs and media relations, focusing on integrating its services to better assist the organization’s broad constituency.

“As a gay Latino man, who has been HIV-positive for 23 years, I know first hand the importance of NMAC’s work,” said Daniel C. Montoya. “As we enter the third decade of this epidemic, we continue to see vast disparities in health outcomes among minority populations. With a new Congress and an economy that continues to struggle, the HIV community faces serious challenges ahead. I look forward to working with the dedicated staff at NMAC and the broader HIV community to develop leadership within minority communities to address these challenges. ”

Prior to joining NMAC, Daniel served as Director of External Affairs for Health Programs at American Institutes for Research. He has also served as Senior Policy Advisor to the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, Division of AIDS, Government Affairs Director at AIDS Project Los Angeles and Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Office of Minority Health Resources Center, the National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN), and the R. Scott Hitt Foundation.