Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

With more than 28 years of experience working in health policy and consumer advocacy, my passion is to coordinate and implement efforts to expand health care access, improve quality and build community participation in health policy and health care systems.  Most recently, I served as the Program Manager for the Special Linkage and Retention Team (ARCH Team) at the Shapiro Clinic, Center for Infectious Disease, Boston Medical Center. As the former Director of the Consumer Office and Coordinator of Community Engagement at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for over fifteen years and the former facilitator of the Statewide Consumer Advisory Board, I am a professional with a track record of successful consumer and community engagement within Massachusetts and other states. I am a board member of the National Quality Center, Consumer Advisory Council, and the Chair of the New England Association of Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health covering six New England States.