 
February 2, 2010
White House Announces Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the appointment of 24 new members to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). PACHA’s chair, Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, was appointed last August.
The council—comprised of researchers, services providers and community leaders from across the United States, including people living with HIV—supplies advice, information and recommendations to the president on domestic and global HIV/AIDS policy issues. PACHA will play an important role in the formation of a national HIV/AIDS strategy, and it supports the primary goals of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
“I’m pleased to have a new group of experts joining PACHA, and I look forward to hearing from the council about our continued efforts to prevent the spread of HIV infections in the United States and to provide care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS around the world,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.
PACHA’s first meeting with the Obama administration was held February 2 in Washington, DC.
The new members include:
A. Cornelius Baker
Praveen Basaviah
Dawn Averitt Bridge
Douglas Brooks
The Reverend Calvin Butts III, DMin
Humberto Cruz
Ernest Darkoh, MD, MPH
Kevin Frost
Patricia Garcia, MD
Robert Greenwald
Kathie Hiers
David Holtgrave, PhD
Michael Horberg, MD, MAS
Ejay Jack
Jack Jackson Jr.
Naina Khanna
Jim Kim, MD, PhD
Anita McBride
Douglas Michels
Rosie Pérez
Mario J. Pérez
Malika Saada Saar, M.Ed, JD
Sandra Torres-Rivera
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Jeanne W. Harris, Fort Worth, 2010-02-03 14:36:35
How in the world could you omit the Rev. Ed Sanders and Phill Wilson off this advisory board?
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