For Immediate Release
December 15, 2005
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Contacts:
Lynn Schulman, 212.367.1210
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GMHC ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE
OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec. 15 — Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
today announced that its Executive Director, Ana Oliveira, will
be leaving the agency to pursue other professional interests and
that an interim Executive Director will be named by the Board of
Directors in the next 30 days.
"Ana has been an outstanding asset to the agency for over nine
years, the past six as Executive Director. During her tenure she
saw GMHC through its recovery from its biggest organizational crisis,
and positioned it as an agency with strong fiscal integrity, innovative
programs, and wide-ranging services to enhance the lives of people
living with and affected by HIV and AIDS," said GMHC Board Chair
John Colón. "Ana will be greatly missed and remembered with
great respect and affection."
Ms. Oliveira joined the staff of GMHC in 1996 to create a Women's
Department where she developed the targeted prevention, education
and early intervention services for women at risk of and affected
by HIV, oversaw the Lesbian AIDS Project, and implemented programs
for women of color. Her leadership strengthened GMHC's organizational
capacity, launched new programs in HIV prevention and community-level
interventions, and established significant new initiatives in response
to the expanding needs of the epidemic. Notable among them are
the Institute for Gay Men's Health, a national partnership with
AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Women's Institute, and the agency's
Return to Work Program.
Ms. Oliveira currently serves on the New York City Commission
on AIDS.
"My work at the agency has been extremely rewarding. I am proud
of our successes in the struggles against homophobia, stigma, poverty,
and gender inequities, societal factors that fuel the HIV epidemic,
and am also proud of those who participate in these struggles — the
Board, staff, volunteers and most of all people living with HIV
and AIDS who live the struggle every day," said Ana Oliveira.
Ms. Oliveira will stay at GMHC into early 2006 and will assist
the Board of Directors and the agency's Senior Management with
the transition process.
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GMHC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based
organization committed to national leadership in the fight against
AIDS. GMHC provides services and programs to over 15,000 men,
women and families that are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS
in New York City. For more information, please visit www.gmhc.org.
© 2005 Gay Men's Health Crisis
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