Our Staff
AVAC has more than 40 employees working with partners around the world to push for the funding, focus, implementation and research that’s needed to accelerate the ethical development and global delivery of new HIV prevention options as part of a comprehensive response to the pandemic. Meet our staff below!
Our Board
AVAC is led by a diverse and influential Board of Directors who share a deep commitment to HIV prevention and global health equity. Together they draw from decades of experience in research, advocacy and leadership in global health, HIV and grassroots community activism. Meet the AVAC Board!
AVAC Staff
Alexa Alexander
Human Resources Coordinator
Jeanne Baron
Senior Producer & Editor
Wanda Buckner
Finance Director
Levi Butcher
Coordinator: Operations
Manju Chatani
Director: Partnerships & Capacity Strengthening
Cindra Feuer
Senior Program Manager: Partnerships & Capacity Strengthening
Alison Footman
Senior Program Manager: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Annette Gaudino
Global AIDS Policy Partnership Advocacy Coalition Manager
Randy Goetz
Senior Manager: Human Resources
Deirdre Grant
Director: Program Coordination
Stacey Hannah
Director: Research Engagement
Micky Hingorani
Senior Manager: Digital & Technology
Navita Jain
Senior Program Manager: Research Engagement
Angelo Kaggwa-Katumba
Senior Program Manager: Partnerships & Capacity Strengthening
Erin Kiernon
Chief Operating Officer
Grace Kumwenda
Regional Program Manager for Research Engagement
Breanne Lesnar
Program Manager: Research Engagement
Justine MacWilliam
Senior Program Manager: Partnership Action Plan
Suraj Madoori
Director of Policy and Advocacy
John W. Meade, Jr.
Senior Program Manager: Policy
Shiva Mozaffarian
Program Manager for Data Analytics
Richard Muko
Regional Implementation Advocacy Manager
Hannah Nelson
Program Manager, Capacity Strengthening & Partnerships
Estelle Ngaba
Finance Manager
Wawira Nyagah
Director: Product Introduction & Access
Arlene Osborne-Francois
Finance Manager
Daisy Ouya
Communications Manager
Samantha Rick
Manager: Multilateral/Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR) Advocacy Specialist
Jason Rosenberg
Communications Manager
Jessica Salzwedel
Senior Program Manager: Research Engagement
Rachel Saunders
Program Assistant: Research Engagement
Kate Segal
Senior Program Manager: Product Introduction & Access
Nandisile (Luthuli) Sikwana
Regional Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Abigail Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Roberta Sutton
Senior Program Manager: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Janki Tailor
Program Coordinator: Product Introduction & Access
Isha Tendolkar
Program Coordinator: Policy Advocacy
Grace Tetteh
Program Coordinator: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Catherine Verde Hashim
Program Manager: Product Introduction & Access
Mitchell Warren
Executive Director
Alysha White
Senior Manager: Program Coordination
Advisors
Kay Marshall
Senior Communications Advisor
Jim Pickett
Senior Advisor
Bill Snow
Senior Advisor