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PRNewswire - December 15, 2005
"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 Colon. "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.
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 http://www.gmhc.org.
SOURCE Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Web Site: http://www.gmhc.org
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