2023 HPG MEMBERS
ALEX Borsa
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Member
A PhD student at Columbia, Alex is a tireless advocate for health equity, social justice, and quality kitchenware.
ANDREW Gonzalez
2020 Membership & Community Engagement Workgroup Member
Andi is a sexual health advocate, with a lens on healing and social justice. Their interests include herbology, photography, reggaeton, and being on the beach.
ARMSTRONG Tingwane
2020 Membership & Community Engagement Workgroup Vice Chair
Wonderfully made, a passionate Community Health practitioner.
ASHWINI Hardikar
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Chair
Public health and sex ed professional. Everyone deserves accurate, relevant, non-judgmental sexual health information and services!
DIANE Tider
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Chair
A sharp-minded, vivacious health care champion, advocating for comprehensive health education and access to care, and crafting metal work jewelry in her spare time.
DEIDRE Miller
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Member
Hi! I’m Deidre. I was born and raised in Bklyn. I LOVE eating food and reading books. I am currently the director of an HIV prevention and sexual health education program. I am highly energetic and am dedicated to fun.
IVAN Monforte
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Chair
A member of the HPG since 2013, Ivan Monforte is a New York-based Mexican artist who has worked in HIV prevention in NYC, since 2004.
JAMES Kiernan
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Member
I am James Kiernan (He, Him, His). My life experiences contributed to a heightened social conscious at an early age. I possess a compassion for all groups who struggle with stigma and bias.
JANIE Simmons
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Member
HIV and overdose prevention researcher (ethnographer). GetNaloxoneNow.org! Magnetic Couples Study.
JOMIL Luna
2020 Coordinating Committee Secretary
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Liaison
Colorful Public Health / LGBTQ Warrior spreading love, happiness, and positivity to the #peopleoftheworlt.
JORGE Benitez
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Member
The grateful husband to Anny, father of 3 & “welo” of 2. He’s an ENY-native that has been working towards reducing new infections, especially in Latinx & Black populations, since 2002. While serving on the NYC HPG, he hopes that his ideas will contribute positively to the advancement of the NYC DOH’s effort to end the HIV epidemic.
JORGE Soler
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Vice Chair
Queer Colombian immigrant. Scholar, researcher, and community advocate. First-gen BA/MPH/PhD. Sex positive & passionate about social justice and public health.
JOSHUA Guthals
2020 Membership Community and Engagement Workgroup Chair
Tennis Player / Knitter / Indie Movie Lover / Novice Juggler. Committed to building an ever healthier and more inclusive NYC for all of us.
KEMAR Asphall
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Member
A kind-heated young man, following the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.
KRISTOPHER King
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Member
A peer educator and personal trainer who’s passionate about bridging gaps in access to trans/ non-binary healthcare and fitness for all.
LESS McCullars
2020 Membership Community and Engagement Workgroup Member
This is my second year being a member of the HIV Planning Group of New York. As a sexual health educator and an advocate for the LGBTQ community I just want people to be happy and live their best life.
LUIS Nava Molero
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Member
A political dissident from Venezuela, Luis fled to the United States, where he advocates for others seeking refuge and freedom and works as an activist in the LGBT immigrant community.
MARGARET Paschen-Wolff
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Member
Life-long learner dedicated to honoring, respecting, and building up resiliency and holistic health in queer communities. Public health and social work professional who loves her wife, her sweet kitty, and being outdoors.
MARY Brewster
2020 Coordinating Committee Community Co-Chair Elect
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Liaison
A harm reductionist who has been working in the HIV/AIDS Community for 13 years. She enjoys her cat, husband, and the American version of “The Office.” She is new to NYC and is ready to advocate and make any positive change.
MIGUEL Angel Rosa-Rubio
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Member
MD, Immigrant, Latino, openly Gay . Dedicated to community health Care focused on HIV and other chronic health conditions, very committed to the LGBTQ community. My dream is to see a world without stigma and discrimination.
OLIVER Anene
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Vice Chair
Dedicated LGBTI Advocate, Community Organizer, World Traveler, Pet-lover, Nigerian. I believe no one is free until we are all free!
RACHEL O’Sullivan
2020 Coordinating Committee Community Co-Chair
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Liaison
Dedicated community organizer. Champion of integrating community voices into medical spaces. Forever searching for ways to funnel resources into grassroots efforts.
ROBERT Pitts
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Member
LGBTQ healthcare advocate and believer that all people deserve comprehensive, sex-positive, non-judgmental gender affirming care!
STEVEN Sora
2020 Digital Advocacy & Health Promotion Workgroup Member
Pride Center of Staten Island. Passionate LGBTQ health advocate. Photographer. Swimmer. University of Scranton Alumni.
Mind / Body / Spirit Wellness
TERRANCE Gardet
2020 Coordinating Committee Governmental Co-Chair
2020 HIV Status Neutral Workgroup Liaison
So passionate about art in all its forms and manifestations. Makes life so much easier to understand and navigate. Is the bedrock of my efforts to confront and subdue the HIV epidemic.
TIMOTHY Au
2020 Policy and External Relations Workgroup Member
Timothy holds a Licensed Master Social Worker, has 10 years experiences in HIV care coordination services and prevention services including PrEP/PEP.