Clients with Aplomb
Academy for Educational Development, Center for Community-Based Health Strategies:
develop a facilitation manual for co-chairs of community planning groups.
AIDS Project East Bay:
provide grantwriting, program development consultation and program evaluation for an ASO serving African-Americans in the San Francisco East Bay. Successfully procured resources and assisted with the implementation of a primary care clinic and programming targeting African American MSMs.
Alameda County, Division of AIDS & Communicable Disease:
deliver on several projects including (a) development of an HIV partner counseling and referral system; facilitate focus groups, community forums, and conducted questionnaires; synthesize data and recommended protocol; (b) Management and authoring of a response to statewide RFP for HIV prevention social marketing campaigns; (c) Creating HIV trainings for health workers.
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR):
for four consecutive years, develop and execute a public relations plan to increase awareness for their conference, the National HIV/AIDS Update Conference. Also create new marketing initiatives and assist in programming strategy.
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center:
conceptualize and develop branding, marketing, and website design for their California statewide program focusing on HIV/AIDS care trainings.
Bay Area Black AIDS Collaborative:
provide grantwriting, program evaluation and project management for a collaborative serving African-Americans in the Bay Area.
Better World Advertising:
conduct qualitative research to assist in the creation of the HIV Stops with Me, a social marketing campaign targeting HIV positive gay men and transgenders in San Francisco.
BIOnexus:
develop and execute a public relations program for their comprehensive nutritional supplement NutriVir.
Black Coalition on AIDS:
provide grantwriting and program evaluation for an ASO serving African-Americans in San Francisco.
Black Gay Men’s Consortium:
facilitate and author a strategic planning document for the creation of a Black Gay Men’s Health agenda.
Bonds Limited:
develop and execute public relations programs and provide marketing advice for this San Francisco-based gay and lesbian matchmaking service.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
organize and facilitate consultation on the development of initiatives targeting Young MSM of Color.
City of East Palo Alto:
facilitate strategic planning sessions for city council members and mayor.
City of Refuge Ministries:
provide program development counsel and grantwriting for this faith-based ASO in San Francisco.

Community United Against Violence:

design needs assessment methods and protocols for a San Francisco Bay Area GLBT youth domestic violence project.

Compass Point:
provide organizational development training and technical assistance to AIDS Service Organizations.
Digital Queers:
generate publicity for this national organization’s annual gala event.
eHow.com:
advise company on strategy and content for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
E*TRADE:
advise company on marketing to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities
Gayborhood.com:
develop business plan for this GLBT portal and manage their public relations strategy and activities.
G&L Internet Bank:
develop and execute comprehensive TV, radio, and print public relations program surrounding the opening of the first national gay and lesbian bank.
Genentech:
create, facilitate, and complete a process for mission development, strategic planning and naming for Genentech Out & Equal, a gay lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employee organization.
Home Access Health Corporation:
develop and execute comprehensive public relations program for this Illinois-based manufacturer of HIV home test kits.
Horton Investment Advisory Group:
develop and execute public relations program for their financial management programs targeting HIV positive individuals.
Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
develop and execute public relations program to increase awareness and visibility of the organization and its HIV prevention programs and initiatives.

National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD):
develop and facilitate planning process and authored monograph — HIV/AIDS: African American Perspectives and Recommendations for State and Local AIDS Directors and Health Departments.

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National Black Lesbian & Gay Leadership Forum:
develop and execute public relations plan to increase awareness of their annual conference.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
conduct PR and relationship building efforts to support their national Creating Change conference.
National Lesbian and Gay Health Association (NLGHA):
develop and execute public relations program to increase awareness and attendance for this organization’s national conference.
National Lesbian and Gay MBA Conference:
develop and execute public relations plan to increase awareness of their annual conference.
New York State Black Gay Men’s Network:
provide strategic planning, report development, project management and facilitation for a collaborative network of black gay men/organizations across New York.
Our Town:
provide PR, strategy, and marketing counsel to a gay and lesbian retirement home organization.
PlanetOut:
develop the first marketing plan for this GLBT Internet-content company. Manage their marketing launch on the WorldWide Web and America Online. Create online guerilla marketing campaigns.
Pride Collaborative:
develop and execute a public relations plan to increase awareness of and attendance at their annual Out&Equal Leadership Summit.
Project Inform:
develop marketing plan for a national HIV/AIDS treatment information hotline.
R.U.1.2. Community Center:
Provide ongoing coaching and support to executive director, particularly in areas of strategic planning and organizational growth.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation/Black Brothers Esteem program:
develop training curriculum focused on African American gay and bisexual men. Facilitate workshops on a variety of topics including self-esteem, leadership, and sexual identity. Conducted qualitative research to assist in the development of a social marketing campaign targeting African American MSMs.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation/Community Information & Education Program:
design research for a California statewide hotline.

San Francisco Department of Human Services:
 develop and implement a youth task force to provide a forum for youth input regarding the delivery of services.

San Francisco Department of Public Health:
provide organizational development technical assistance to HIV prevention organizations. Create and implement a social marketing campaign for a mobile HIV testing unit.
San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration Committee, Inc.
develop and execute public relations campaign to increase awareness and visibility of the organization.
State of New York AIDS Institute:
direct the development of a comprehensive plan to address the HIV prevention needs of men who have sex with men across the state of New York. Facilitate statewide meetings that include participants from more than forty local and regional agencies who represent various issues and concerns— including people of color communities, rural, urban, IV-drug users, health departments, and gay activists.
StatScript Pharmacy:
provide business development, marketing and PR counsel and implementation for this Kansas City-based national chain of pharmacies that specialize in HIV/AIDS treatment. Create partnerships with doctors, care-givers, and non-profits.

V Management:
provide marketing and PR counsel for this investment management firm focused on investing in gay-friendly stocks.

Vermont CARES:
Facilitate process to develop agency vision statement. Create strategic plan.

Washington, D.C. Community Center Research Project:
utilizing both web-based and personal interactions, design and implement a comprehensive research survey of the GLBT community, district-wide. Outreached close to 1,000 people via surveys, face-to-face interviews, and online and in-person focus groups, with special attention to the diversity of the community across ethnic, gender, and economic demographics.


 

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