Team Members
Mark Cassity
Pronouns: He/Him
Executive Director
Adriana Adams
Pronouns: She/Her
Associate Director
Michael Howell
Pronouns: He/Him
Finance Director
Saja Montague
Pronouns: She/Her
Director of Finance Operations
Stephanie Willis
Pronouns: She/Her
Program Specialist
Ana de León
Pronouns: She/Her
Community Relations Manager
Taylor Hicks
Pronouns: He/Him
Client Care and Wellness Manager
Rachel Bierman
Pronouns: She/Her
Case Manager
Alisha Giggetts
Pronouns: She/Her
Case Manager
Brianna Hughes
Pronouns: She/Her
Case Manager
Sheletha Ross
Pronouns: She/Her
Case Manager
Wendy Velazquez Acevedo
Pronouns: She/Her
Case Manager
Julie McKnight
Pronouns: She/Her
Wellness and Outreach Manager
Lucero Refugio Aviles
Pronouns: She/Her
Prevention Advocate and Chicas Project Coordinator
Corey Higgins
Pronouns: He/Him
Prevention and Outreach Manager
Aaliyah Foster-Ward
Pronouns: She/Her
Prevention Advocate
Justin Baldwin
Pronouns: He/Him
Higher Ground Community Manager
Mattie Connor
Pronouns: They/Them
PrEP Project Manager
Ken Weeman
Pronouns: He/Him
Food Pantry Operations Coordinator
Board Members
BOARD CHAIR
Shane Burton
Pronouns: He/Him
Pharmaceutical Industry, ViiV Pharmaceuticals
TREASURER
Jessika Blue
Pronouns: She/Her
PAST BOARD CHAIR
Lawrence Eisenberg, MA, MS, LCSW
Pronouns: He/Him
Psychology Professor, Guilford College
Geoff Atack
Pronouns: He/Him
Atack Marketing Services
Cathy Cordero
Pronouns: She/Her
Retired Business Owner
Denise Estridge, RN, BSN, MPH
Pronouns: She/Her
Nurse, Moses Cone Hospital
Byron Gladden
Pronouns: He/Him
Guilford County School Board Member and Medical Practice Administrator
Claire Lanier, MD
Pronouns: She/Her
Radiation Oncology Resident, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Chris Logan
Pronouns: He/Him
Administrative Fellow at Cone Health, President at Square of Truth
Ayliffe Mumford
Pronouns: She/Her
Retired/Community Volunteer
Tim Noble, PMP
Pronouns: He/Him
Small Business Consultant,
Bank of America
Tanya Pratt
Pronouns: She/Her
Medical Director Center for Women’s Healthcare, Cone Health
Desmond Sharpe
Pronouns: He/Him
President, Sharpe Pursuits, Inc.
Guillermo Tremols, MSW, CSAC
Pronouns: He/Him
Social Worker, UNCG, Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem
Kees Van Dam, M.D.
Pronouns: He/Him
Director of Research, Regional Center for Infectious Disease