Patricia A. Bartlett, LCSW received her masters in social work in 1973 from Boston University after completing undergraduate degree from Duke University.  Initially working with senior citizens in Boston’s public housing projects, Patricia returned to Durham and worked with Adult Protective Services Clients at the Durham Department of Social Services from 1974-78, transferred to Durham Regional Hospital as the Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Neurology social worker from 1978-1988.  In 1988, she became the first social worker in the AIDS clinic at Duke.  Since 1988, she has continued to work with HIV/AIDS, both at Duke and in Moshi, Tanzania through the clinical research grants received from the National Institutes of Health, Health Resources Services Administration, Substance Abuse Mental Health Association, and as a partially retired social worker.  Work in Tanzania began in 2004, with greater involvement and concentration on larger health and human rights issues from 2006-the present.   Patricia is married to John A. Bartlett, MD, Associate Director of Medical Research at the Duke Global Health Institute. John and Patricia spend about 4 months a year in Tanzania.  When not in Tanzania, Patricia works as an outreach liaison for the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at Duke Medical Center.

Robert Childs, MPH has a Masters in Public Health and has worked in the fields of harm reduction, homicide & suicide reduction and prevention, public health, mental health and homelessness in the US and Tanzania as a program administrator, teacher, public health advisor, clinician and health educator. He speaks frequently before national conferences, city councils & state legislatures, colleges, community-based organizations and to the media about Syringe Exchange, Syringe Decriminalization, Safe Injection Sites, HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Overdose Prevention, Farm work and Southern Drug Use, Drug Use and Law Enforcement, and Sex Worker, Crack User & Injection Drug User issues. Robert, who specializes in harm reduction program advocacy, innovation and implementation, has also led research teams that investigated injection drug use in public venues and police relations and its effects on intravenous drug users risk behaviors. Robert currently serves as the Executive Director of North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, leader of the North Carolina Hepatitis Advocacy Group "Hepatitis Community Voice" and as a board member for the North Carolina AIDS Action Network.

Jacqueline Clements-Melvin has been a HIV Test Counselor with Durham County Health since 1994 and has been involved in the field of HIV/AIDS personally and professionally on a local and national level since 1986.  She has participated on several NIH working groups related to HIV vaccine trials and mother-to-child transmission and was a member of the Pediatric Community Constituency Group of the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group from 1996-2000.  She has also has been a consultant for the United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) since 1996 and served as a trainer and consultant with the Duke Peer Education Training Program (PETS) for HIV.  Jacquie was Chair of the NC Governors Advisory Board on HIV/AIDS in 2004 and served on the United States Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) for two terms from 2003 to 2007.

Hunter Corn is a proud native Tar Heel.  He was born and raised in Cleveland County, North Carolina and received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   Corn’s personal involvement with HIV includes participation in a clinical research study on the effectiveness of the drug combination that has come to be known as Atripla.  Corn’s entire career has been in the non-profit sector in North Carolina and the Washington, DC area.  His areas of focus at various non-profits have been donor relations, fundraising, membership and operations.  Corn recently served two consecutive terms on the Boards of Directors for Equality NC and Equality NC Political Action Committee, including board leadership roles as Chair and Vice Chair of Equality NC and Secretary/Treasurer of Equality NC PAC.  He has also volunteered with the Crape Myrtle Festival, a volunteer-run organization raising funds for North Carolina organizations that assist people living with HIV/AIDS.  Corn currently works at the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and lives in Raleigh with his husband.  

Laura Kirby works part-time as Development Director for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP).   The rest of her time is spent raising three boys, ages 9, 12 and 14.  Laura received Masters Degrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of North Carolina in 1996 and has worked in a variety of nonprofit settings since then.  At WNCAP, she conducts grant writing and reporting and manages agency communications, among other duties.  She was involved in the development of WNCAP's anti-stigma public awareness campaign and has a passion for social justice. 

Marc Kolman, MSPH is an experienced public health administrator having worked in local and state public health as well as academic and non-profit sectors.  He is a natural collaborator and innovator and has served as local county health director in two rural North Carolina counties.  Marc as been a volunteer with the North Carolina Health Care Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) since 1997 having served on the Standing Advisory Committee and, currently, the North Carolina Consumer Advisory Council on Health Information (NC CACHI).  Marc is an avid cyclist, dedicated parent, and lives in the Pacifica Co-Housing community in Carrboro, North Carolina.

Carolyn McAllaster is the Founder and Director of the AIDS Legal Project and a Clinical Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.  She supervises students in the AIDS Legal Project and teaches a course on AIDS and the law.  She was a Founder and the first President of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, and was appointed by the Governor to serve on the North Carolina AIDS Advisory Council in 1996.  She chaired the Council in 2005.   She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1972, and her J.D. from the UNC Law School in 1976.  She was a litigator in private practice in Durham, North Carolina from 1976 to 1988 where she handled a variety of complex litigation in the state and federal courts.  McAllaster has taught at Duke Law School since 1988.  She is a frequent speaker at workshops for both attorneys and non-attorneys on AIDS and the law issues.  She has several publications including “Legal Issues for HIV-Infected Children” in Textbook of Pediatric HIV Care, Cambridge University Press, 2005; "Legal Issues for HIV-Infected Children" in Handbook of Pediatric HIV Care, published by Lippincott-Raven Publishers in 1999 and co-author of "Issues in Family Law for People with HIV" in AIDS and the Law, 4th ed. (current Supplement, 2010), published by Aspen Publishers.

Addison Ore has served as the Executive Director of Triad Health Project, Guilford County’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS services, since 2004.  She is a founding board member of the NCAAN and was recognized in 2008 with the Pam Herriott Award from the UNC Center for Infectious Diseases and the UNC Center for AIDS Research for contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.  Ore served two consecutive terms on the Board of Directors for Equality NC, serving as chair of the Equality Foundation for three years.  She holds a B.A. from James Madison University.

A native of Rockville, Maryland, Enrique  is a proud graduate of UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has worked at a variety of media publications in a range of places, including New York City as a travel writer and many student publications. In 2010, Enrique began working with The Conservation Fund’s Resourceful Communities Program doing a range of activities including, marketing, public relations, graphic and web design, and outreach. He has since signed on with ShadeFund, and is now the program’s web community manager. Excited to be on NCAAN's board, he is thrilled to be in an organization that promotes policies that betters the lives of PLWHA as well as their family, friends, and community.

Allison Rice is a member of the faculty at Duke Law School, and a supervising attorney in Duke’s AIDS Legal Assistance Project.  She has devoted her career to advocating for low-income people in North Carolina.  For the last nine years, she has focused exclusively on representing people living with HIV/AIDS.  She provides direct representation and supervises law students who assist HIV+ clients as part of their legal training.   Allison lives in Durham with her husband and two teenaged children.

Jeffery Williams-Knight is a supervisor of HIV/ STD Community Outreach program at Mecklenburg County Health Department in Charlotte, NC. He has served in this position for two years. He has worked in the field of HIV for 10 years as an advocate and a professional. Mr. Williams-Knight has a BS in Criminal Justice from UNCC. Prior to working with the health department he worked for Metrolina AIDS Project.  He is currently on the State Community Planning Group with North Carolina Communicable Disease Unit. Jeffery enjoys his involvement with Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, where he works on the Mission and Justice Committee as well as serving as an elder. Previously, Mr. Williams-Knight has served on the board of directors for Metrolina AIDS Project and the Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Community Center.