Annual Report 2017-2018 In the last year, Callen-Lorde served nearly 18,000 patients who made nearly 110,000 visits – and for whom we provided over $5 million in donated care. ABOUT US
Callen-Lorde is the global leader in LGBTQ healthcare. Since the days of Stonewall, we’ve been transforming lives in LGBTQ communities through excellent comprehensive care, provided free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay. In addition, we are continuously pioneering research, advocacy and education to drive positive change around the world, because we believe healthcare is a human right.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters From Us 4 Chris’ Story 25 Our History & Namesakes 6 Expansion 26 Training & Education 8 The Health Club 27 Remi’s Story 10 Howard J. Brown Blane’s Story 13 & John B. Montana Societies 28 Advocacy & Policy 14 Special Events 30 By The Numbers 16 Staff Appreciation 32 Population Health 20 Board of Directors & Senior Staff 34 Research 21 Our Supporters 36 Yuhua’s Story 22
3 A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Friends, Supporters, and Community Members, For 49 years (we have a big birthday coming up!), Callen-Lorde Community Health Center has served New York City’s LGBTQ and HIV-impacted communities with quality, affirming healthcare provided regardless of ability to pay. And, our impact now reaches outside of the walls of our three clinical locations into many corners of the world. We are living in a moment in history with so many threats to civil rights, open societies, diplomacy, and democracies. Callen-Lorde is committed to continuing to hold hope for our communities and to work to create a future in which we can thrive. At a time when so much is being dismantled, we are thrilled to be building a safe haven for our communities – a brand new, 25,000 square foot health center in Downtown Brooklyn. Despite the many other providers - colleagues whose work we happily embrace - now looking to provide competent healthcare services to our communities, demand for our services is greater than ever, and greater than our current physical plant capacity. And so, in the pages of this report, you will read about our plans for the new Brooklyn site, for which buildout is slated to begin this autumn. In the pages of this report you will meet some of our patients and read about some of the ways in which we are impacting the health of our communities through direct care, research, and education. Together, we are building healthy communities who can continue to fight for the world in which we want to live. We are incredibly grateful for your support, which makes this work possible. Yours in hope and solidarity,
Wendy Stark Executive Director
4 A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Dear Callen-Lorde Family, Friends, Allies, and Future Supporters: Welcome. My own relationship with Callen-Lorde began the winter of 2000- 2001 as I sat in my car, shivering in cold and terror, and placed the call that began my transition. I dialed three times before letting it connect. Now, all these years later and still a patient, my love of Callen-Lorde continues. Since the days of Stonewall, Callen-Lorde has been a world leader in providing skilled, compassionate healthcare. From gay and lesbian health in the 1970s and 80s where clients could be honest about their partners, to the HIV/AIDS crisis. From the revolutionary Informed Consent Hormone Protocols for trans and nonbinary people to PrEP. Services for those in need of mental health, primary care, dental, case management, sexual health, and so much more. Respectful help for those on the streets; sexworkers, actors, musicians, poets, artists, the unemployed, underemployed, traumatized, stigmatized, and all others of any ethnicity or background with less access to traditional healthcare. Callen-Lorde has lead the way, because only when we are healthy can we thrive. And now, in this period of social and economic uncertainty, we reaffirm our commitment by expanding yet again, with a new 25,000 square foot Brooklyn location slated to open in 2020. Please aid us in fulfilling our mission of offering healthcare and related services targeted to LGBTQ communities in New York and beyond, regardless of ability to pay. Only with your assistance can we make that happen. I’m truly honored each time I get to relate my own connection to Callen-Lorde and say that as Chair I proudly represent the Board, management, and staff of a groundbreaking and necessary organization. We all thank you for your help.
Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW-R Chair, Board of Directors
5 OUR HISTORY AND NAMESAKES
Callen-Lorde’s grassroots heritage dates back nearly 50 years to the St. Mark’s Community Clinic and Gay Men’s Health Project - two volunteer based clinics that provided free, culturally competent health services to LGBTQ communities, primarily related to sexual health. In response to the AIDS crisis, these two clinics merged in 1983 to form Community Health Project, Inc (CHP), which remains our legal name today.
6 MICHAEL CALLEN AUDRE LORDE THEA SPYER (1955-1993) (1934-1992) (1931-2009)
Michael Callen was born The daughter of Caribbean Thea Spyer, Ph.D was in Rising Sun, Indiana, immigrants, Audre Lorde a brilliant psychologist, and began his career as was born in New York City avid violinist, golfer and a successful composer and wrote her first poem dancer. Born to Elisabeth and singer. In 1982 he was at age twelve. In the 1950s Ketellapper and Willem diagnosed with AIDS (then while at Hunter College, Spyer in Amsterdam, Dr. known as Gay-Related Audre worked as a librarian Spyer immigrated to the Immune Deficiency) and and educator and became US States during World quickly became a leader a leader in the early War II. In 1963 she met in the response to the lesbian activist community Edie Windsor, who soon growing epidemic. In 1985 in Greenwich Village. Her become her partner for the he became a founding poetry was published remainder of her life. member of the People regularly throughout Dr. Spyer earned her Ph.D. with AIDS Coalition, the the 1960s and 70s and in Clinical Psychology from first organization to spring gained wide recognition Adelphi University. She from the AIDS self- with the publication of interned at St. Vincent’s empowerment movement. her book The Cancer Hospital and the NYC As a leading authority in Journals in 1980, which Veterans Administration, the community, Michael chronicled her experience and later became Director was called to testify with breast cancer. In this of the Psychiatric Clinic at before the President’s groundbreaking work, she the International Center Commission on AIDS examined her own fears, for the Disabled. She was and both houses of anger and ultimately, her then Clinical Consultant Congress. In 1990 Michael strength and hope. Her in Rehabilitation at chronicled the stories published writings include St. Vincent’s Hospital of long-term survivors nine volumes of poetry Westchester before in his book Surviving and five books of prose. concentrating exclusively AIDS. With Peter Allen Audre was named New on her private practice, and Marsha Malamet, he York State’s Poet Laureate where she cared for her co-wrote the song “Love in 1991 by Governor patients until she passed Don’t Need a Reason” and Mario Cuomo, a post she away from aortic stenosis was a founding member retained until her death in 2009 at the age of 77. of the a capella group at age 58 after a 14-year The Flirtations. Michael struggle with breast continued his work in the cancer. She is survived by community and in music her children, Elizabeth and until his death at age Jonathan, and her partner, 38. He is survived by his Dr. Gloria Joseph. partner, Richard Dworkin.
7 TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Callen-Lorde continues to share our research and academic expertise with other agencies and organizations around the globe to improve the health and wellness of LGBTQ people beyond our doors. In the last year, we met with nearly 150 entities representing nearly 20 countries on a myriad of subjects and trainings ranging from cultural competency and sensitivity to population health and more.
New Brunswick, NJ Allied Service Center of New York USA Robert Wood Johnson University City (ASCNYC) Oakland, CA Hospital Amida Care Transgender Albuquerque, NM Argus Community Health Summit Sexual and Gender Diversity Audre Lorde Project Washington, DC Summit Baruch College National Black Albany, NY Bridge Back to Life Center PrEP Summit Albany Medical Center Center for HIV Educational Studies The White House Whitney Young Community and Training (CHEST) United States Health Center Conference on AIDS Center for Urban Community Bronx, NY Services (CUCS) Ft. Lauderdale, FL Montefiore Medical Center Chelsea Diagnostic Radiology Transgender Mosholu Montefiore Community Columbia University Medical Symposium Center Columbia University Medical Atlanta, GA VIP Community Services Center National African American MSM Bronxville, NY Community Health Care Leadership Conference on HIV Sarah Lawrence College Association of New York State and Other Health Disparities (CHCANYS) Brooklyn, NY The National HIV Prevention Community Healthcare Network Bowery Residents Committee Conference Con Edison Lutheran Medical Center: Sunset Chicago, IL Covenant House Terrace Family Health Center Midwest LGBTQ Fountain House Services for the Underserved Health Symposium Global Learning Collaborative SUNY Downstate Baltimore, MD High School SUNY Downstate School of Gouverneur Health Lead Serve Lead: the Annual Medicine Meeting of the Association of Harlem United New Hyde Park, NY American Medical Colleges Hudson High School of Learning Pediatric Academic Societies Women’s Health Projects at Long Technologies Island Jewish Medical Center Meeting Icahn School of Medicine at Bethesda, MD New York, NY Mount Sinai Trans Net conference Next Stops: “Examining LGBTQI Institute for Family Health Newark, NJ Issues at the Intersections” Latino Commission on AIDS in conference at NYU Robert F. collaboration with the Hispanic College Health Matters in the Wagner School of Public Service LGBTQ Community conference Health Network “iLove: Better Choices, Better Rutgers New Jersey Medical Lehman Manhattan Preparatory Life, Better Me!” A Forum for School School Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender LGBT Health Workforce Rutgers School of Nursing & SGL Women at NYC Black Conference Pride Perth Amboy, NJ Metropolitan Community 1199 SEIU Raritan Bay Church of New York (MCCNY) in Medical Center ACRIA conjunction with Sylvia’s Place Albert Einstein School of and SMART Youth Medicine Morgan Stanley Ali Forney Center 8 Mount Sinai Beth Israel Mt Sinai Institute for Advanced KYRGYZSTAN NORWAY Medicine BISHKEK KRISTIANSAND NAMI NYC Metro Daniyar Orsekov, Kyrgyz Indigo Hospital of New Alternatives in collaboration Irina Karagapolova, Psychiatrist, Southern Norway with ACT UP WPATH Honoree New York City Department of Kim Charaka, Kyrgyz Indigo Education SWITZERLAND New York City Department of GENEVA Health and Mental Hygiene RUSSIA ILGA (International Lesbian Gay New York Eye and Ear Infirmary MOSCOW Bisexual Trans and Intersex New York Immigration Coalition Organization) The U.S Department of State and New York Professional Nurses the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Union (NYPNU) New York State Transgender NOVOSIBIRSK UKRAINE Health Conference Kseniya Kirichenko, Transgender KYIV New York University Legal Defense Project Oksana Pokalchuk, Human NYU Medical Center ST. PETERSBURG Rights Education Officer, Physicians for Human Rights Dmitrii Isaev, Psychiatrist Amnesty International National Student Conference Planned Parenthood Public Health Solutions THAILAND AUSTRALIA Quest to Learn BANGKOK MELBOURNE Rent University Bangkok Metropolitan Australian Human Rights Reproductive Medicine Administration Commissioner Tim Wilson Associates of New York Director of Bureau (RMANY) of AIDS Ryan White Part A Conference Global AIDS Program (GAP) NEW ZEALAND Services and Advocacy for GLBT Healthcare Accreditation AUCKLAND Elders (SAGE) Institute Jack Byrne, Human Rights Settlement Health Ministry of Public Health Consultant at TransAction Streetwork’s Harlem Center Syphilis Advisory Group at BELGIUM NYCDOHMH GHENT GUYANA The Center Transgender Healthcare in GEORGETOWN The New School Europe Conference Guyana Ministry The Peer Health Exchange of Public Health Weill Cornell Medical College ENGLAND National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) Poughkeepsie, NY BRIGHTON Vassar College British HIV Association (BHIVA) Rochester, NY conference JAMAICA University of Rochester EXETER KINGSTON John Dean, Clinical Director of Staten Island, NY Clive Anderson, iTECH The Pride Center of Staten Island the West of England Gender Identity Service Stony Brook, NY Meeting of the British Long Island LGBT Conference Association of Gender Identity PUERTO RICO Philadelphia, PA Specialists (BAGIS) SAN JUAN Philadelphia Trans-Health Carlos E Rodiguez Diaz; Conference MOLDOVA University of Puerto Rico Dallas, TX CHIȘINĂU American Conference for the ST. LUCIA Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV) Cezar Babin, Psychiatrist CASTRIES SOUTH AFRICA NETHERLANDS United and Strong AMSTERDAM DURBAN Mick van Trotsenburg International AIDS Conference World Professional Association JOHANNESBURG for Transgender Health (WPATH) Iranti-org Symposium 9 REMI’S STORY
“EVERY DAY OUR CLIENTS FACE INVALIDATION OF THEIR IDENTITIES, AND CALLEN-LORDE IS THE ONE SPACE WHERE BOTH STAFF AND CLIENTS CAN MEET AND BE THEMSELVES.”
Why do we need a queer specific community health center? Shouldn’t all clinicians, and community health centers offer the best care for all of their clients? Definitely… does this always happen? No. So, why Callen-Lorde? It’s simply the best, most comprehensive health care facility. Every day our clients face invalidation of their identities, and Callen-Lorde is the one space where both staff and clients can meet and be themselves. There is no hiding of one’s identity for fear of retribution, for fear of not receiving care appropriate to the circumstances. At Callen-Lorde, I found that I could relate to my clients on a level of truth that I had not experienced at any other placement. As a clinical extern at Callen-Lorde, I developed skills in being a supportive, empathic, and efficient leader. Interacting with and assisting clients from a variety of backgrounds through individual and group counseling on issues ranging from depression and anger management to gender identity and substance abuse afforded me the opportunity to develop new therapeutic skills, and expand on personal attributes that are vital to the therapeutic process. A core feature of Callen-Lorde was working as part of an integrated system – ensuring that clients not only attended their psychotherapy sessions, but that connections were made for medical, housing, and job services as well. My experience at Callen-Lorde working with a large caseload of clients that were frequently in acute distress or were utilizing illicit substances has prepared me for a fast-paced environment. Developing individual treatment plans for my clients at Callen-Lorde also drew on my flexibility, imagination, and ability to establish and maintain rapport. Mental health planning and treatment planning are rapidly moving towards more integrated approaches – working with an interdisciplinary team and participating in safety planning, training in evidence based protocols and psychotherapy groups is critical for the continued care of LGBTQ clients, and Callen-Lorde is at the forefront of this endeavor.
10 11 12 BLANE’S STORY
“I walked into Callen-Lorde with my head down and walked out with my head held high”
When I came to Callen-Lorde I was sleeping on a friend’s couch and looking for work. I had just returned from living in Europe for 10 years where my life was celebrated. Prior to that I was an AIDS Activist member of ACT-UP fighting to get my life back. So I walked into Callen-Lorde with my head down and walked out with my head held high knowing that they had my back and were committed to giving me the quality healthcare I deserved. Now I serve on the Callen-Lorde Community Advisory Board (CAB) and am the Founder and President of Blane Charles Design Consulting - a full fledged styling company where our motto is “Why just wear a diamond when you can be one!” As a CAB member, I’m so grateful to be able to give back by advocating for the future of quality healthcare for LGBTQ Communities. I recall the days when I thought things like therapy or acupuncture were services only available for the wealthy, but they are necessary components of wellness that should be available to everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Today, I join forces with my fellow LGBTQ people in our fight to keep hope and respect alive and thriving for us ALL.
13 ADVOCACY AND POLICY
Public policy affects the health and wellness of communities at every level. As such, a strong advocacy agenda is integral to ensuring our patients and communities can access the care they need, at the quality they deserve. Under the auspice of Kimberleigh Joy Smith, our Senior Director of Community Health Planning & Policy, our Advocacy agenda for 2018 includes the following:
n Maintaining level funding for the n Requiring LGBTQ cultural Safety Net Pool for New York State competency training for NYS Community Health Centers licensed medical and mental health providers n Investing in efforts to end the HIV epidemic in New York by 2020 n Modernizing NYS regulation with a focus on the integration of n Ensuring public and commercial primary care, behavioral health insurance coverage for gender- and substance use licensing affirming healthcare
Callen-Lorde believes true liberation will come when the LGBTQ community and our families can adequately access culturally competent, comprehensive healthcare in all forms. This year our priorities recognize the need for continued investment in areas ranging from the foundation – such as safety net funding for community health centers – to systems and service areas that support improvement in health outcomes, like housing and comprehensive sexual health education. With particular challenges looming on the federal front, we are looking to New York State to stand strong, protect access, promote equity and continue to work to prevent and penalize discrimination in healthcare.
14 15 THE NUMBERS Total Patients Treated in 2017:
BRONX 10%
17,65437% 11% MANHATTAN QUEENS By Area 27%
OUTSIDE NYC 14% 1% BROOKLYN STATEN ISLAND
By Race & Ethnicity 24% Hispanic/Latinx 7% Unreported 17% 5% African-American Asian/Pacific Islander 43% 4% White More Than One Race
>1% Native American
16 By Age 16% 12% Age 50-64 Many of Callen-Lorde’s patients Under 25 are young persons – 65% are under the age of 40. 19% Age 40-49 50% 3% Age 25-39 Age 65+
By Gender
56% Male 19% Transgender/ Non-Binary
13% Female 12% Unreported
17 SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES In 2017 we performed . . .
41,939 STI Tests (Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia)
1,331 6,978 Patients initiated on PrEP HIV Tests (pre-exposure prophylaxis)
415 63 720 HIV+ Patients Patients were were New to care diagnosed HIV+ Patients received PEP at Callen-Lorde for the first time (post-exposure prophylaxis)
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Patient Payor Mix, 2017 In 2017, Calen-Lorde’s financials remained strong and revenue was allocated as follows: 37% Private Insurance 85% 35% Patient Care Public Insurance (Medicaid/Medicare/ADAP) 11% 28% Administrative Costs and Overhead Uninsured
Total Patients: 3% Re-Investment into Expansion 100% and Organizational growth 1% Fundraising
Our Fiscal Year 2017 Revenue:
$76,773,819
To request a copy of the complete 2017 audited financial statement, contact Caitlin Quigley at [email protected] or 212.271.7268
19 POPULATION HEALTH
Integral to our holistic model of primary care is population health – an approach that focuses on the social determinants of health and the outcomes within certain populations. Our medical and population health teams use data to see where people fall through cracks in the healthcare system, and uses that information to optimize healthcare delivery. Here are just a few of the innovative initiatives we’ve implemented this year: n Callen-Lorde is the only clinic east of San Francisco to have a rapid treatment initiation program for Newly Diagnosed HIV+ people. Our program has reduced linkage to care to an average of 10 days and time to viral suppression to 41 days on average. As a result, 90% of our HIV+ patients have achieved viral suppression. n Callen-Lorde is helping people quit smoking. In a period of just 7 months (August 2017 – February 2018), medical providers increased the rate of tobacco cessation interventions (counseling and meds) by 27%. n Stigma and oppression hurt. Depression disproportionately impacts our communities. Over the past year, we have continued to increase the number of our patients we screen for depression. In fact, in just 9 months we doubled the number of patients we had screened for depression. n Callen-Lorde is the largest Community Health Center provider of PrEP in New York State, initiating almost 4,000 people in the past 4 years. n Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People: People of transgender experience carry an unfair load of the HIV burden. In the last year, we increased our rate of HIV screening rate by 29% for TGNB patients.
20 RESEARCH In addition to providing high-quality, culturally competent healthcare and supportive services targeted to LGBTQ communities and people living with HIV/AIDS, Callen-Lorde also serves as a center of excellence – helping to train the future leaders in LGBT health while blazing new trails through research and other strategic partnerships. We are currently recruiting for two large scale studies funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH): n The LITE Study, or Leading Innovation for Transgender Women’s Health and Empowerment, is the first cohort study of transgender women and transfeminine people in the US. Aiming to enroll 1,100 transfeminine identified individuals across five US cities (Boston, New York, Baltimore-Washington DC, Atlanta and Miami), the goal of the study is to address HIV prevention as well as a broad range of health and wellness interventions for these communities. Researchers will follow up with participants at regular intervals for up to two years with incentives given at check-in. n MyPEEPS is a five-year study across four sites (Birmingham, Alabama, Chicago, New York City, and Seattle) for a clinical trial to adapt and test a mobile app called MyPEEPS that delivers HIV prevention information to young men who have sex with men (MSM). The goal is to enroll 700 racially and ethnically diverse 13-18 year old men with HIV negative or unknown status, to employ a curriculum consisting of six modules that cover topics including correct condom use, dealing with stigma and shame, and tips on communicating effectively about safer sex. Outcomes from data-driven patient interventions have also been presented at the International AIDS Conference, World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH), United States Conference on AIDS, IAPAC among others. Callen- Lorde’s research seeks to understand how to implement interventions and introduce new tools to our unique communities, furthering our mission to providing the best care to the LGBTQ community. Pedro Carneiro, MPH, receives the Young Investigator Award at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, 2017
21 YUHUA’S STORY
“CALLEN-LORDE IS A WELCOMING, SWEET, NON-JUDGMENTAL PLACE TO GET HEALTHCARE.”
My name is Yuhua and I am a gender-fluid Chinese American living in New York City. I remember growing up, I never felt comfortable going to the doctor. I felt like I couldn’t share everything with them because I would be judged. A lot of the times, I feel like they didn’t truly care. It wasn’t until Peppermint suggested Callen-Lorde to me seven years ago that I started going and noticed how different it is from other health centers. Callen-Lorde is a welcoming, sweet, non-judgmental place to get healthcare. They go out of the way for their patients and I see that every time I go visit or when speaking to them on the phone. Callen-Lorde has the most diverse staff I have ever seen, from all types of skin shades, to genders, to ethnicity.... the spectrum is wide, and that is what makes it so great. The space is so diverse that there is no time to be close-minded, and that is what more health centers need to be: non-judgmental and to provide a safe and friendly environment for their patients. Callen-Lorde is a huge asset to the LGBT community and it is what the city needs to continue providing support for LGBT youths, adults, and their allies. Thank you Callen-Lorde so much for your hard work and what you do for the community!
22 23 24 CHRIS’ STORY
“CALLEN-LORDE HAS CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE”
I was about to give up. I remember thinking that transitioning seemed like an impossible goal that would take several more years to reach and was incredibly frustrated. Then I came across a message board from the early 2000s referencing a place called Callen-Lorde and immediately started searching. The first phone call to Callen-Lorde provided comfort in ways that I cannot express. The person on the phone was so kind and gentle, I knew I contacted the right place when he asked me my preferred name. Up until that point, I never thought it could be a possibility that a healthcare provider would address me as I was presenting myself. It was such as relief that they really and truly understood who I was and what I was going through. Months later and well on my way into my transition and I couldn’t be happier. I now know that I have a whole staff of people to understand and meet my needs. I am no longer the person that stands out in a waiting area. I am simply Chris, here for an appointment. The staff here have never failed at meeting me with a genuine smile. Callen-Lorde has changed the trajectory of my life. My family has begun to watch me grow into the person I always knew I was. To be able to have my children see me transform from being unhappy and trying to fit into a mold other people have created for me to being so excited about life and proud while expressing myself brings me the greatest joy. I am proud to teach them that being different isn’t something to be “tolerated” but to be loved and embraced.
25 EXPANSION
During our nearly 50 year history, we’ve grown and expanded to meet the needs of our communities when they need us, and where they need us – regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity – and all regardless of ability to pay. When St. Vincent’s Hospital closed in 2010, we hired dozens of new staff and added evening and weekend hours to accommodate new patients. In 2014, we opened the Thea Spyer Center to house our long-term mental health and expand our sexual health services. In 2016, we opened Callen-Lorde Bronx, that reached near capacity in its first year. We expanded hours and hired new providers, but still, we turn dozens of calls away each day from those seeking our care because we don’t have the physical space in which to grow. And so, in 2018 we are embarking on a new venture: Callen-Lorde Brooklyn. A 25,000 square foot site located at 40 Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn, our new clinic will serve over 15,000 patients annually when fully operational. With your help we can BRONX make this dream a reality and care for all those MORRISANIA who seek our care. Learn more at callen-lorde.org/brooklyn
Chelsea 356 West 18th St – 1998 MANHATTAN Thea Spyer Center CHELSEA 230 West 17th St – 2013 QUEENS Bronx 3144 3rd Ave – 2015 DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Brooklyn 40 Flatbush Ext – coming early 2020 BROOKLYN
26 STATEN ISLAND THE HEALTH CLUB
Introducing a new club everyone can be a part of – think of it like your monthly gym membership, but instead of taking care of just yourself, you are taking care of an entire community. Our community. Membership begins with a donation of just $5/month ($60 per year) The more you give, the more everyone gets! Learn more at callen-lorde.org/healthclub or contact Dean Carras, Indvidual Giving Associate at [email protected] or 212.271.7192
27 HOWARD J. BROWN SOCIETY
BE AN INSIDER BE A MEMBER BE INVOLVED
Howard J. Brown, MD helped change the image of LGBTQ Americans when he came out while serving as New York City’s Public Health Commissioner in 1973. In the spirit of Dr. Brown and his unwavering courage and dedication to the health of our communities, we established our major donor society in his name. Howard J. Brown Society members make annual contributions of $1,000 or more to help offset the $5 million in unreimbursed care we provide each year to the most vulnerable members of our communities. Howard J. Brown Soeciety members receive exclusive benefits and invitations to events throughout the year, including complimentary tickets to ROAR!, our annual summer party at the Central Park Zoo, as well as periodic donor receptions and other special events.
To learn more about the Howard J. Brown Society, contact Donnie Roberts, Senior Director of Development and Communications at 212.217.7172 or [email protected].
JOHN B. MONTANA LEGACY SOCIETY
John B. Montana, MD, was one of the first to help us provide care to the most vulnerable physicians in New York City to identify and treat members of our communities, regardless of people living with AIDS at the outset of the ability to pay. To recognize his leadership epidemic in 1981. Dr. Montana saw many of the and commitment to ensuring LGBT people earliest cases at his Greenwich Village practice, had a place to seek care, we’ve dedicated our and became a proponent of harm reduction and planned giving society in his name. safer sex, advising GMHC, ACT-UP, and many To learn more about how you can follow other AIDS-related organizations. He generously in Dr. Montana’s footsteps by including gave his time and money to many community Callen-Lorde in your estate plans – or if organizations, including Callen-Lorde, and you have already made arrangements to provided care to many uninsured patients in support us in you estate plans – please need. contact Donnie Roberts, Senior Director It was in this spirit of generosity that Dr. Montana of Development and Communications, at left nearly $400,000 in his estate to Callen-Lorde 212.217.7172 or [email protected].
28 THANK YOU
HOWARD J. BROWN SOCIETY 2017-2018
Members in good standing FY17 and/or FY18
Anonymous (2) Evan Goldstein, D.O. & Andy Yu Emmanuel J. Palad Kevin M. Absec Wendy Z. Goldstein Allison Palmer Andrew Adams Evan Graner Chad J. Paulson Anne M. Aldrich David A. Hansell & Robert Cimino Amy K. Peckham & Kim M. Whitehurst Jen Hatch & Sue Smith Antonio Poglianich Ellen Alpert & Janice Sears Katherine V. Hawes & Peter O’Kuhn Konstantinos Ardavanis N. Patrick Hennessey, M.D. Stuart Post & Chris Kelley Joseph Arena William Hinrichs Slobodan Randjelovic & Dr. Thomas D’Eletto Khue Hoang Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Esq. Charitable Fund of the Donnie Roberts & Geoff Allman New York Community Trust Jesse Horwitz Michael M. Rubin Jimmy Asci & Josh Schulteis Catharine Hough & Keryn Lowry John & Margaret Sagan Tyler Ashley Mark Janson Foundation Ward Auerbach & Andy Baker Russell Janzen & Friends Karen Sauvigné James Jaxxa & Rob Caldwell, MD Peter J. Awn & Diane D’Alessandro Matthew Jayes Joe Baker & Stuart Thompson* Andrew L. Scharf & Dana P. Rowe Olive Jou Cecil Baldwin Benjamin Seaman Keith Kahla J. Goodwin Bland Angela Serio Harney & Michael G. Katovitz Jason Kanos Frank Shanbacker Daniel Bowers, MD Logan Keane Ed & Donna Sirlin & Steven Weissman Richard Kosinski Irwin Srob John Trent Bromley E & H Kuriel Michael Stafford David Samson Brown Fred Duane Lake Jonathan Starch Krisczar Bungay, MD Jay Laudato & Tom Watson & Jim O’Sullivan Wendy Stark & Katie Douglass Law Office of Sarah Thompson Juan J. Carretero Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. & Bernice Leventhal Diana Childress Kirk N. Lawson The Urban Bear Harry P. Cohen & James F. Braun, D.O. Adam Urbina Matthew Cohen Dr. Rosanne Leipzig Andrew & Xavier Van Degna Scott Davis & John Hadity & Ora L. Chaikin Gordon VeneKlasen Matthew de Leon / Untitled Queen Amy Melinda Lesser Tom Viola Daniel DeMello & Nathaniel Nowak Aran Maree Harvey Weitz Jeffrey George Dewhurst Seth M. Marnin Caden Wiener Steve Dillon, MD & Phil Maguire Gal Mayer, MD Robert B. Wilson Discwoman Peter Meacher, MD & Ken Robinson Edie Windsor* & Judith M. Diving for Life Foundation, Inc. Nedrow Fund at Kasen-Windsor The Dowling Family Fidelity Charitable Benjamin Wiseman James T. Evans, Ph.D., Esq. New York Gay Pool League Mabel Wong & Germaine Z. Chan Scott Fein Rosie O’Donnell Andrea Woodner Eric M. Ganz, MD Kirstin Olsen & Eric Voelkel Nicholas Worden Kate Gessner William Pagano, MD Eric Yarbrough Alan M. Getz & Francois Bouchet Sean & Barry Godfrey-Reives Jerry Pagliari * deceased
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33 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura A. Jacobs, LCSW-R, Chair Lisa Ayn Padilla, JD, LL.M. Private Practice Psychotherapist We Cann Heal, LLC
Lanita A. Ward-Jones, Vice Chair William Pagano, MD, MPH Manager Administration Retired Internal and The Beacon Theater Preventive Medicine Physician
Matthew Cohen, Treasurer Allison Palmer Vice President Communications & Marketing Signature Bank New York Public Library
James T. Evans, JD, PhD, Secretary Shane S. Spicer, MD Counsel Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Columbia University
Justus Eisfeld June Stafford, RN Independent Consultant Registered Nurse Former Co-director New York Presbyterian Hospital, GATE – Global Action for Trans* Equality Columbia University Medical Center
Daniel McGee Managing Director National Lawyers Guild Foundation
34 SENIOR STAFF
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