CHAIRMAN EMERITUS.

HIV positive since 1985, Jerry began volunteering in the HIV epidemic in 1985 as a group discussion facilitator, community forum planner, and board member of Stop AIDS Project in San Francisco. He developed the city’s Safe Sex and Intimacy Workshop, co-developed a disability workshop for UCSF’s AIDS Healthcare Project and AIDS Benefits Counselors. After a move to San Diego in 1998 he became a peer advocate at Being Alive and facilitated a peer support group. In 2000 he completed CRIA’s HIV Treatment of Education program. He joined POZabilities board in 2015. His awards include the 2022 Dr. Brad A. Truax HIV Care, Treatment, and Support Services Service Award; the 2012 San Diego Pride Champion of Pride Award, the 1997 San Francisco Points of Light Award, and the 1996 Sam B. Pucket Memorial HIV Prevention Award. He retired in 2024. He lives in San Diego making fabric art.