Board of Directors
Condessa Curley, M.D. | Chair
Dr. Condessa Curley completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her Medical Degree from the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and completed her residency in Family Medicine with a fellowship in Maternal and Children’s Health at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine/CHMC Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Curley obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. She is board-certified in Family Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) and a Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Curley is a Cohort 13 Alumna of the California Health Care Foundation Fellowship Program. This program broadens Fellows’ management skills and sharpens their leadership capacity on gaining insights into the trends and challenges facing health care in California. Dr. Curley is a George Mason University 2024 Climate Health Equity Fellow (CHEF). CHEF trains doctors to become leaders in climate and health equity, advocacy, and policy solutions. She is a member of the National Medical Association and has served as a board member of the Charles R. Drew Medical
Society in Los Angeles, California.
Currently, she serves as a Medical Director of Clinic Services for one of the nation’s largest public health departments and has served as lead team member for Ebola, TB, and COVID 19 Outbreak Management. Dr. Curley has served as a board member of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) since 2008 and as of 2026 is Chair of the Board. AHF is the world’s largest AIDS organization and the largest HIV care provider in the United States. AHF now operates in 50 countries, currently with 77 treatment clinics throughout the U.S., and an additional 1032 clinics in the 49 other countries throughout the world, with over 2,800,000 plus lives in care worldwide.
Dr. Curley is the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgments for her years of volunteer work on the continent of Africa, the United States and Haiti in marginalized and low-income communities. She is the co-founder and CEO of Project Africa Global (PAG) Inc., a 501C3 non-profit 100 percent volunteer organization. Dr. Curley, her husband and hundreds of PAG volunteers have, since 2001, provided opportunities for students (foster youth, high school, undergraduate and graduate), lay and professional volunteers to deliver medical/surgical/dental, humanitarian, social and educational services to underserved populations in Africa, Haiti and the United States. Working closely with Academic Institutions, Ministries of Health, Education and Economics as well as Non-Governmental Organizations she has ensured their work will be sustainable by delivering Bi-Directional evidenced based training with in-country, nurses, doctors and ancillary health care providers.
Dr. Curley served as an enlisted and commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserves both in peacetime and during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her passion, to ensure the health and wellbeing in marginalized populations, both locally, nationally and internationally thorough the development of sustainable community partnerships, programs and collaborations continues to be the fuel that drives her.
Angelina C. Wapakabulo | Vice Global Chair
Mrs. Angelina C. Wapakabulo is the High Commissioner. In February 2009, the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, appointed Wapakabulo Uganda’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya as well as Uganda Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Program and UN-HABITAT. Wapakabulo has been associated with AHF since 2001 and served as the bureau advisor for the East/West Africa Bureau for three years.
William Arroyo, M.D. | Vice-Chair of Advocacy
Cynthia Davis | Board Secretary
Cynthia Davis has a Master’s degree in public health from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is an Assistant Professor and Program Director in the College of Medicine and College of Science and Health at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Davis was instrumental in the development of the first dedicated mobile HIV testing project in Los Angeles County in 1991.
She joined AHF’s board of directors in 1988, served as an advocate for the development of the first women’s HIV treatment clinic in South Los Angeles, and helped develop and operate Agape House, a residential care facility for HIV positive women and their dependent children. She also initiated the nationally and internationally recognized Dolls of Hope Project, which makes and distributes handmade cloth dolls for HIV/AIDS orphans. She is passionate about her work and has been tireless in her efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS on a local, national and international level.
Rodney L. Wright, M.D.
Rodney L. Wright, MD, MS, has been actively involved in research, treatment, and education aimed at combating HIV/AIDS since the 1980s. Dr. Wright is currently the Director of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Montefiore Medical Center – Wakefield Campus and an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, NY. Dr. Wright received his MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a maternal fetal medicine specialist focusing on the needs of HIV+ women. He has conducted research as an investigator with the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG).
Dr. Wright was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to the NY State AIDS Advisory Council and was co-chair of the Care Committee for the Governors Task Force to End the AIDS Epidemic in NY State. He is also co-chair of the New York State Perinatal HIV Guidelines Committee. In addition to his work domestically, Dr. Wright frequently works in Sub-Saharan Africa and is actively involved with the Human Resources for Health Program, which provides medical education and training in Rwanda.
Curley Bonds, M.D. | Board Member
Dr. Curley Bonds is a professor and former chair of psychiatry at the Charles Drew University School of Medicine and Science. He holds a dual appointment as a health sciences clinical professor in psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
He is the Chief Deputy Director for Clinical Operations for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Diana Hoorzuk
Diana Hoorzuk is a councilor in the local government structure of eThekwini Municipality based in Durban, South Africa.
Hoorzuk is also employed as an admin manageress in a company dealing with people search and as a council member of the Mangosuthu University of Technology.
Steve Carlton | Treasurer
Steve Carlton is Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for the insurance subsidiaries of Universal American Corp. He also serves and Chief Privacy Officer for all of Universal American Corp.’s business units. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Regulatory Counsel for the Georgia Department of Insurance. He received his J.D. from the University of Georgia and his B.A. in Economics from Emory University, magna cum laude. Steve currently resides in Orlando, Florida.
Scott Galvin | Board Member
Scott Galvin is the longest-serving Councilman in North Miami's history. He served from 1999-2024. A graduate of North Miami Senior High School and Florida International University, he also serves on the board of directors for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Professionally, Galvin works in the non-profit field.
During his tenure, Councilman Galvin has sponsored legislation creating the Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve. He has advocated for parks and open spaces, as well as founded the Arch Creek East Neighborhood Association and the North Miami Historical Society. In 2022, the city named a 35,000 square-foot facility the 'Scott Galvin Community Center' in honor of his decades of work.
As the City of North Miami's first openly gay elected official, Galvin is also the longest-serving LGBTQ legislator in the state of Florida.
Agapito Diaz | Board Member
Agapito Diaz has dedicated a lifetime of service to public transit/transportation at the local and state levels. He served as the director of revenue for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and completed a dedicated 12-year tenure of service for the New York City Department of Transportation. Diaz graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in public administration and received a master’s in education from Rutgers University.
Anita Williams | Board Member
Anita Williams has worked in the field of HIV/AIDS and Public Health for 30 years, and has been an advocate for affected & infected individuals. She is the co-founder, and Senior VP of Project Africa Global, Inc, a non-profit with an emphasis on education, orphans, and medical and humanitarian services in both the USA & Africa. She is the Vice President of a non-profit The Economic Development Fund Foundation and was awarded the African Diamond Award by African Vibe Magazine for creating sustainable health solutions within African communities”.
She is a long time Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care, as well as a volunteer and benefactor for Whitney Young Continuation High School, Los Angeles. She is an advisory member for both The ZONDLE Boys Home & Orphanage, and McCorkindale’s Children Village & Farm in Manzini, Swaziland. She served as the Principal investigator “Prospective study on the risk of HIV transmission in neonatal blood and blood product transfusion recipients early in the HIV epidemic. Anita received her BSN from Florida A & M University in Tallahassee, Florida.
Jammie Hopkins, DrPH, MS, MSCR | Board Member
As a health equity scientist, educator, and wellness professional, Dr. Jammie Hopkins is committed to operating at the intersections of research, practice, and policy to promote healthy lifestyles and eliminate health disparities among vulnerable populations. Dr. Hopkins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine, and an Adjunct Lecturer at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Hopkins’ research and practical interests center on policy, systems, and environmental change (PSE) approaches to prioritize and re-engineer physical activity, healthy eating and other lifestyle behaviors into community, organizational, and clinical settings.
Dr. Hopkins earned a BS in Exercise Science from University of California, Davis; a MS in Kinesiology from California State University, Fullerton; and a Doctor of Public Health degree (DrPH) from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He completed a Health Policy Leadership postdoctoral fellowship in the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and a Masters of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) from Morehouse School of Medicine.
As a lifelong advocate for social justice and health equity, Dr. Hopkins dutifully serves on the Board of Directors for Impulse United and Impulse Group Atlanta social advocacy affinity groups of AIDS Healthcare Foundation. He also served on the Board of Directors for In The Meantime Men’s Group in Los Angeles, CA.
Albert Ruiz | Board Member
Albert Ruiz has been an advocate for AIDS Healthcare Foundation since its inception in 1987. He was instrumental in the development of the “WEHO Lounge” -- AHF’s flagship HIV testing site/coffeehouse.
Confronting his own HIV status head-on, Albert became a certified HIV testing counselor. He began testing at “Out of the Closet” stores and AHF Wellness Centers. Ultimately, Albert advanced into Program Management in the AHF Public Health Division. In his 15 years of service, Albert oversaw the development and implementation of AHF’s Wellness Center programs across the United States.
A believer in lifelong learning, Albert has attended East Los Angeles College, California State University Los Angeles, and the Southern California School of Culinary Arts. Albert looks forward to advancing the mission of the Foundation.
Michael Kahane | Domestic Vice Chair
Jonatan Gioia | Board Member
