Ronald Johnson

Ronald S. Johnson currently serves as the Vice President of Policy and Advocacy of AIDS United, a national organization that achieves its mission to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States through national, regional and local policy/advocacy, strategic grantmaking, and organizational capacity building.  AIDS United was formed from the merger of AIDS Action and the National AIDS Fund.  Mr. Johnson had served as the Deputy Director of AIDS Action. Prior to joining AIDS Action, Mr. Johnson served as the Associate Executive Director of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC).  In that capacity, he managed GMHC’s public policy, advocacy and government relations functions and served as a member of the senior management.  Prior to coming to GMHC in November 1997, Mr. Johnson served for five years in the Office of the Mayor, City of New York as the first Citywide Coordinator for AIDS Policy.  Mr. Johnson also has served as the executive director of a community-based organization in New York City, the Minority Task Force on AIDS. Mr. Johnson has served on numerous boards of directors of non-profit agencies, including Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Lambda Legal, and the NAMES Project, and was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 1996-2001. Conversations Contributors
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