About AFA
• The Agency
 • Contact Us
 • Board of Directors
 • Medical Advisory Council, and Professionals & Artisans Council

The Agency

Aid For AIDS (AFA) prevents homelessness and hunger and improves the quality of life and independent living for those living with HIV/AIDS.  

The agency was founded 27 years ago by a small group of friends to help others in the community devastated by AIDS. AFA is a resilient non-profit that has grown into the premier service provider of financial assistance and other support  to persons impoverished and disabled by HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. Among those early directors of the organization was gay and lesbian civil rights activist Morris Kight.

AFA helps eligible individuals and families pay for the necessities of life: housing, utilities, transportation, nutritional supplements, medications not covered by insurance, and fresh food.  Assistance is intended as limited help, supplementing existing income or providing short-term emergency financial assistance pending receipt of other support, such as government benefits.  Many dependent children currently live in AFA-assisted households, and more than 60% of clients are persons of color. A consistent focus on careful management and integrity of purpose has enabled AFA to apply 90% of revenue to fund client programs. Since it's founding in 1983, AFA has touched the lives of more than 16,000 men, women, and children.

Staying ahead of today’s dramatic challenges for non-profits and continuing a history of effective fiscal management, Aid For AIDS completed a merger in February of 2009 with The Serra Project.  Serra has served the region for more than two decades by offering supportive services and housing to HIV/AIDS-impacted individuals and families. Serra programs include group homes licensed as Residential Care Facilities for the Chronically Ill for those needing a high level of care, as well as rental units for permanent/supportive housing for those with mental health challenges or chemical dependency who are able to live outside of a group setting. Our merged organization provides a broader continuum of care for those living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.

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West Hollywood Mayor, Council Members and AFA Executive Director Terry Goddard II at the 2003 Re-dedication of the West Hollywood Memorial Walk on World AIDS Day.  Following the ceremony, the displayed Plaque moved to its permanent, outdoor setting. The Memorial Walk is a joint project of the City of West Hollywood and AFA. The purchase of Memorial Walk bronze plaques help support Aid For AIDS.  For more information click here.

The Keystone Plaque and the Memorial Walk Re-dedication Plaque are located at the two northern corners of Crescent Heights Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard intersection, West Hollywood, CA.

 

Contact Us

Client Services Address:
 8235 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200
West Hollywood, CA  90046

Lobby hours (Monday through Friday)
10 AM to 4 PM
To better serve clients, please call for an appointment.
Walk-ins are welcome on Thursdays.

Telephone:  323-656-1107
 FAX:  323-650-4323

 


Headquarters Address:
825 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA  90041

Main Telephone: 323-344-4888

Executive Office

Terry Goddard, Executive Director
323-344-4899

Accounting

Raul Pavia, Chief Financial Officer
323-344-4885                                                             

Cary Monette, Accounting/Office Assistant
 323-344-4887

Development / Fundraising

Alex Strautman, Director of Development and Communications
323-344-4880

Jeannette Bondurant, Marketing Communications Manager
323-344-4882

Jamie Ju, Special Events Coordinator
323-344-4883

Linda Forman, Grants Manager
323-344-4881

 

 

Client Services

Susan McGinnis Esq., Director of Operations                323-344-4898

Maribel Ulloa, Program Manager, Direct Financial Assistance/Housing Case Management
323-344-4870

Yolanda Gomez, Housing Case Manager
323-656-1107, ext. 2103

Rick Narvaez, Housing Case Manager
323-656-1107, ext. 2104

Housing Opportunities With AIDS Short Term Assistance Program (HOPWA - STAP) Central Coordinating Office

Vicki Freda, HOPWA STAP CCA Manager
323-344-4890

Jeffred Armas, HOPWA STAP CCA  Monitor
323-344-4891

Enrique Castro, HOPWA STAP CCA  Monitor
323-344-4892

Miguel Fernandez, HOPWA STAP CCA Housing  Analyst
323-344-4896

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Board of Directors
 

PRESIDENT
Brenda Goodman, R.Ph.                                                                
Vice President, Specialty Pharmacy, ModernHEALTH              

Vice President
Woody Sides                      
Vice President, Medco Health Solutions       

Secretary
Sallie Olmsted MacKinnon                       
Executive Vice President, Rogers & Cowan           

TREASURER
John Monahan
Former President (Ret. 2008), State Sponsored Business, WellPoint, Inc.

Members-At-Large 

Jim Crane
John Aaroe Group, Real Estate

W. David Hardy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Katherine Murray, Esq.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

 

Fred Poston
Vice President, Operations, The Hub, a Discovery/Hasbro Joint Venture

 

Brian Schield, Esq.
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP

 

John A. Sonego
Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Affairs, UCLA School of Public Health

 

Warren R. Wimmer

Wimmer Associates

 

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(left)  Honorary Board Member Tom Gregory and David Bohnett Foundation founder David Bohnett, at the Toy Box Party hosted at their home. Donated toys were distributed across Los Angeles County through many of AFA's client referral agencies.

Medical Advisory Council (MAC)

Peter A. Anton, M.D.*
Professor of Medicine, UCLA AIDS Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

W. David Hardy, M.D.*
Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Phillip A. Musikanth, M.D.*
Private Practice, Synergy Medical Associates
Director Emeritus, Aid For AIDS Board of Directors

Dale Prokupek, M.D.*
Private Practice, Los Angeles
Specialty: Gastroenterology

Kalvin Yu, M.D.
Chief of Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles
Director HIV Clinic and HIV/Hepatitis Co-infection Clinic, Kaiser West Los Angeles

*Founding Members

Professionals & Artisans Council of AFA  (PAC)

Nelson Fernandez
 Host, Sunday Edition on 97.1FM

Kerry Flowers
Founder, Genre Hotels

 Janet Kinosian
 Journalist/Writer,  LA Times, LA Times Magazine, People, & Author of  "The Well-Rested Woman"

Sallie Olmsted MacKinnon                       
Alliance for Housing and Healing Board Member, EVP Rogers and Cowan

Tom Pardoe
 Director/Producer/Choreographer, "Best In Drag Show";

Choreographer, Teacher

John Paschal
President, JPI Studios

 Pete Riherd
Advertising Sales Manager, Entertainment Weekly

Mark Stuplin
Sr. Production Travel Executive,  E! Entertainment & Style Network
Nee Tang, Pharm. D.,  MPH, CDE

Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center

Ken Williams, Jr. 
Owner/Graphic Designer,  The Graphics Quarter
 

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