Meet our Community Advisory Board
Michael Stoutmire
Michael Stoutmire serves as Director of Operations and Administration at Ripple Effect 22 (RE22), where he supports programs focused on youth empowerment and life skills development. Originally from Alabama, he also serves as Administrative Pastor at Glad Tidings Church in San Francisco and is an alumnus of Auburn University and Liberty University.
Nasheedah Bynes-Muhammad
Nasheedah Bynes-Muhammad has over 30 years of experience in nonprofit leadership focused on improving outcomes for children, adolescents, and families. In her role as Director of Operations at Positive Growth Inc., she supports residential care, behavioral health initiatives, and trauma-informed community programs that promote equity, healing, and long-term wellness.
Dan Fitzgerald
Dan has been living with HIV since the early eighties and was a member of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) since inception in 1984. He served as Secretary Of the National Community Advisory Board (NCAB) and then Chair of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study/Women’s Interagency HIV Study (MACS/WIHS) Combined Cohort Study. He is retired from a career in international financial systems consulting and is from the Chicago area where he is an active tour guide with the Chicago Architecture Center, giving walking, bus, and river boat tours of the amazing Chicago architecture.
Queen Hatfield
Queen Hatfield has over 20 years of experience with the Mississippi Department of Transportation in the Information Systems Division and has served as a Community Advisory Board Representative for the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study. She is also the founder of Grace is Power and is completing her Master of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Project Management in July 2026.
John Wikiera
John Wikiera is a New York State Certified Peer Worker and long-term HIV survivor with more than 30 years of experience supporting and advocating for people living with HIV. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the AIDS Institute’s Consumer Advisory Committee, Chair of the NY Statewide Peer Network, and a Peer Coach for the Aging with HIV SPNS project, where he focuses on peer mentorship, and improving quality of care through lived experience.
Laura Thomas
Laura Thomas is the Director of Harm Reduction Policy for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, where she leads work on local and state legislation on harm reduction and substance use health. She has been advocating on HIV and public health issues in San Francisco for over 30 years, since becoming involved in AIDS activism through ACT UP.