Who We Are

AIDS-Free World is an international advocacy organization with a small staff that works virtually from a dozen locations in the US and Canada, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. Our backgrounds and skills run the gamut of AIDS advocacy, and include specialties in the fields of public speaking, writing and communication; politics and diplomacy; the law; research and analysis; gender and human rights; sociology, public health, development, environment and social justice. AIDS-Free World is a project of Tides Center; AIDS-Free World Canada is a project of Tides Canada Initiatives.

Co-Directors Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis founded AIDS-Free World in 2007.

The rest of the team, in alphabetical order:
Betsy Apple; Steven Estey; Maja Hipkin; Nionne James-Pineda; Christina Magill; Scott Morgan; Joni Seager; Shonali Shome; Maurice Tomlinson; and Michael Wilkerson. Linda Carrier-Walker, Angélique Kidjo, Julio Montaner, and Myroslava Tataryn comprise our Advisory Board.