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Our Executive Leadership

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"For more than 30 years, South Side Help Center  (SSHC) has provided critical services to help negate both violence prevention and the incidence and impact of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. Serving people and strengthening communities is our mission. In March, 2015, SSHC became an affiliate of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, currently providing medical care and/or services to over 700,000 individuals in 38 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. This affiliation further strengthens SSHC’s ability to fulfill its mission.

We encourage you to contact us to engage in the programs and services we offer and to make donations of any amount so we can further strengthen and offer resources to those most at-risk in our communities."


Vanessa Smith
Executive Director

Board of Directors

The AIDS Health Foundation Executive Board

Michael Weinstein, President

Scott Galvin, Secretary

Lawrence Peters, Treasurer

Cynthia Davis, Domestic Vice Chair

Vanessa Smith, Executive Director

McKenzie W. Smith, Advisory Chair

SSHC Advisory Board

McKenzie Smith, Chairman

Jennie Betton

Barbara Morris, Secretary

Hazel White

Melvin Edwards

Mattie Curtis, Treasurer

Linda Caradine-Poinsett

Dr. Rosemary Ricks-Saulsby

Vanessa Smith, Executive Director

South Side Help Center Staff

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Vanessa Smith

Executive Director

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Peaches Fondern

Director of Operations

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Flora Digby

Director of Finance

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Marcus Flenaugh

Youth & Family Director

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Harold Cherry

Outreach/Testing Supervisor

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Charles Nelson

Program Coordinator

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Ahmad Williams

Program Coordinator

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Candise Green

Program Director

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Pearl Jackson

Team Leader/ Community Healthcare Provider

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Jeffery Applewhite

Community Healthcare Provider

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Tavarla Harrell

PREP Navigator

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Michael Harris

Psychosocial Case Manager

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Darrien Lyles

Community Healthcare Provider

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Eugene Lewis

Community Healthcare Provider

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Arsenio Garcia

Partnership Coordinator

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Erica Hamilton

Housing Case Manager

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Michelle Perry

Staff Accountant

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Jackie Digby

Office Manger

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Sherry Nolen

Medical Case Manager

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Arlette Brooks

Correction Case Manager

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Jessica Gong

Data Coordinator

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Marlon Hulett

Housing Case Manager

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Madeline Hu

Intervention Specialist

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Andre Myers

Community Healthcare Provider

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Gia Simone

Community Healthcare Provider

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Lucinda Odea

Case Management Supervisor

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Jonathan Harris

Community Healthcare Provider

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Carolyn Fenderson

Community Healthcare Provider

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Janel Pilate

Community Parent Organizer

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Taeko Lucas Clay

Parent Coordinator-

Marcus Garvey Elementary

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Gwendolyn Tidwell

Parent Coordinator-

Mt. Vernon Elementary

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Wanda Lawson

Parent Coordinator- Esmond Elementary

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