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

Vanessa Smith
Executive Director

Peaches Fondern
Director of Operations

Flora Digby
Director of Finance

Marcus Flenaugh
Youth & Family Director

Harold Cherry
Outreach/Testing Supervisor

Charles Nelson
Program Coordinator

Ahmad Williams
Program Coordinator

Candise Green
Program Director

Pearl Jackson
Team Leader/ Community Healthcare Provider

Jeffery Applewhite
Community Healthcare Provider

Tavarla Harrell
PREP Navigator

Michael Harris
Psychosocial Case Manager

Darrien Lyles
Community Healthcare Provider

Eugene Lewis
Community Healthcare Provider

Arsenio Garcia
Partnership Coordinator

Erica Hamilton
Housing Case Manager

Michelle Perry
Staff Accountant

Jackie Digby
Office Manger

Sherry Nolen
Medical Case Manager

Arlette Brooks
Correction Case Manager

Jessica Gong
Data Coordinator

Marlon Hulett
Housing Case Manager

Madeline Hu
Intervention Specialist

Andre Myers
Community Healthcare Provider

Gia Simone
Community Healthcare Provider

Lucinda Odea
Case Management Supervisor

Jonathan Harris
Community Healthcare Provider

Carolyn Fenderson
Community Healthcare Provider

Janel Pilate
Community Parent Organizer

Taeko Lucas Clay
Parent Coordinator-
Marcus Garvey Elementary

Gwendolyn Tidwell
Parent Coordinator-
Mt. Vernon Elementary

Wanda Lawson
Parent Coordinator- Esmond Elementary