David Barr - Director, Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness  
David Barr serves as the Director of the Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness, a project of the Tides Network and ITPC and will be responsible for programmatic and financial details and reporting.
Mr. Barr, associated with Tides Foundation since 2002, is a longtime HIV treatment advocate and educator. He began this work in 1985 at Lambda Legal Defense and Education as a Staff Attorney, working on many of the first legal challenges to HIV-related discrimination. From 1990 – 1997, he was the Director of Treatment Education and Advocacy at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the world’s first and largest AIDS service provider and educator. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Drug Policy Alliance in 2001 – 2002. He was a member of ACT UP/New York from 1987 – 1991 and a founding member of the Treatment Action Group. He was a member of the National Institute of Medicine’s AIDS Roundtable from 1989 - 1992. As a consultant, he has worked for the Ford Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, the NIH National Institute of Mental Health, the New York State Department of Health, UNDP and UNAIDS.
Mr. Barr was the founding Executive Director of the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research at George Washington University School of Public Health from 1997 – 2001. The Forum, a collaboration of government agencies, community advocates, clinical researchers, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies; develops research agendas to improve the medical management of HIV/AIDS. As Executive Director of the Forum, Mr. Barr organized the very first meetings to discuss such topics as: adherence to HIV medicines (1997), metabolic consequences of HIV treatment (1998), developing outcomes research agendas for HIV medical management (1999), and utilizing directly-observed therapy for HIV treatment (2000).
Mr. Barr brings with him a long history in developing collaborative projects to further access to HIV treatment. These efforts include:

• The Community Constituency Group of the AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) at the NIH Institute of Allergies and Infection Disease - This was the first effort to bring people living with HIV/AIDS into the development of the clinical research process. Mr. Barr served on the ACTG Executive Committee, the first time a person living with HIV/AIDS ever sat on an executive body of a clinical research program. The CCG has been in existence since 1990 and includes diverse representation from HIV-affected communities throughout the United States.


• United for AIDS Action – Mr. Barr coordinated this coalition of over 400 organizations to advocate for government action on HIV/AIDS. The coalition staged the largest HIV demonstration in history with over 25,000 people in attendance in 1992.


• National AIDS Treatment Advocates Forum – With Mr. Agosto-Rosario, Mr. Barr organized the first national HIV treatment advocacy and education forum bringing together hundreds of community educators, held annually since 1993. GMHC Treatment Education program – This program, started in 1993, provides treatment education for people living with HIV/AIDS through materials development, workshops, counseling programs, etc.

Moises Agosto-Rosario - Project Manager
Moisés Agosto-Rosario is a longtime treatment advocate and educator for people living with HIV and AIDS. He coordinates all Collaborative Fund activities in Latin America, West/Central Africa and the Caribbean. A frequent public speaker and writer in both English and Spanish, Mr. Agosto-Rosario has played a crucial role in ensuring that communities of color have equal access to care, treatment, and lifesaving information and has won numerous awards for his work with the HIV community. Previously, he was a health communications consultant.
Before starting consulting, he was the Vice President Managing Director for Community Access, a Nelson Communications Company and member of the Publicis Healthcare Group. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Agosto-Rosario served as Director of Research and Treatment Education and Advocacy for the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for the development, implementation, and management of all treatment education components for NMAC’s numerous educational programs. In addition, Mr. Agosto-Rosario oversaw all advocacy activities related to treatment access, AIDS biomedical research, and founded the North America AIDS Treatment Action Forum, an important international conference organized annually by NMAC.
Prior to joining NMAC, Mr. Agosto-Rosario served as the editor of SIDA Ahora, the Spanish publication of the People with AIDS Coalition of New York, and was an active member of ACT UP. Mr. Agosto-Rosario has served on numerous community, industry, and government advisory boards, including the Health and Human Services National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development; the board of the Forum for Collaborative AIDS Research; and the ACTG Community Constituency Group. At present, he is the co-chair of the Ad Hoc Minority Research Group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council and is an active member of the AIDS Research Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He sits on the Treatment Advisory Board of NMAC and on the New York City Commission on AIDS. Mr. Agosto-Rosario graduated in 1988 from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, with a B.A. in Literature and Education. He is currently residing in Puerto Rico.

Andy Quan - Project Manager
Andy is based in Sydney, Australia and is Canadian by birth, and Chinese by origin. He feels privileged to work with so many amazing, committed, and passionate individuals associated with the Collaborative Fund processes in Asia and internationally.  He coordinates all activities in the South Asia, Southeast Asia and China regions for the Collaborative Fund. 
Andy Quan has worked in the world of HIV/AIDS since 1997, first as a project manager for Rubberstuffers, a gay mens' health promotion agency in London, England, and since 1999 as the international policy officer for the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, working with a particular focus in Southeast Asia. His areas of specialization have included the role of community and affected communities in responding to HIV/AIDS, community involvement in HIV vaccine development and access to treatment issues, and his reports and articles on these issues and on various meetings related to the issues have been published widely.

Michelle Coffey – Project Manager
As Project Manager, Michelle works closely with the New York Office Director to manage and lead Tides’ philanthropic service delivery. Her areas of focus includes Criminal Justice Reform, Arts and Culture and International grant making. Michelle Coffey joined Tides as a Program Officer in the New York Office in 2001. Prior to joining Tides, Michelle served as a Program Officer for the New York Foundation for the Arts and is grounded in the arts and culture community. Her professional affiliations have been with the Grantmakers Without Borders, Funders Concerned about AIDS, National Association of Artists’ Organizations and Walker Art Center. Michelle attended Carleton College in Minnesota.

Susie Lim- Coordinator
Susie Lim has previous worked as Director of Community Affairs for City Council Member Eva Moskowitz for two years. She supervised the Council Member’s District Office while liaising with community groups in New York City. Her past experiences also include working as an Americorp VISTA for Habitat for Humanity – NYC. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Stuyvesant High School. Susie oversees internal grant and financial administration for the Collaborative Fund in the New York office.

Aimee Gaudette - Program Assistant
Aimee Gaudette is the new Program Assistant with The Collaborative Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness as of May, 2007. Prior to this position, Aimee was working as a Region Assistant for the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment (BCUE). BCUE is a nonprofit that focuses on educating New York City children about their Urban Environment, covering topics such as: park life, water treatment, structural analysis, and mapping. She has also worked as a Legal Assistant at a small law firm, and as the Constituent Liaison for a New York City Council Member. Aimee graduated from Fordham University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications.