President Clinton Signs Executive Order for Creation of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and Announces Twenty-Three Members of the Council

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Jun 15'95

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For Immediate Release June IS, 1995
PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS EXECUTWE ORDER FOR CREATION OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HIV/AIDS AND ANNOUNCES
TWENTY-THRE MEM3ERS OF THE COUNCIL
The President yesterday signed an Biecutive Order for the creation of a Presidential
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Pursuant to the Presidents Executive Order, the Council
will be established at the Department ot Iealth and Human Services to: provide advice,*
information and recommendations regarding programs and policies to promote effective
prevention of HIV diseuse, advance research on HIV and AIDS, and promote quality services
to persons living with HIV disease and AIDS.
The President also announced today that Secretary Shalala will appoint the following
23 individuals to serve on the Council. The Council will be composed of not more than 30
individuals, seven of whom will be announced at a later date.
R. Scott HItt of California, who will serve as Chair of the Council, is a
nationally recognized medical doctor who practices with the Pacific Oaks
Medical Group, the country's largest private practice health care providers for
patients with HIV disease. Dr. Hitt has been recognized for his philanthropic
work on behalf of AIDS servig-ormaiedns. He serves on the Board of
Directors of AIDS Project Los Anteles
Terje Anderson of Vermont is ahi AILS Program Chief for the Vermont Department
of Health and founder of the Vermont Committee for AIDS Resources, Education and
Services (Vermont CARES),
Regina Aragon of California laths Deputy Director for Public Policy for the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation, In additio,.Ms. Aragon was formerly Chair of the
CAEAR Coalition (Cities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief), which represents the
nation's 42 cities hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic.
Mary Boland of New Jersey is Director of the National Pediatric and Family HIV
Resource Center at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in
Newark. She is a registered nurse who has worked in the pediatric and adolescent
HIVIAIDS wards since 1983 when HIV was first diagnosed in children.
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