Alliance Board

Alliance Announces New Deputy Executive Director/Chief Program Officer Tamara Green

Alliance is proud to welcome Tamara Green as our new Deputy Executive Director/Chief Program Officer. Tamara has decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, most recently as Chief Program Officer at The Fortune Society. Before that, she served as Associate Commissioner at the NYC Department of Homeless Services, and held leadership positions at Communilife and Harlem United. Welcome, Tamara!

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Alliance Welcomes Dr. David Berger to Board of Directors

Dr. David Berger, CEO of SUNY University Medical Hospital at Downstate was elected to join Alliance’s Board of Directors. With more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience at several academic institutions, Dr. Berger leads the University Hospital at Downstate inpatient and outpatient services, accountable care organizations, community health centers, home care, and other related entities.

Dr. Berger’s expertise in healthcare will be invaluable to advancing Alliance’s work to provide services and resources that equip people to navigate systemic inequities and achieve health and well-being. His appointment was covered in NYN’s First Read and Philanthropy News Digest.

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Alliance for Positive Change Announces New Board Members

(New York, N.Y.)—Alliance for Positive Change, which for three decades has provided low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions with access to quality health care, housing, and harm reduction, today announced the election of three new members to its Board of Directors.

The three new Board Members are: Jennifer S. Gordon, Esq., of Paramount Global, Nick Holmes, MBA, of Microsoft, and Andres Nieto of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. All have begun two-year terms.

“Since our founding days, Alliance has always been fortunate to receive the expertise and knowledge of a committed Board that cares deeply about equity and opportunity,” said Board Chair William Toler. “We are incredibly grateful to welcome Jennifer, Nick and Andres, all whose expertise and passion for change will not only help our organization to grow but for our program participants to experience positive change.”

About Alliance for Positive Change

Alliance for Positive Change is a leading multiservice organization that provides low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic conditions with access to quality health care, housing, harm reduction, coaching, and our renowned peer training and job placement program that cultivates leadership and economic mobility. Alliance opened in 1991, at the height of the HIV crisis—a welcoming community of transformation and opportunity. Today, we deliver on the promise of Positive Change with services and resources that equip people to navigate systemic inequities and achieve health and well-being. Learn about all the ways we inspire Positive Change at www.alliance.nyc.

Jennifer S. Gordon, Esq.

Nick Holmes, MBA

Andres Nieto