An experienced leader, A. Toni Young brings more than 25 years of experience in developing and implementing social innovations in order to effectively meet the diverse needs of marginalized communities. In 1993, she founded, what is now called the Community Education Group (CEG) to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC. Serving as the Chief Executive Officer, Toni has been successful in her fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic by delivering strategic, creative, and cost-effective outcomes including building local and national coalitions, developing a returning citizens program that trained and hired returning citizens to be local case managers and testers; and creating a tablet-based enrollment form linking real-time local Medicaid and Medicare data and services.
She consults with the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Organization regularly on a regular basis to provide program insight and support for grant funding. Toni also serves as an advisor to The George Washington University District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research and the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services.
She was previously responsible for the National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, sponsored by the Office on Women’s Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. She co-chaired HIV/AIDS Prevention Groups in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. She has spoken at and conducted international workshops on HIV/AIDS prevention in Australia, Mexico, and South Africa.
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The Learning Phase includes:
Connecting Clinical Trial Sponsors: Bringing sponsors and local EQBMED-selected sites together to work as partners.
Sharing Key Learnings: Sharing important lessons learned from these partnerships.
Building Robust Infrastructure: Creating a strong support system that continues to support the growth and aspirations of local sites.
