AHFter Hours Podcast: Recent Episodes
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Get an unfiltered look at all things AHF. We’ll be sharing the tea on what makes AHF a unique organization, hosting professional development seminars, and getting the inside scoop on what’s happening at AHF.
After the Test
Exploring the essential role of AHF’s testing counselors
GUEST BIOS:
Steven Holmes is an HIV testing counselor for AHF based in New York City.
Randy Hubing is also an HIV testing counselor with 14 years of experience at AHF.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[1:44] - More than Testing
The vital role of HIV testing counselors
What does an HIV testing counselor do? It’s more than just getting a “positive” or “negative.” HIV testing counselors also encourage people to improve their sexual health and habits, make safer choices, and understand the history and context of HIV — particularly in the gay community.
Testing counselors also help those with positive results navigate into the next step — helping them feel comfortable, cared for, and prepared for what comes next both in their lives and in their relationship with AHF as a patient.
[8:54] - Connections and Invitations
Meeting people and getting them tested
How do our counselors connect with individuals and encourage them to get tested? It starts with the confidence to speak openly with people from all different backgrounds — “Hi, my name is Randy, and we’re going to have about 20 minutes of conversation about sex.”
That level of comfort doesn’t come easy. It’s cultivated and mastered over time by our expert counselors. After all, that willingness to connect with individuals about sometimes taboo topics could save a life.
[14:14] - Why Testing Matters
Honoring history by refusing to repeat it
Steven and Randy recall the early 80s, when so little was known about HIV that it was being referred to as “gay cancer.” Back then, things like testing, counseling, and organizations such as AHF were nonexistent.
Today, all those resources exist — and it’s in patients’ best interest to take advantage of them. Not only does early testing lead to better outcomes, but from the viewpoint of older activists like Randy who can list loved ones who suffered and died in those early, ignorant days, it’s an act of tribute to those who didn’t have an option to test or receive support.
[19:13] - Testing Positive: What to Expect
What happens when a patient receives that difficult news?
Randy and Steven walk us through what it looks like for a patient who tests positive.
First, it’s important that they understand the initial “one-line-or-two” test is a screening test, not a diagnosis. In all likelihood, a positive result means they have the virus — but not always. Additional testing, such as a blood test, is required for a confirmed diagnosis.
That said, linkage between the patient and AHF begins immediately. They’ll receive support, contact information, and all the info they need to feel informed and empowered about their potential diagnosis. In many cases, they’ll even have the opportunity to start on medications before that confirmation test comes back.
The sooner you start medication, the sooner you become what’s known as undetectable — that means the virus is present in such small quantities in your body that it’s not actively affecting the immune system and is significantly less likely to be passed along to someone else.
RESOURCES:
- [0:01] Find a Provider Through AHF
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
We The People
About our campaign and coalition to bring back true American liberty
GUEST BIO:
Ebonni Chrispin is the Director of Legislative Affairs and Community Engagement for HF Self and Healthy Housing Foundation.
CJ Staples is the national organizer for Dream Defenders.
Abby Langweiler is a volunteer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:29] - What is We the People?
Multiple causes, one unifying mission
Spearheaded by AHF, We the People is a coalition of over 40 organizations covering a wide range of social justice causes — from reducing gun violence to serving marginalized communities. Together, we hope to create one, unified voice in defense of the real American dream — an America that’s safe, equitable, and just for all people. We the People will culminate in a July March located in Florida.
[11:56] - Fighting Against Fear
Turning distrust into community
At the core of We the People is a fight against policies in Florida and elsewhere that encourage people to distrust, fear, and even physically harm each other. When any person can possess a firearm — and when hateful speech towards marginalized communities is at a fever pitch — neighbors feel they can’t trust one another. We the People is about telling the establishment that there is a better way, and that individual citizens will stand together to bring it to fruition. After all, there’s more that unites us than divides us.
[17:28] - Keeping Hope through Heartache
Despite setbacks, hope for a better world endures
Our hosts and guests offer a timely reminder that there’s no place for pessimism or hopelessness in We the People. Even as the world seems to move backwards, there are glimmers of hope — such as the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Alabama’s Black voters rights — that remind us change is possible when people stand together with one voice and demand justice.
Meanwhile, Abby reminds us that even though the news may suggest otherwise, the majority of Americans do in fact support things like background checks on gun sales and other laws to promote safety and fairness. We’re not as divided as the news and some politicians would have us believe.
[25:15] - What If You Can’t March?
You can still make your voice heard
Can’t make the We the People march on July 2nd in Fort Lauderdale? You can still make an impact. There will be sister marches taking place in South Carolina, Chicago, New York, LA, and Houston. Details are available at https://wtpmarch.org.
You can also follow along online @WTPmarch on Instagram and TikTok.
Finally, the coalition will continue to thrive after the march is finished, working to register voters, send mail-in ballots, and more.
RESOURCES:
- [1:24] Healthy Housing Foundation
- [1:36]Dream Defenders
- [1:45]Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
- [1:57] We the People March
- [18:00] About Alabama’s Voting Rights Act
- [31:31] We The People Instagram
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
HIV and Primary Care
Discussing some of the core tenets of AHF
GUEST BIO:
Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler was formerly AHF’s chief medical officer for over a decade, and now serves in an advisory role with AHF and the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Carl Millner is the current chief medical officer at AHF.
Rigness Rush is director of branding for AHF.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:28] - What Does It Mean to be an HIV Primary Care Physician?
Going beyond treating the disease
HIV primary care physicians are primary care providers with special expertise in managing HIV. All providers at AHF must have competency in HIV medicine and primary care, because the reality is that it doesn’t make sense to only address HIV without caring for the whole patient. This is especially true considering HIV raises the risk of other co-morbid conditions, such as high cholesterol and increased risk of heart disease or diabetes. This approach truly saves and transforms lives — just as it transformed Rig’s, who came to AHF as a patient in 2014 and was so inspired by its care that they’re now a director in the organization.
[8:08] - What Makes an AHF Clinic Different?
Unique needs require unique care
AHF offers what we call “wraparound services.” It’s not just about coming in, seeing a provider, and receiving a prescription. It also includes meeting with case managers, benefits counselors, nurses, and more. And while primary care is the goal, it’s all centered around the needs of someone living with HIV. Meanwhile, every person at every clinic is there because they have a true passion for taking care of this unique patient population. AHF is a mission-driven organization, and our clinics are equally mission-driven.
[11:59] - Authenticity and Intimacy
Rigness speaks on the look and feel of AHF clinics
Rig speaks on how an individual living with HIV enters each clinic with a great deal of physical, mental, and emotional factors. That should all be taken into account with the way that patient is received and the experience they have at the clinic. He calls that approach “honest care,” which relies on a sense of authenticity which leads to better retention by engaging the person, not the problem.
[13:47] - Why AHF?
Why should a patient choose AHF when there are other organizations serving this community?
While many other organizations are doing amazing work in the HIV community, Dr. Carl shares that he feels what makes AHF different is the special level of care patients receive at our clinics. “You feel embraced from the beginning to the end of the process…Counselors are warm and receptive, the care management team is helpful.”
He also cites AHF pharmacies as one of the distinct factors that sets AHF apart.
[20:25] - Ending on Advocacy
The missing piece that ties it all together
Dr. Carl emphasizes an earlier point from Rig about another overarching mission at AHF: advocacy. Without the entire organization, and every individual in it, advocating for people with HIV and in the community, AHF’s mission is missing the glue that holds it all together. AHF events, like the We the People march in Florida on July 2nd which will take on LGBTQ rights, abortion, and other human rights violations in the state, are absolutely central to AHF’s values.
RESOURCES:
- [13:47] AHF Healthcare Centers
- [20:25] We the People March
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Meet the Mobilizers
Turning big plans into real action
GUEST BIO:
Jeremy Myers is a Baltimore-raised mobilizer who has been with AHF since 2021.
Taylor Watson is a mobilizer who has been with AHF for three and a half years.
Raymond Thomas is the AHF mobilizer for Washington D.C. He’s been with AHF for approximately eight years.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:43] - “The Five Senses of AHF”
What it means to be a mobilizer
Raymond Thomas eloquently explains the role of mobilizers as the “five senses of AHF.” In local communities, they’re on the ground taking a pulse of what’s going on — touching people, recruiting advocates, and keeping people engaged, interested, and aware of what AHF is fighting for every day.
Meanwhile, Taylor says mobilizers are like the bus — they bring the fuel, the people, and the direction to drive change. Finally, Jeremy describes mobilizers as the people who “fill in the blanks” between plans in meeting rooms and action in the pharmacies, events, and streets.
[5:03] - Two Communities, One Message
The dual audiences of AHF mobilizers
AHF mobilizers speak from two platforms, and toward two audiences — those within the community of people directly affected by AHF, and then those in the wider community to raise awareness. It’s about letting people affected know that AHF is fighting for them and giving them the resources they need, while also informing the larger general public about how they can get involved – and why they should.
[7:30] - Other Names for Mobilizers
If you want to understand mobilizers, hear what they call themselves
“Rally girls.”
“Community organizers.”
“Community disruptors.”
“Community liaisons.”
“Activists.”
“We’re not classy. Our job is to disrupt the order.”
These quotes from this week’s guests show how being a mobilizer can mean many things, and encompass many things. But it all adds up to a nontraditional role that’s not meant to be stuffy, quiet, or “classy.” It’s about being loud and being a voice for the communities AHF is trying to serve.
[10:04] - Uncomfortable But Never In Danger
Keeping mobilizers safe in difficult situations
Considering they’re on the front lines of AHF’s movement, mobilizers are often put into situations they describe as “high-risk” or “uncomfortable,” though none of our guests say they’ve ever felt as though their lives were in danger. They feel it’s their job to go places where others aren’t comfortable going, while also ensuring they and everyone they’re involved with are always safe and secure.
[13:33] - What’s Next
The future goals of AHF mobilizers
In speaking to all three of our guest mobilizers this week about their future goals, one unifying message became clear — the goals are constantly changing with each event, mission, and even from day to day. When asked, “What are your goals?” the response is always: “What event are we working on?” That constantly evolving role can be challenging, of course, but it’s also exciting and invigorating for our mobilizer teams.
“It really isn’t about the numbers sometimes,” Taylor shares.
RESOURCES:
[0:00] AHF Careers
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow Sean Little: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
More than Marketing
Insights into AHF’s communication and events wing
GUEST BIO:
Kevin Makdivichit is the Director of Marketing for AHF in the United States.
Ebonni Chrispin is the Director of Legislative Affairs and Community Engagement for AHF.
Max Alvarez is AHF’s Director of Events and Community Engagement.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:18] - AHF as Event Host
Why AHF is taking an active role in in-person events
International Condom Day. World AIDS Day. Marches, protests, and more. AHF is more active in life, in-person events than ever.
Why? Because it’s important for people to engage. They say that birds flock, fish school, and people tribe. AHF is committed to using our tribe mentality to connect on potentially sticky subjects like STIs, AIDs, and safe sex. When we gather to openly discuss these issues in public, we remove the power of silence to keep us complacent and uncomfortable and we make these topics something that can be addressed openly and effectively.
[4:56] - Starting with Greatest Need
How AHF chooses events and locations
How does AHF choose which events to host or participate in? It all starts with statistics. For example, the efforts surrounding International Condom Day centered around data about where STI rates were off the charts. All planning focused on using those numbers to go where public conversation and education was most needed.
[7:10] - The Next Phase: Finding Partners
Ebonni shares the importance of partnerships for events
AHF isn’t an island. In every event, Ebonni stresses the importance of considering small nonprofits, community leaders, and even local, statewide, and federal elected officials to become potential partners. In order for people to become advocates, they need to have a reason to believe in the cause. That starts with bringing them onboard and making people and organizations of all sizes and backgrounds feel that they’re a part of something historically significant and vital.
[14:57] - Keeping Events Free
Why AHF makes their events free to the public
Kevin relates how the “why” of AHF’s free events is more important than the “how.” Every event, show, protest, and gathering is all about a specific cause or message. It’s about getting more people in seats so they have the opportunity to learn something. The fewer barriers there are to people attending, the more opportunities there are for that learning and transformation to take place.
RESOURCES:
- [2:18] About International Condom Day
- [2:18] About World AIDS Day
- [20:20] AHF Events
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Having the Hard Conversations
About SOFA and how AHF meets our community where they stand
GUEST BIO:
Tatiana Williams represents Transinclusive Group, a trans-led organization in affiliation with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Devina Boga is a member of the SOFA board and is a PhD candidate in the Prevention Science and Community Health Program, as well as a trainee in the Change T32 program.
Vie works with Planned Parenthood as a sexual health educator and works in community partnership with AHF through Decrim 305, striving to decriminalize sex work across the state of Florida.
Valoria Thomas is a former program manager at Broward House over counseling and testing, in an affiliate role with AHF.
Crystal Echevarria is a community mobilizer for AHF, collaborating with other community partners to help educate people on the resources AHF has to offer.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[3:07] - What is SOFA?
More than an advocacy group
Tatiana describes SOFA as a source of community feedback for AHF. Its goal is to initiate important conversations that relate to meeting marginalized communities where they are, allowing those community members to take an active part in that conversation.
Meanwhile, Vie talks about conversations that are already happening behind closed doors to the forefront of public discourse, providing medically accurate information and reducing stigma surrounding these topics.
[19:08] - Lessons from Megan Thee Stallion’s Story
Understanding the roots of domestic violence — and why we fail to trust women
All our guests speak on the very public situation regarding Megan Thee Stallion becoming a victim of domestic violence and evening being shot as a result. The consensus overall is that again and again, even among publicly beloved figures, we doubt their stories until we have irrefutable proof. We ask about the circumstances surrounding their victimhood, whether there was anything they did to “cause” it. And as long as we continue to do that, women will continue to be victimized and kept from being empowered to escape these situations.
[26:16] - Keeping Sex Education in School
Not talking about it doesn’t mean it won’t happen
For many young people, sex education in school is the only sex education available. There’s simply no evidence to suggest that sex education leads to increased sexual activity — in fact, sex education has been proven to reduce unwanted pregnancies, STDs, and other negative impacts to young people’s lives. That all begs the question — why is it continuously being removed from the curriculum? We have to ask ourselves who policies like this serve. Because it certainly isn’t the students and young people who are negatively impacted.
RESOURCES:
- [1:29] About Change T32
- [1:49] About Decrim 305
- [2:07] About Broward House
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Back to BLACC
Learning from and learning about the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition
GUEST BIO:
Imara Canady is AHF’s National Director for communications and Community Engagement as well as the National Chair for the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[3:00] - Made to Serve a Purpose
The Origins of BLACC
In the beginning, AHF founder Michael Weinstein recognized both the responsibility and opportunity to serve the Black community through AHF. Calling on Black board members, he asked for ways to more deeply and authentically connect with that community.
This birthed the ABACT, or AHF Black AIDS Crisis Task Force. In just a few short years, the group had built strong coalitions in communities around the nation, and was able to branch out into other initiatives. These were the beginnings of BLACC.
[11:20] - Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Canady’s perspective on broadening the scope of public health
Imara has found that the message of racism as a public health crisis has strongly resonated in communities across the nation.
“We’ve been socialized to understand the definition of public health from a very linear definition, but really when you look at public health, there are many layers.”
People of color have disproportionately low access to healthy food and general healthcare facilities, leading to lower quality of life and higher risk of medical conditions. Addressing systemic racism directly impacts physical health.
[13:47] - Building Back Trust
Repairing wounds between the healthcare industry and the Black community
BLACC has been hard at work within local Black communities, building a relationship of trust. They started by meeting people and working together to understand their needs, not just instantly pushing the HIV/AIDS approach.
They’ve also earned the trust of communities by not only providing financial support, but being a vocal supporter around issues that truly matter— whether it’s smaller organizations that are disenfranchised or individuals who feel marginalized.
It’s about saying, “Let’s work on these issues together.”
[18:18] - Get Involved
Discover how you can help
Want to help with BLACC’s mission? If you’re within the AHF family of employees, you can send an email to AHFBLACC@ahf.org. Otherwise, you can visit BLACC.net and request more information. No matter what community you're in, it'll link you to the local chapter of BLACC in your area. That’s a great place to start.
RESOURCES:
- [1:13] BLACC Website
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Food for Health
How AHF is serving public health, starting with meeting basic nutritional needs
GUEST BIO:
Whitney Engeran-Cordova is the Vice President of Public Health Programs for AHF.
Carlos Marroquin is the National Director of Food for Health Programs at AHF.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:15] - The Current State
Problems Food for Health is built to address
First up in our conversation, Whitney succinctly addresses the primary issues relating to food insecurity.
“Most food delivery systems are done at a very local level, obviously through churches and through other kinds of institutions. Some of those tend to not be as stable as we would like them to be in terms of how they get the food, how they distribute it.”
Food for Health was designed to bring stability to this system.
[3:38] - Three Models for Success
Varying methods for getting food where it’s needed
The first model for food delivery is food pantries, built to serve people who desperately need food at a very low cost or for free. They offer food that’s healthy, fresh, and designed to meet nutritional needs.
The second model is the AHF Marketplace, which is essentially a storefront. These small grocery stores offer food for sale at very affordable prices, especially designed to be oases in “food deserts”— places where healthy, fresh, and nutritious food is difficult or impossible to find.
Finally, the third model is an experimental concept in which AHF develops a restaurant-style environment. People can come and eat food that’s priced very, very low to be affordable for everyone. This concept is designed to serve people who don’t have the ability to cook their own meals and want hot, well-prepared meals.
[11:59] - The Beginnings of Food for Health
Seeing and meeting dramatic need
Carlos emphasizes that even though the pandemic put food insecurity issues into stark relief, those issues were already quite present before then.
“We saw lines at the food banks that literally people had to wait for hours to get food, and that was prior to the pandemic. When the pandemic hit, it was chaos because now people couldn't go to work, now people were losing their jobs and there was no access to food. There was very little access. And the regional food banks…were struggling to keep up with the demand.”
AHF leaders such as Carlos and Whitney saw there was a need for long-term solutions, not just short-term fixes. This was how Food for Health was born.
[14:32] - The Next Step in A Legacy of Service
Passionate messages on the future of AHF
Whitney and Carlos both believe that this historical moment is a pivotal one when it comes to serving human need worldwide, both for AHF as an organization and each of us as individuals.
“This is the time,” Whitney says, “for us to really lean in. Whether it's about food, whether it's about housing, whether it is about advocacy and holding government accountable for its actions, whether it is in healthcare… this is our time to be of maximum use to the people that we serve.
“AHF was founded on the premise of taking care of those who were dying and giving them a death … with dignity. That turned into other things, and as that turned into our healthcare, it's now turned into our housing, it's turned into food, it's turned into our care for people in STI clinics. It's turned into so many elements of what we've done…This is really in service of our overall greater mission and that it is perfectly in keeping with what we do and what we know we do well, and that this is our time in this global moment to be of maximum service to those that we serve and to our communities.”
RESOURCES:
- [0:01] About Food for Health
- [1:44] About Food Insecurity
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Serving Women at AHF
Turning the spotlight on how AHF provides care and advocacy for women
GUEST BIO:
Cyan Cardy is the Associate Director for Global Advocacy Operations at AHF. She’s been with AHF for five years.
SandyAnn Monroe is the Associate Director of HR for the Southern Bureau and National President of Spark United. She’s been with AHF for seven years
Cassandra Esperat is an SRT pharmacist of four years with AHF and the Director of Advocacy for Spark United.
Oluwakemi (Kemi) Gbadamosi is the Global Director for Policy, Advocacy, and Marketing for Africa Bureau.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:42] - About Girls Act
A response to changing trends
Girls Act was launched in 2006 in response to higher rates of new HIV infections amongst young women and girls. In Africa, the statistics have risen even higher.
Girls Act creates opportunities for girls to live healthier lives and to be able to thrive in their environments. It doesn’t only focus on girls living with HIV, but in fact is about prevention and ensuring everyone has the tools and support they need to stay healthy, reduce unplanned pregnancies, stay in school, or stay in care if they are infected.
[5:48] - About Spark
Another women-centric AHF affinity group
Spark is an affinity group of AHF launched when people within the organization determined their should be a group dedicated to assisting women with overall health and wellbeing — all women and girls, all ages, everywhere.
Key goals of Spark include providing access, resources, and knowledge that’s relevant to the current climate: voting power, menstrual poverty, equity and equality, and personal initiatives launched by Spark members.
[9:33] - The Four Pillars of Girls Act
A foundation to build from when serving girls globally
The four pillars of the girls act are knowledge, mentorship & scholarship, agency, and psychosocial support.
Knowledge relates to skills building and information, reducing power imbalances due to girls simply not having access to education or financial independence.
Mentorship provides support and role modeling so that girls can empower each other, as well as scholarship to help bring education to more girls worldwide.
Agency relates to empowering girls to use their own voices and engage decision makers themselves through leadership, communication, and advocacy training.
Finally, psychosocial support provides strength for girls living with HIV or trying to thrive in challenging circumstances.
[17:18] - The Importance of Menstrual Health and Equality
One of Spark’s central missions explained
One in ten girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss as much as 20% of their school year due to their periods. In addition to giving out sanitary pads so that girls can function better with less disruption while on their periods, Spark is teaching girls how to speak about their body, speak with their peers and family, and end the stigma — including among boys in school — so they and everyone around them can see their periods as natural and normal.
[24:25] - Get Involved with Spark and Girls Act
How you can contribute
The quickest way to get involved and informed on Spark’s mission is to follow them on Instagram (@sparkthe_convo) or send a DM. You can also visit the Spark website at www.sparkunited.org, sign up for a newsletter, and fill out a brief contact form. You’ll usually be contacted within 24 hours about how you can get involved.
To get involved with Girls Act, either message the Instagram (@girlsactinternational) or connect with the country program coordinator or program manager for Girl’s Act.
RESOURCES:
- [1:48] Spark United
- [2:03] Girls Act
- [6:31] About Menstrual Poverty
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
AHF in Europe
Exploring how AHF’s mission is progressing across the Atlantic
GUEST BIO:
Zoya Shabarova is the Europe Bureau Chief based in the Netherlands, covering the UK, Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia, Greece, Portugal, and soon Poland.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[4:36] - Picking Our Places
Deciding where to expand in Europe and beyond
Expanding AHF in Europe and elsewhere is a balancing act. On one hand, the organization’s leaders look for the areas of greatest need, such as Ukraine in recent months. But they also seek opportunities where governments are open to partnerships and policymakers are actively seeking help from organizations such as this one. Where need and opportunity meet, AHF is able to accomplish amazing things.
[7:35] - Caring During Wartime
How AHF’s mission in Ukraine continues even amidst war
AHF’s program activities in Ukraine have not stopped for a moment, thanks to the tireless efforts of AHF team members at every level of the organization. “We were prepared, we had supplies, we had communication, and we really started to provide very efficient care to our patients— and not only patients who continue to be on the site, but patients who were on the road, fleeing for safe places, and also patients who then became refugees in other countries.”
[13:34] - AIDS in Europe: Where We Stand
The status of the fight against HIV and AIDS in Europe
In 2021 the Europe Bureau of AHF celebrated ten years since its establishment in 2011. Since then, the need continues— Eastern Europe is the only part of the world where HIV infection continues to grow. In Western Europe, countries are actively participating in international aid and funding. So AHF’s two primary tasks in the battle are to develop cost-efficient and community-based models for access to care, and providing migrants coming from developing countries with the care they need.
[17:31] - Overcoming Challenges
Unique roadblocks to establishing AHF in European countries
AHF must face and overcome unique challenges to adoption and care everywhere we go, including in Europe. Much of Estonia actively pursues a monopolist healthcare system in which community organizations are kept from providing care. AHF is seeking to help this and other nations see the power of partnership with civil society.
RESOURCES:
- [0:18] AHF’s Global Operations
- [13:47] HIV in Eastern Europe
- [15:55] Healthcare for Refugees in Europe
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Getting to Know Grants
Exploring a vital part of AHF’s operations
GUEST BIOS:
Shibu Sam is the National Director of Contracts for the Aids Healthcare Foundation.
Artur Oktanyan is the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Senior Director of Grants.
Lyle Honig Mojica is the Chief Financial Officer for the Aids Healthcare Foundation.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:35] - Why Grants Matter
Lyle Honig Mojica on the importance of grants
Grants allow AHF to create a partnership with a local government, allowing AHF to expand what we do in the region and support the overall community. Meanwhile, it provides access to other forms of funding for extending AHF’s mission.
[5:03] - Grants Both Ways
How AHF provides grants of its own to smaller organizations
In addition to receiving grant funding (4% of AHF’s budget comes from grants), AHF also provides grant funding to other organizations— particularly during the pandemic. One way we do this is through AHF Fund, a program designed to help organizations at the grassroots level as they seek to improve the lives and wellbeing of people with HIV.
[9:03] - How to Donate
Want to help fund AHF’s mission? Here’s how.
AHF accepts direct donations online through the website using a credit card or, more recently, cryptocurrency. They also accept checks, which are often written by individuals in memory of someone they’ve lost to HIV or AIDS. Some companies— IBM and American Express, for example— will match any donations made by their employees.
RESOURCES:
- [5:03] AHF Fund
- [9:03] How to Donate
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Another Kind of Epidemic
How AHF is combating the opioid epidemic nationwide
GUEST BIO:
Vahe Lepedjian is an Advanced Practice Pharmacist at AHF’s Hollywood flagship pharmacy.
Maxie Sabackic is the Western Regional Director of Pharmacy Operations, overseeing all pharmacy operations within the AHF pharmacies served out of California, Washington, and Nevada.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:09] - It Starts with a Text
A simple beginning to a transformative shift
One day, Vahe texted Maxie about wanting to do more to combat the opioid pandemic. This simple instance of acting on a positive impulse led to the involvement of sales, public health, advocacy, and managed care departments and AHF partners to offer fentanyl test strips to countless patients and community members. Lives were potentially saved at the very first event where the strips were given out, after two people back to report they had detected deadly fentanyl in a drug sample. A couple days later, 300 units were gone after a single day of San Diego Pride.
[7:54] - A Higher-Risk Patient Base
What AHF patients should know
AHF patients are at a higher risk of contracting HIV due to IV drug use, something that pharmacists and clinicians at AHF have to be mindful of when treating them. If fentanyl is injected, even if its been cut into other drugs, it can be fatal.
[12:04] - Spreading the Word, Spreading the Help
Getting knowledge and test strips nationwide
Maxie emphasizes the end goal of AHF’s efforts— fighting the opioid epidemic. They’ve obtained a grant with the Naloxone Distribution Project which provides free units of Narcan, allowing them to hand them out to the community for free. They hope to spread this service to as many states as possible to make the largest possible impact— all while educating pharmacists on their role.
[15:45] - If You’re Struggling with Addiction
The first step is the most important
If you’re struggling with opioid addiction, know that you can always find support. When you’re ready to make a change, AHF will be there to help you make it. AHF can provide Narcan and the training to know how to use it.
RESOURCES:
- [1:41] About the Opioid Epidemic
- [18:49] Host an Event: preventoverdose@aidshealth.org
- [19:37] Prevent-Overdose.com
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Putting the “Care” in Managed Care
Perspectives from our managed care team at AHF
GUEST BIO:
Julio Roberto is a medical social worker out of the Fort Lauderdale bureau.
Karen Haughey is a registered nurse and Vice President of Managed Care, also based in Fort Lauderdale.
Rebeca Rubio is the National Director of Managed Care Operations and Program Development based in Los Angeles.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:13] - Defining Managed Care at AHF
What they do and what it means
Managed care is a far-reaching term at AHF, including everything from providing support for people without a healthcare plan to offering integrated medication management and case management regardless of insurance status.
The overall effect is greater patient care and satisfaction among a group of people who often come into AHF frightened and with no idea how to begin their journey. Managed care provides them with empathy and direction.
[8:04] - Day-to-Day with Patients
What managed care means on the ground
The managed care team’s goal is to soon have a representative available to speak to every single person who walks into an AHF healthcare center. This isn’t currently the norm nationwide among big box insurance companies. In AHF’s vision, everybody will get a care manager and a full team to ensure they get what they need, when they need it— all with a focus on empathy.
[12:20] - Working with Other AHF Business Lines
A culture of collaboration
Managed care works with nearly every line of business at the organization, from finance and IT to the healthcare centers themselves. For example, they work directly with healthcare centers as it relates to patients receiving bills or claims on the health insurance side. If a patient receives a bill, they can communicate with managed care about getting it processed for payment— and ensuring they don’t get surprise bills.
[17:31] - Final Thoughts
What AHF members and patients should know about the managed care team
Karen shares a common refrain she shares at managed care:
“Managed care dances on the edge of all of our contracts, and our regulations, and the mission. When we fall, we always fall on the side of the mission."
The biggest takeaway is that managed care exists to make the mission of AHF— patient health— their personal mission. “When we collaborate on that, or put that together with the mission of AHF, everyone benefits.”
RESOURCES:
- [6:59] AHF Healthcare Centers
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Love & Service in the South
Insights from two of our closest affiliates in the Southern Bureau
GUEST BIO:
Nicole Roebuck is Executive Director of AID Atlanta, an affiliate of AHF since June 2015.
Kelly Allen Gray is the executive director of AIDS Outreach Center in Fort Worth, Texas, an affiliate of AHF since 2017.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:26] - 40 Years in Service
AID Atlanta’s path from grassroots to massive impact
AID Atlanta celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. Nicole shares the organization’s path from a small group of people trying to give people living with HIV and AIDS a better life to operating a healthcare center, enormous case management program, housing programs, prevention and testing services, and more. The key to their longevity? Never losing that early sense of one-to-one service and grassroots energy.
[4:47] - The Evolving Story of AIDS Patient Care
From dark early days to a time of hope
When the AIDS Outreach Center was founded, its purpose was simply to help people with AIDS have an opportunity to die with grace and dignity. As our understanding of HIV and AIDS have evolved, that mission has expanded exponentially. They now offer a full-scale healthcare clinic, dental clinic, nutrition center, and much more. That evolution speaks to the positive evolution of how we’re able to help people live with and move beyond an HIV or AIDS diagnosis.
[10:09] - The Power of Affiliate Partnerships
From closing doors to opening new opportunities
Despite its vital mission, AID Atlanta was once on the brink of closing its doors due to financial constraints. But through the AHF affiliate program, they were able to ensure that the agency continued its legacy footprint in the Atlanta area. Stability, security, and availability for clients have all been the results of that affiliation and AID Atlanta’s continued service.
[25:49] - From Volunteers to Full-Time Staff
Getting involved with these key affiliates
Want to be a part of AID Atlanta or the AIDS Outreach Center? Go online at the links in the Resources section of these show notes to find out how you can serve. Volunteers at these organizations often go on to find more formal positions and make serving in the AIDS and HIV community a lifetime pursuit.
RESOURCES:
- [1:23] AID Atlanta
- [1:51] AIDS Outreach Center, Fort Worth
- [3:39] AIDS Walk Atlanta
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Housing as a Public Health Mission
How AHF is helping change the conversation around housing and human rights
GUEST BIO:
Dominique Eastman is the Regional Property Operations Manager for the Healthy Housing Foundation.
Susie Shannon is the Policy Director for Housing is a Human Right.
Mark Dyer is the Vice President of Operations for Corporate Real Estate and Housing.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:03] - Finding Rooms for Those Who Need Them
Understanding housing as a human right
AHF has recently been buying up vacant properties for the purpose of adaptive reuse—taking existing buildings and infrastructure and converting it into affordable housing for people who are low-income or unhoused. AHF also advocates on behalf of that housing, helping ensure that people are moved into housing quickly so they can begin to experience a stable environment.
[4:09] - Getting Strategic with Building Purchasing
About AHF’s strategy for buying living spaces
AHF focuses on large, empty older buildings—including SROs or vacant residential hotel buildings. There are approximately 10,000 vacant rooms in Los Angeles, and AHF focuses on finding them, acquiring them, improving them, and providing them as housing for unhoused people.
[7:52] - Advocacy First
How AHF is taking steps to protect unhoused or low-income people
AHF’s advocacy efforts relating to rent burdened or unhoused people have included running a national campaign to lift the ban on rent control. They’ve also released a campaign of full-page ads in the LA Times highlighting vacant buildings and how they could be used to house people in need.
[18:55] - How to Get Involved with AHF’s Housing Efforts
Want to contribute to making housing a human right? Here’s how
Dominique stresses that she has an open door policy where anyone can come and be provided with opportunities to contribute. You can also visit healthyhousingfoundation.net or housinghumanright.org, or email HHF management directly.
RESOURCES:
- [1:12] The Healthy Housing Foundation
- [1:14] Housing is a Human Right
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Planning for Plan B
Discussing Plan B after the loss of Roe v. Wade
GUEST BIO:
Brandon Patchett is the Senior Director of Pharmacy for Clinical Services for AHF Pharmacy
Cindy Markarian is the Senior Director of Pharmacy for the Strategic Response Team.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:36] - What Exactly is Plan B?
And what it’s not
Plan B is an emergency contraceptive, taken within 72 hours after intercourse in order to prevent pregnancy. It’s not meant to be used on a routine basis as a contraceptive, and is not an abortion medication. It can be used both in the event of a broken condom or forgotten birth control, and in the rare but awful circumstance of rape.
[3:45] - Availability of Plan B
Finding it and stocking up
While no one should be hoarding Plan B, it is possible to stock up in case of emergencies. AHF pharmacies carry Plan B, and it has a shelf life of multiple years. The best part? All AHF pharmacies offer Plan B absolutely free, whereas many other pharmacies may sell it for as much as $50 per pill.
[7:43] - Pharmacists as Patient Advocates
More than dispensing medication
One thing you’ll find at all AHF pharmacies is that team members are much more than just pharmacists. Their goal is to advocate for patients, helping them overcome barriers and even sometimes remain discreet and confidential. They’re trained to be respectful and non-judgmental, making it as easy as possible to get the solution patients need and provide optimal healthcare.
[9:40] - Not Just HIV Specialists
Taking on public health in all areas
Today’s guests take another opportunity to remind listeners that AHF isn’t just focused on HIV patients. It is made up of public health experts who are dedicated to helping the community in a wide range of ways, and offering Plan B is just one facet of that.
RESOURCES:
- [1:08] AHF Pharmacies
- [1:50] How Plan B Works
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Joy and Identity in Every Community
How affinity groups help serve individuals and unite us all
GUEST BIO:
Jose Ramos is the founder of Impulse Group, as well as the AHF’s National Director of Sales.
Queen Victoria Ortega is International president of Flux and Chief Visionary Officer at the Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center, as well as a volunteer with AHF.
Edwin Elan is National President of Loud, Latino Outreach and Understanding Division
Chela Demuir is Vice President of Flux, an organization that aims to raise the profile of the trans and gender-nonconforming community.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:07] - About Affinity Groups
An essential role and partnership
Affinity groups are groups that are specific to an individual demographic within the community served by AHF, designed to take more focused advantage of AHF’s resources. It’s about taking a group of people and determining their unique needs and how AHF can serve them and help them most effectively.
[8:27] - More than a Disease
Why sexual health and education are so vital
One of the issues relating to sexual health in communities is pathologizing, or the consideration (and ‘treatment’) of trans communities based only on a mindset of disease and sickness. But this misses the larger context when breaking down the numbers around economic health and other factors in the trans community. Affinity groups and AHF resources work together to generate economic empowerment and community health.
[10:28] - Health & Education in the Latino Community
Overcoming misconceptions and miseducation
In the community of Latinos and gay men as a whole, misconceptions and miseducation abound. It’s important that it’s well known that antivirals are very effective, and there are preventative methods available. New diagnoses can be preventable if people are educated and empowered.
[15:00] - A Narrative of Joy
Changing the perspective on black trans people
Coverage of the black trans community is often bleak, pessimistic, and focused on suffering. But Flux helped change the narrative with a photo series and program called Black Trans Joy, showing the joy, highlights, achievements, and journey of the community and proving that it’s not all trauma. It’s been a powerful tool for breaking down barriers and helping black trans people become seen and heard in their fullness of experience.
RESOURCES:
- [1:21] About Impulse Group
- [1:27] About Flux
- [1:27] About Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center
- [1:41] About the Latino Outreach and Understanding Division
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Pharmacies: Our Bridge to Communities
Why it’s about more than filling prescriptions
GUEST BIO:
Jose Ramos is the National Director of Sales for AHF.
Cindy Markarian is Senior Director of Pharmacy, overseeing the strategic response team nationwide.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:09] - More than Medication
The vital role of AHF pharmacies
Cindy speaks on how AHF pharmacies serve as more than just places to provide medication— they’re also AHF’s link to the community, where we can spread the word about all our services and what our pharmacies can provide.
[5:34] - The Power of Credibility
Face-to-face interactions grow trust
Jose Ramos says that providers want to see pharmacists face-to-face, and he’s seen how visiting with pharmacists encourages them to send prescriptions to AHF pharmacies. This is contrast to many big pharmacies, in which both patients and pharmacists are simply numbers in a machine. With AHF, patients feel they can call up and speak to a human being and ask questions.
[15:22] - Starting with Education
Honest conversations are essential
Jose talks openly and frankly about a lot of the ways that PrEP can help serve people who may not know it— or feel comfortable with it. But he says that “education is really where we need to start with a lot of this. There’s so much that’s still not talked about— even just starting with sex education.”
[20:57] - Helping Patients Live Full Lives
Beyond HIV treatment
Cindy stresses that people are now living longer than ever with HIV, and that has meant AHF pharmacies are expanding to serve the full range of health needs of patients. They’ve become experts on dealing with diabetes, even oncology, kidney failure, heart disease, and much more. They’re holistic services, and it’s important that more patients are aware of that. It’s about more than just HIV.
RESOURCES:
- [1:43] Find an AHF Pharmacy
- [7:09] What is PrEP?
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
The Amazing Affiliates
Working hard and working together to accomplish more
GUEST BIOS:
Rosemary Lopez is the Executive Director of the AIDS Center of Queens County.
Gregory Noone is Executive Director of Thursday’s Child of Long Island.
Ingrid Floyd is Executive Director of Iris House, as well as interim Executive Director of WORLD.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:02] - AHF & ACQC: THE PERFECT MATCH
How affiliate relationships complete the puzzle
Ten years ago, AIDS Center of Queens County offered comprehensive wraparound services, but not medical and pharmacy services that could so deeply benefit their people. They became affiliates of AHF in order to take advantage of those capabilities, and in turn allow their patients to access these services to their benefit.
[3:49] - Looking Forward to the Future
Why organizations adopt affiliate roles with AHF
Before joining with AHF, Iris House was at a crossroads. Their leadership was questioning what the future of the organization looked like, and weren’t finding success with any of the organizations they were meeting with at the time. Ultimately, the strategic capabilities that an affiliate relationship with AHF allowed for made all the difference in helping Iris House meet their goals for the future.
[6:27] - New Kid on the Block
AHF’s newest affiliate on joining with the organization
Thursday’s Child is the newest AHF affiliate, and Executive Director Gregory Noone says that despite their different cultures, AHF and Thursday’s Child share an identical mission that makes them the perfect fit. Is the collaboration always seamless? Of course not. But the unified vision for the future brings out the best in everyone from both sides of the affiliation.
[9:07] - What Does It Mean to Be an Affiliate of AHF?
Hearing from three distinct voices
What does an affiliate partnership with AHF look like? To Rosemary Lopez and ACQC, it looks like expanded programming, testing, food preparation capabilities, and comprehensive services. For Ingrid Floyd and her team at Iris House, it means having a true partner both in doing the work and in reaching the community. And for Gregory Noone, it means that Thursday’s Child has access to a well of expertise that’s almost unmatched in the fight against AIDS and other public health & social justice issues.
RESOURCES:
- [2:55] About the Article 31 Mental Health Clinic
- [16:34] About HOPWA and HASA
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Speaking with the Future, Part II
More perspectives from the next generation of advocates
GUEST BIO:
Sasha (age 18) and Andrew (age 17) are youth advocates and the children of AHF employees. Andrew is a student at McKinley Technology High School in Washington, DC, while Sasha will attend Ohio University in 2023, studying early childhood education.
Tracy Jones is the National Director of Mobilization Campaigns for AHF. Rebecca Strong is the Associate Director of Advocacy in Washington, D.C.
John Hassell is the National Director of Advocacy in Washington, D.C.
Simpson Huggins is the Northern Affiliate Regional Finance Director.
Laila Goring is a pharmacy sales representative at AHF.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[4:41] - The Big 3
Top advocacy issues according to our youth guests
Sasha and Andrew list reproductive rights, racial inequity, and climate change as the top issues facing our nation today. Now the question lies in how we can convince the next generation to get involved in helping combat these issues, because the truth is that they’ll be the ones bearing the brunt of their impact in the future.
[8:34] - Bridging Generations
A complex relationship from one era to the next
Ask Andrew and Sasha about whether the previous generation understands their needs and concerns, and the answer is complicated. On one hand, youth often find that the previous generations actively dismiss some of their concerns. On the other hand, they often find that, even if sometimes misguided, their elders at least make an effort to support their needs.
[19:13] - Making Children Safe
Candid discussions on gun violence
On the federal level, both Andrew and Sasha feel that legislation needs to be enacted that addresses gun violence head-on. On the local level, schools can only do so much. Security guards can help, but what psychological effects does an armed guard have on young elementary school children? These are the questions that no young person should be facing.
[29:25] - Answering Tough Questions from the Next Generation
When the parents have to listen & learn
Once we’re joined by some of AHF’s adult members, including parents of our two youth guests, the perspective shifts. Our guests share the way that even they have had to evolve and educate themselves in order to be true allies— becoming familiar with non-binary terms, pronouns, etc. Adults have to be willing to be taught by children, a role we’re often not naturally equipped to handle.
[36:11] - Lessons from the Back Seat
A powerful metaphor on cross-generational connection
John Hassell shares a striking analogy about the importance of intergenerational communication, relating it to when he’s driving with his son in the backseat. “I'm in the front seat just trying to get from point A to point B in really difficult traffic. Andrew's in the back opening up about an issue that's really important to him, what's going on in his life, what happened in his past, or what the future may look like…Maybe move over to the side of the road and listen to what you’re talking about.”
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Speaking with the Future
Discussing advocacy with AHF youth advocates
GUEST BIO:
Aiden, Gabby, and Cameron are three youth advocates whose parents all work as AHF employees. They range from fourth grade (Gabby) to 9th (Cameron) and 10th (Aiden).
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[1:50] - What Does Advocacy Mean to You?
Pure perspectives from young people
Answers to this question range from “speaking up, not speaking over” and standing up for what you believe in, to lending your voice to a group of people who need your support. This simple yet powerful definition of advocacy is one that we could all stand to keep in mind when the world of being an advocate seems complicated or frustrating.
[6:19] - Engaging Youth Advocates
What older generations can do
How can the older generation get youth involved in advocacy? It begins with being open and sharing their stories, rather than hiding the past or difficult truths from young people. Show the full story of the past, the bad and the good, because it informs the present and ultimately the future.
[25:29] - A Plea for Lawmakers
What leaders can do to ensure school safety
Safe areas, enhanced security measures, and better protocols can all be beneficial to help avoid dangerous situations at school. But the truth is that many attackers are people welcomed into schools— students or past students, etc. So our youth advocates’ perspective is that we have to reduce access to the weapons of choice of these attackers— high-capacity rifles.
[0:00] - A Message of Hope
Optimism amid widespread pessimism
When all three youth guests are asked whether they have hope for the future of this country, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” There are many complex issues that must be addressed, and we’re nowhere near the finish line, but all three guests feel there is hope that positive outcomes can emerge when it comes to all of these issues.
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Public Health Spotlight
Highlighting the people and projects of AHF’s Public Health Division
GUEST BIO:
Alex Goncalves is the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Senior Director for Public Health, overseeing the wellness testing and mobile programs nationally for AHF. He’s been with the organization for 12 years, and has been working in the HIV field since 2001.
Greg Jacques is the Director of Testing and Wellness with a focus on the Southern Bureau. He’s been with AHF for 11 years, beginning as a tester. His background before AHF was in disease intervention for local health departments.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[8:56] - Battling Stigma for Public Health
Social justice and health rolled into one
Battling stigma is essential for helping treat patients in need. One strategy has been the normalization of HIV testing, particularly in urban settings. There’s no hiding the HIV label— by design— because AHF wants to make HIV testing something that’s done regularly in at-risk communities, just like going to the dentist or getting a flu shot.
[19:53] - Available, Nonjudgemental & Sex Positive
Changing how we talk about and address HIV
Mobile testing units are an essential part of the AHF mission, and the way these units are executed speaks to the culture and mission at AHF. Nonjudgemental and sex-positive messages are everywhere in these MTUs, from the free condoms available to the educational posters that are all about being responsible as patients enjoy healthy sex lives. This is a strategic choice on the part of AHF to continue destigmatizing HIV in the communities that most need that change of perspective.
[25:04] - Career Opportunities in Public Health
Where to start your journey to service
Alex and Greg recommend taking a look at the internship program through the human resource department. Many full time AHF employees began as interns, going on to become HIV testers, researchers, and even healthcare center workers. You can also work with a local PHD manager if you’re already working with AHF in order to get involved with onsite events.
RESOURCES:
- [4:03] Out of the Closet Program
- [12:27] About Michael Weinstein
- [13:59] About Healthvana
- [24:00] About PrEP
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Stand Against Hate
Hear from passionate team members serving the DMV region on the force behind Stand Against Hate.
GUEST BIO:
Barbara Chinn is the senior program manager for HIV testing, counseling, prevention, and community outreach. She’s worked at AHF for twelve years, and has served in a variety of other roles including Regional Director and program manager. - LinkedIn
Mike McVicker is the geography regional director for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. They have been with AHF for ten years. - LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[5:31] - Standing Against Hate
What it means personally to each of our guests
For Barbara, standing against hate starts inward— as a person of color she’s experienced discrimination herself, and she now works with people to try to help them overcome the various challenges that come from hate. Meanwhile, Mike is energized by the way that the once-popular ‘No Nate’ slogan has evolved to become even more proactive. We’re not just saying ‘no’ to hate, we’re actively combatting it every chance we get.
[7:33] - Strategies for the LGBTQ Community
Going beyond PRIDE to activism
Barbara and Mike agree that being outspoken as an organization about the problems and discrimination facing the LGBTQ community is central to AHF’s mission— including influencing legislators to remove some of the barriers in place against the community. This is paired with local activism in communities impacted by HIV, from offering free testing to pharmaceutical services and more.
[14:44] - AHF & Public Health
Serving patients & fighting misconceptions
While AHF is sometimes presented as an ‘anti-PrEP’ organization, it’s actually one of the biggest fillers of PrEP prescriptions in the world. Meanwhile, local wellness programs serve as collaborative practices between pharmacies and public health, using pharmacists to offer clinical services to underserved patients.
[17:35] - Heading into PRIDE
Renewed energy and activism
Mike and Barbara speak about how this year’s PRIDE festival feels particularly poignant in the wake of discriminatory legislation such as the Don’t Say Gay bill. They’re both excited to bring an edge of defiance to PRIDE festivities this year, and continue fighting for LGBTQ rights every year and every day.
RESOURCES:
- [11:59] Capital Pride
- [13:57] What is PrEP?
- [15:05] Temple Hills Wellness Center
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- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
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ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
AHF Unfiltered: India Spotlight
Bringing attention to incredible work happening across the Atlantic
GUEST BIO:
Dr. V. Sam Prasad is Country Program Director for India, overseeing the overall operations of the AHF for India Cares including the Rapid Testing Program and two HIV clinics in the country, one in Mumbai and one in Delhi.
Prince Manvendra Gohil is Grand Ambassador for AHF and Ambassador Consultant for AHF India. He was first introduced to AHF in 2015, and since then has served the people of India and beyond.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[8:29] - HIV in India
A challenging history with a promising future
HIV was first detected in India in 1986, but antiretroviral therapy didn’t arrive in the country until 2004. As a result, it’s estimated that around 2.3 million people live with HIV in India— one of the highest HIV populations in the world. But as we’ll learn throughout this episode, AHF is working tirelessly to change that.
[10:49] - Strategies for Saving Patients & Curing Stigmas
Finding success in a challenging environment
In India, the battle begins with mainstreaming communities most affected by the health needs the AHF serves— and reaching them after hours when they’re most active. Then AHF provides testing, free condoms (there is a strong stigma against condoms in India), and much more.
[17:51] - More People, Greater Reach
Top priorities for social engagement in India
AHF in India is actively trying to network with as many organizations, people, government agencies, corporate entities, and more. The more stakeholders you involve, particularly in a country of over a billion people, the more social reach you’ll be able to achieve with your message and your services.
[20:08] - Celebrating Lifesaving Wins
Dr. V. Sam Prasad & Prince Manvendra Gohil proudest moments
Dr. V. Sam Prasad lists among his proudest moments the MOONLIGHT program, ASAP, and the new “I to WE” program that is designed to help turn Illness into Wellness by helping take people with sickness from being alone to being part of a supportive community. Meanwhile, Prince Manvendra Gohil highlights one of her proudest moments as being AHF taking the initiative in addressing the drug pricing issues in the pharmaceutical industry, which affects people in communities all over the globe.
RESOURCES:
- [7:19] AHF India Cares
- [8:21] History of AIDS in India
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ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
AHF Employee Spotlight: Where We Started & Where We Are
On a special Employee Spotlight Episode, meet some of the people that make AHF tick
GUEST BIO:
- Staci Mullins is the Regional Director for Northern Bureau at AHF. She’s been with the organization since 2015. LinkedIn
- Antigone Robinson is a Senior Program Manager of Advocacy in the Public Health Division at AHF. She began working at AHF as a summer intern in 2019. LinkedIn
- Silvia Trujillo is the Director of Linkage Services for the West region at AHF. She’s worked for AHF for nearly 18 years, first joining in 2004. She began in the healthcare center before eventually moving into public health. LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[5:14] -- From Pharmacy to Protest March
Staci’s perspective on her evolving view of AHF
Staci recounts how when she started at AHF, her perspective on the organization was mainly limited to research she’d done online. But soon she was stepping out from her pharmacy tech role to attend protests and more, eventually coming to find that passion for social justice was integrally tied to the AHF’s central mission.
[11:32] -- Advocacy Everywhere
Whatever your title, you’re an advocate
Antigone speaks on how central advocacy is throughout AHF, regardless of your role. “I think it’s amazing,” she says, “that no matter what department at AHF you work in there’s always an opportunity to participate in the advocacy.” That opportunity is available to anyone at AHF, regardless of their position or how long they've been with the organization.
[13:16] -- Leading by Example
What makes AHF unique
Silvia shares her perspective on what makes AHF unique, and why she’s stayed as long as she has— “Our example comes from above.” At AHF, commitment to every aspect of the organization’s mission is evident from its top leadership all the way to its summer interns. That’s a powerful thing, and makes the culture at AHF unlike almost any other organization’s.
[15:46] -- Advice for the Next Generation
What each of our three guests has to share
Looking to take your next step at AHF? “Don’t allow anyone to dictate your growth,” Silvia says. Antigone advises to “take advantage of every opportunity there is to learn and meet different people,” while Staci urges a high level of activity: “Jump in when you can participate. Whenever there are advocacy efforts in the area, jump in there and do it.”
RESOURCES:
- [15:46] AHF Careers
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
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ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The After Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Advocacy Week 2022
Celebrate Advocacy Week with a group of AHF employees whose focus is all about advocacy
GUEST BIOS
- Latonya Thurman – Associate Director of Mobilization Campaigns
- Imara Canady – Director of Communications & Community Engagement
- Jose Ramos – National Director of Sales – AHF; President & Founder – Impulse Group
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[11:22] -- Safe & Responsible Advocate
It’s not all screaming and handcuffs
Imara Canady stresses that AHF believes in safety and compliance with laws when protesting in advocacy of important causes. In fact, AHF has been told by law enforcement that AHF should train other protestors about how they should protest and have their voices be elevated in a safe and effective way.
[18:05] -- How to Get Involved
How to talk to in order to make your voice heard
If you want to get involved with international advocacy at AHF, contact Terri Ford or Denys Nazarov, as well as anyone from the advocacy team. You can also retweet and share various advocacy posts in order to help spread the word as far and as fast as possible about the most important issues.
[33:38] -- Mental Health is Patient Health
An important reminder
Jose Ramos reminds us that mental health is a major issue at this point in history, and protecting the lives and health of patients means looking out for their mental health, as well. For this purpose, Impulse Group is opening its first mental health house in collaboration with WELLNESS in Guadalajara, Mexico.
[38:39] - Passion Over Politics
Don’t get lost in the weeds of the battle
Jose also reminds us all not to let the politics and overwhelming nature of the battle to eliminate HIV transmission and protect the rights of marginalized groups derail our passion. Passion is what drives all of the work at AHF. It’s often the spark that leads to new initiatives, new advocacy opportunities, and better service for patients and clients.
FOLLOW:
Follow Jose Ramos: LinkedIn
Follow Lauren: LinkedIn
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Associate Director of Communications for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Shopping for Hope (ft. Jonathan Kreuyer)
Jonathan Kreuyer shares lessons learned from AHF’s thrift stores with a mission.
GUEST BIO:
Jonathan Kreuyer is the head of the AHF’s Out of the Closet operations. Out of the Closet is the AHF’s award-winning chain of thrift stores, which includes over 20 locations across seven states. $0.96 out of every dollar spent goes directly towards providing essential services such as AIDs testing and more to people who need them most.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[3:35] - Commitment to Quality
What sets Out of the Closet Apart
Jonathan speaks passionately about the commitment to providing genuinely high-quality products at every Out of the Closet location. Each store is well-stocked, clean, and filled with products that have been carefully screened to be in sellable condition. This is thanks in large part to the employees, each of whom is passionate about the work they do on a daily basis.
[5:21] - Hiring the Best & Helping Them Become Their Best
How Out of the Closet locations select staff
Out of the Closet’s prospective employees are interviewed on-site, because Jonathan says it’s important for them to get a sense of the type of work they’ve been doing. He says AHF also looks for people who are ambitious in their own lives— many have gone on to obtain PHDs, join the HR staff or pharmacy staff, and more. The goal is to have them for approximately nine months and send them on to their next opportunity at AHF or beyond.
[7:53] - The Employee Encyclopedia
Why AHF strives to retain long-term employees
Jonathan and everyone at AHF believes that the longer you keep an employee, the more they have to contribute to an organization. “That person is filled with information like an encyclopedia. When that person leaves, that encyclopedia goes. That’s a love of valuable information.”
[12:18] - Holistic Health
OTC’s growth in scope has mirrored AHF’s
As AHF has expanded its services to provide a more holistic approach to patient care and health, so has Out of the Closet. They give patients the ability to feel better in all ways, which will only enhance their care and well-being.
RESOURCES:
- [1:06]Out of the Closet
- [11:12]Store Locations
Follow Lauren:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
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- https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com
340B… Let It Be!
Unfiltered perspectives from two inspiring AHF leaders on the 340B drug pricing program
GUEST BIOs:
Donna Tempesta is a senior manager at AHF who serves as both the Northern Bureau Chief and the VP of Finance for the pharmacy business line. LinkedIn
Scott Carruthers is the Chief Pharmacy Officer at AHF, overseeing the organization's entire national pharmacy program. LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:17] - How 340B Works
Complex legislation, important results
Why is legislation allowing service-based organizations to profit off prescriptions a good thing? Because it allows these entities to purchase pharmaceuticals at a substantial discount over what a typical pharmacy would have to pay the wholesaler for the same medication. Then they can bill insurance plans and other entities, organizations, or plans that cover the insurance or the prescription part of insurance for patients and make a profit. This means that they can serve more patients and provide more services, all without using taxpayer money or government funding of any kind.
[5:42] - Pharmacy Benefit Managers & 340B
Manipulating the system
PBMs have become enormous organizations that control the pharmacy market through their relationships with pharmacies and even providers— sometimes all owned by the same company. They see 340B as an opportunity to turn more significant profits, even though it was actually intended to help organizations like AHF and their patients.
[14:42] - The Best Way to Help 340B: Leave It Alone
A simple answer for a complex issue
340B has allowed countless entities to provide services to the underserved that otherwise never would have gotten them. By allowing it to morph into yet another means for corporations to enhance their margins and profits, we would be stripping it of its effectiveness for that purpose. That’s why AHF advocates so passionately for it to be left as-is. After all, it doesn’t cost taxpayers a thing.
[27:58] - Getting Involved with Advocacy
Advice for those inside and outside AHF
Want to get started with advocacy? Scott and Donna’s advice is simple— just do it. Start somewhere— anywhere. Start with what you’re most passionate about, where there’s the greatest need, or just with what’s available to you. Do what you can, then do a little more, and eventually, you’ll see your efforts snowball into something truly meaningful.
RESOURCES:
- [2:17] - About 340B
- [5:31] - About Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- [12:19] - DIR Fees Explained
FOLLOW:
- Follow Donna: LinkedIn
- Follow Scott: LinkedIn
- Follow Lauren: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram
ABOUT AFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Making the Most of Your 1:1 Time
Two Leaders at AHF share their powerful perspectives.
GUEST BIOS:
Mary Cadahia is the Director of Human Resources for the southern bureau of the Aids Healthcare Foundation. She is responsible for supporting business leaders and managers as they navigate the world of HR, from employee relations to payroll.
Janette Alvarez is the Northern Regional Director for Healthcare Operations. She supports AHF healthcare centers in her region with all administration & operations— including supporting everyone from the front desk to the doctors with any administrative needs they may have.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:48] - Managers & Staff: A Give & Take
The importance of two-way communication
What’s on the minds of your employees? The best way to find out is to ask. If there’s a topic that’s top of mind for either you or your team members, simply have a frank discussion with them. They’ll feel valued, they’ll feel heard, and it doesn’t have to be any more than a 15 minute meeting.
[3:34] - 1 on 1
The power of individual face-to-face time
In addition to sharing and receiving information as a group, never underestimate the power of spending consistent, scheduled one-on-one time with each member of your team. In these settings, team members may share insights, frustrations, or ideas they don’t feel comfortable sharing in larger groups.
[6:52] - What Matters to You, Matters to Me
Ask questions first, give direction second
Mary advocates for devoting at least the first third of any one-on-one discussion to simply listening and asking questions. How are things going, inside and outside of the office? Are there projects you want to be involved in? Ideas you have? Not only is this a valuable time in which talented people can share their ideas, but you’ll also make each individual feel listened to and valued.
[10:34] - Conversations with Preparation
Invest time before the interaction, reap the rewards
Continuing on the theme of one on one conversations, both Mary and Jeanette stress the importance of preparation. We don’t prepare in advance for hangouts with our close personal friends, but your meetings, conversations, and discussions with either an individual or your entire team have objectives. When you spend even five minutes planning ahead— learning about the person’s interests, brainstorming targeted questions to ask them, etc.— your interactions will be much more valuable, productive, and valued by the other party.
FOLLOW:
- Follow Mary: LinkedIn
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Engaged Employees, Impactful Organization
Unique and powerful methods for keeping people at the center of everything you do.
GUEST BIO:
AJ Alegria is a member of the senior management team at AHF and also serves as Vice President of Healthcare Center Operations within the Department of Medicine.
Dan McKenzie works in the marketing department, overseeing marketing operations in Los Angeles as Associate Director of Client Experience and Staff Engagement.
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[1:56] – How You Make them Feel
Want engagement? Start with emotions.
Creating an engaged culture can seem like a huge task but start small. Start with how people feel when they come into work. Ask, what do your staff members say about their work experience at the dinner table? How do they feel walking in every morning? Start with these emotionally focused questions and you’ll be on your way to empathetic leadership.
[3:52] – Even Beyonce Wants Validation
A powerful example from Oprah
Oprah Winfrey once said that at the end of her interviews, no matter whether it’s Obama or Beyonce, their interviewee always turns to her and asks, “How did I do?” Everyone wants validation, even the most confident people in the world. It’s part of what makes us human.
[10:16] – Different Kinds of Recognition
Some people want to be engaged privately
We may think that every employee wants a big, public show of recognition, but some people prefer more subtle acknowledgements of their work— whether they’re shy, humble, or simply don’t like the noisy attention. Keep in mind that what’s right for one person may not be right for another and get to know your people accordingly.
[13:03] – Systemize Caring
Why a formal process leads to better engagement habits
AJ speaks of a leader who created a get-to-know-you sheet for all new hires, asking questions on topics that ranged from kids’ names to favorite candy bar. It seemed silly at the time, but this kind of formalized process for engaging with employees leads to a more thoughtful approach to getting to know your people— their interests, wants, needs, and personalities.
[17:08] – About the Person, Not the Performance
Emphasize positive traits, not just results
Dan mentions that when he gives recognition, he tries to focus less on the result and more on the actual person and their positive traits. Rather than simply saying “Great job getting this task done,” try “You’re always so dependable, and your work is always thorough and high-quality.” This inspires people to want to live up to those traits within themselves.
RESOURCES:
[0:16] – AIDS Healthcare Foundation Website
FOLLOW:
- Follow AJ Alegria: LinkedIn
- Follow Dan McKenzie: LinkedIn
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
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ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
AHF Africa – A Global Movement
Speaking with three prominent leaders in the overseas efforts of AHF.
GUEST BIOS:
Peter Reis is Senior Vice President of AHF, supervising multiple divisions and disciplines both in the U.S. and overseas— including the Asia Bureau and the Global Quality Team. He’s been with AHF for 27 years. Bio
Penninah “Penny” Lutung is the AHF’s Bureau Chief for Africa Programs, leading programs in 13 countries across Africa. She’s been with AHF for 18 years. LinkedIn
Ambassador Angelina Wapakhabulo has been with AHF since 2001 in various roles, including Chair of AHF Uganda Cares. She currently serves as a member of the AHF Board and Global Vice Chair. About Amb. Wapakhabulo
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[3:14] – The Cost of Being First
On the decision to make an effort in Africa
The team discusses spending ‘money we didn’t have to make an impact on the world.’ Sometimes, the cost of being a first mover in a moral mission is high. But when you know that you’re on the side of a worthwhile cause, the cost is always worth the outcome
[12:28] – Building Local Trust
Laying a foundation for critical work
Dr. Penninah describes the effort involved in building a connection between their Africa patients and the AHF team. One key element of this trust is the process of hiring local nationals, who have been instrumental in establishing programs in Africa that lead to greater public health.
[19:10] – Connected with Governments, Free from Politics
The careful balancing act that’s made AHF successful worldwide
Peter describes the hallmark of AHF programs in which they work closely in partnership with national and local governments but remain politically impartial and separate from political posturing and messaging. This is an essential trait that keeps AHF able to access communities that need their help the most without alienating the leaders and politicians who can serve as valuable partners.
[23:59] – Accepting Limitations
When you can’t do everything
Based on the trust and service the AHF provides for local communities, those communities often ask AHF members to do even more outside the organization’s scope. While they can sometimes help, such as setting up a borehole to provide clean fresh water to a community in Nigeria, they must sometimes accept that they can’t serve every need, all the time.
RESOURCES:
[0:18] -- AHF Website
FOLLOW:
- Lauren Hogan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Peter Reis: aidshealth.org/about/leadership/
- Penninah “Penny” Lutung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/penninah-iutung-a1589715/?originalSubdomain=ug
- Ambassador Angelina Wapakhabulo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Wapakhabulo
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
AHF Employee Spotlight
Meet some of the incredible employees who make the AIDS Healthcare Foundation go.
GUEST BIOs:
- Marisa Nilchavee: Marisa started at AHF as a Front Desk Clerk, moved to HR and eventually started the role she is in now as the Senior Executive Assistant to Michael Weinstein and Peter Reis, as well as board liaison. She’s responsible for ensuring that both Weinstein and Reis are where they need to be and that everyone’s informed about their organizational needs.
- Jason Hill:started with AHF in 2013 as a Cashier at one of AHF's Out of the Closet (OTC) locations. Since then he has grown within AHF and is now the Senior Program Manager overseeing HIV testing and wellness programs at all the Out of the Closet stores in Northern Bureau.
- Jonathan Cowans: Jonathan Cowans began his career at AHF as an Office Administrator/Benefits Counselor. He was then promoted to a Practice Manager, and was promoted to his current role as Regional Director of Healthcare Center Operations for Texas in January of 2022!
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[7:51] – Growing Through Careers
Learning on the job is central to AHF
Marisa Nilchavee shares the way that as she’s become more deeply enmeshed in AHF culture, she’s come to understand more and more about the overarching space that the organization occupies— the way that HIV and AIDs are tied to public health, to race and diversity, and to human rights more broadly. As she’s seen behind the scenes of AHF’s work, she’s developed her own more nuanced understanding of their vital work.
[10:54] – Embracing Cultural and Technological Shifts
Jonathan speaks on how patient outreach has changed
When Jonathan Cowans started at AHF, much of their outreach was in-person and via phone. Now, they’ve adapted to many people’s preferred method of communication— text messaging, native telehealth apps, and more. Rather than resisting the cultural shifts to how people communicate now, AHF has embraced them and been able to serve patients more effectively as a result.
[13:49] – ‘The Longest I’ve Stayed on a Job’
Why AHF inspires employee longevity
All three guests speak to how AHF has helped them shift from seeing jobs as a springboard to another role at another organization to fully buying into the organization’s mission and wanting to stay for the long haul. When you can be whoever you are while being embraced into a unified corporate culture, anything is possible.
[27:26] – The Work is the Reward
The ‘why’ is as important as the ‘what’
When your work aligns with your personal sense of purpose, every day doesn’t have to end with some measurable forward progress to be considered a success. The work itself is the reward, something Marisa has found throughout her time with AHF and a sentiment echoed by countless other members of the team.
RESOURCES:
[0:16] – Aids Healthcare Foundation Website
FOLLOW:
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours: Instagram
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Retention Week 2022
A slew of special guests help us highlight this year’s Retention Week messages
GUEST BIOS:
- AJ Alegria: Senior Manager and Vice President of Healthcare Center Operations at AHF and has also held a range of related roles at the organization focused on client experience and improving healthcare center operations. Learn more about AJ: LinkedIn
- Donna Stidham: Chief of Managed Care at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, whose responsibilities include helping empower both healthcare providers and their patients within the network of AHF. Learn more about Donna: LinkedIn
- Jose Ramos: Regional sales director for the Western Region of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, helping manage and develop staff and processes that promote AHF Pharmacy’s community profile, increasing sales and revenue in pharmacies, and meeting proposed yearly budgets for the region. Learn more about Jose: LinkedIn
- Whitney Engeran: Senior Director at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, helping oversee a wide range of projects, initiatives, and goals within the organization. Learn more about Whitney: LinkedIn
- Laura Boudreau: Chief of Operations/Risk Management and Quality Improvement at AHF. Her mission is to unite the various and complex functions of AHF to ensure that everything and everyone work smoothly to accomplish the organization’s mission. Learn more about Laura: LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[1:21] -- Why Client Experience Matters
AJ Alegria answers the question of why client experience is so central at AHF
Reputation is central at AHF, because if patients don’t trust an organization, that organization can’t deliver them lifesaving care. Patients are more inclined to do business with an organization that makes them feel good, respected, and appreciated, and the better a patient feels, the more services they use. The more services they use, the more they stay in care.
[8:05] -- Radical Collaboration at AHF
Donna Stidham: Transformative collaboration principles can and should be applied at an organization like AHF
Donna uses the use case of a patient who has been receiving consistent care but is moving to a new region. Close collaboration across regional offices could ensure that this person doesn’t get lost in the shuffle and is able to access continued care even as their geographical location changes. Constantly thinking about making a patient’s experience positive wherever they are is one of the most central forms of collaborative principles at AHF.
[12:11] -- Reducing Stigma and Reaching Undocumented People
How Western Region sales director Jose Ramos is working to bring healthcare to marginalized groups
The entire sales team in the western region knows that educating and talking to people out in the field is central, particularly in cities close to the border. Active outreach is key in letting undocumented people know there are services available to them when they’re in need.
[15:06] -- Linkage and Retention: Two Specialties, One Mission
Whitney Engeran on how linkage and retention specialists can work together
Communication is key when various specialists are working towards the shared mission of enhanced patient care. When there are indications that people might be falling out of care, turning their first encounters with team members into lasting connections is key— positive, patient-centric, and communicative from one interaction to the next.
[23:43] -- Finding Patients on the Move
Dr. Laura Boudreau on tracking down patients in need of care
Community health workers are an essential tool in locating patients, with some even acting as retention specialists who can go so far as to make house visits to track down patients. Another promising strategy being tested is using patients’ comfort with pharmacies over clinics in order to deliver messages through that outlet.
RESOURCES:
- [0:18] - AHF Website
FOLLOW:
- FollowLauren Hogan
- Follow AJ Alegria
- Follow Donna Stidham
- Follow Jose Ramos
- Follow Whitney Engeran
- Follow Laura Boudreau
- Follow AHFter Hours onInstagram
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com
The Power of Conversations (ft. Andora Hinton)
From difficult conversations to facing unconscious bias, managing our relationships is one of the most important— and powerful— ways to chart a course through our lives and careers.
GUEST BIO:
Andora Hinton is the founder and CEO of Willow North Growth Partners, a leadership development and sales training provider for corporations around the globe. Her goal is to help professionals transform both their professional and personal lives in a way that leads to monumental transformations in their work. Over the course of her career, she’s developed extensive knowledge on the strategies and techniques that lead to real results for both individuals and organizations.
Learn more about Andora Hinton:
- https://willownorth.com/about-us/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andoragandy?trk=org-employees
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[2:19] -- Difficult Conversations, Essential Progress
The hardest conversations lead to the greatest breakthroughs
One constant in professional life is that relationships are always changing and evolving. A coworker becomes a boss, a close friend becomes a sometimes-difficult coworker, and a project doesn’t go as planned. Willingness to have— and prepare for— productive conflict is essential, even when it gets uncomfortable.
[8:28] -- Objective vs. Subjective Feedback
...and where they belong
Objective feedback is feedback that’s not based on an individual’s feelings, while subjective feedback can differ from one person to the next based on their opinions, circumstances, and perspectives. Both have a place, but objective feedback is less personal and can often be less damaging. Focus on behavior, rather than the person or their identity, and watch how difficult conversations become more productive.
[14:32] -- The Danger of Unconscious Bias
How can we correct biases we’re not even aware of consciously?
Want to reduce your biases? Start with self-awareness. Emotional intelligence is partially the ability to look inward and recognize where we fall short. Ask, “What if my thinking is wrong about X, Y, or Z?” Sometimes, you may not like the answer— but that’s a clue that it’s time to work on changing your perspective and evolving. Evolving is a beautiful thing.
[16:59] -- The Power of Walking Away
Sometimes you have to abandon ship
When a difficult conversation is going up in flames, how do you save it? Sometimes, the answer is to postpone it entirely. Andora advocates for an approach that sometimes requires one party to say, “Apparently this is not a great time for us to have this conversation. Let’s reconvene at another time.” Sometimes, simply rescheduling a conversation can ensure that both parties are in a better headspace for when it finally does occur.
[23:06] -- Don’t Wait. Conversate.
Delaying difficult conversations for too long can be damaging
Rescheduling a difficult conversation for a more opportune time is fine. Delaying it as a means of avoidance is dangerous. If you’ve waited three months to confront someone about an event that occurred months ago, often the problem is too deep, the details too fuzzy, and the biases about the event too hard coded to make real progress. The best time to have a difficult conversation is yesterday. The second-best time is today.
[25:27] -- Key Takeaways
Can’t-miss tips from this week’s episode
- Focus on managing your emotions throughout difficult conversations
- Share the ‘why’
- Work on reducing your unconscious bias
- See conflict as a result of an unmet need
- Practice having difficult conversations, like any skill
- Prepare in advance for conversations, keeping in mind your desired outcome
- Timing is key— have a conversation as soon as possible, while accounting for unhelpful mindsets that could derail you
RESOURCES:
- [0:18] - AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- [1:19] - Willow North Partners
- [13:35] - Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
FOLLOW:
- Follow Andora:https://willownorth.com/about-us/
- Follow Lauren:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Redefining Public Health (ft. Tracy Jones & Whitney Engeran)
Where illness, wellness, food availability, and even race intersect
GUEST BIO:
Tracy Jones: Senior management team for AHF, as well as the National Director of Mobilization Campaigns. Her work is centered largely around advocacy, and she also works closely with an affiliate organization based in her home of Cleveland, Ohio.
Connect with Tracy:LinkedIn
Whitney Engeran: Also a member of the senior management team, serves as the Senior Director of Public Health. In this role he oversees the AHF Public Health Division, which manages HIV testing, STD testing, linkage to care, as well as select advocacy and public policy work in the United States.
Connect with Whitney: LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[08:27] – Addressing National Public Health Issues
How a new pandemic caused the AHF to rethink public health
COVID-19 has revealed significant areas where our current public health system falls short. One such area is in the lack of coordination between the literally thousands of local public health institutions, which can hinder a unified public response to outbreaks and other urgent issues. AHF is exploring ways to better connect these organizations for more efficient and consistent responses.
[11:36] – Expanding the Meaning of ‘Public Health’
“It’s not just measles and mumps.”
AHF has also been at the forefront of expanding what it means to administer public health. It’s gone beyond vaccinations to include education, informing the public of their public health rights and responsibilities, and helping improve the lives and wellbeing of people of all backgrounds and levels of health.
[13:48] – The Power of Advocacy
How one voice becomes many
This week’s guests note how it can sometimes feel like one voice can be ineffective, but the power of advocacy is that one voice can influence another, and another, and eventually those unified voices can influence a person or organization with the power to make change. That’s when real progress happens, and it all begins with individual advocacy.
[20:17] – Expanding the Reach of the AHF
From AIDS to food shortages
Today, the AHF is working with their affiliates on a unique type of pandemic— the pandemic of food deserts, which describe residential areas without easy and nearby access to healthy groceries. This inequity often divides along economic, class, and racial lines, making the matter even more pressing.
[24:52] – Race and Public Health
Many public health issues must be viewed in context of race
The connection between race and public health inequity is becoming more and more apparent with better, less biased research, and the results are troubling. Still, organizations like the AHF are working to eliminate these inequities and ensure that everyone has the same level of access to public health facilities and programs, regardless of race or background.
RESOURCES:
- [0:16] – AIDS Healthcare Foundation Website
- [6:08] – Timeline of AHF History
- [8:15] – AHF Global Health Institute
FOLLOW:
- Follow Tracy Jones: LinkedIn
- Follow Whitney Engeran: LinkedIn
- Follow Lauren Hogan: LinkedIn
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram: Instagram
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Patient Centered Care (ft. Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler)
How AHF is innovating patient-centric care
GUEST BIO:
Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler:
Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler is the Chief Medical Officer of the Aids Healthcare Foundation. After spending a short time as an attorney, Wohlfeiler decided to pursue a medical degree and saw firsthand the ravages of the AIDS epidemic during his residency. This inspired him to go into practice treating primarily HIV patients, which ultimately led to his practice being acquired by the AHF. He’s been with the Foundation ever since.
Learn more about Michael:
- Bio
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[4:08] – A Job That Feels Good Even When You Feel Bad
Let purpose lead your career
Dr. Wohlfeiler speaks on the power of a career somewhere like AHF, which means that even after a bad day, one can always be comforted by the knowledge that they’ve been doing worthwhile and meaningful work. We can’t all work for nonprofit organizations, but we can choose careers that let us pursue something that brings us passion— even on the bad days.
[5:33] – The Power of Patient-Centered Care
Putting the patient first
AHF practices patient-centered care, which is about putting the patient at the center of all healthcare, viewing the healthcare journey through the patient’s eyes, and making their journey as positive and beneficial as possible. It’s about reducing obstacles and barriers that patients may face in accessing care while also considering all aspects of a patient’s life.
[12:28] – Constant Assessment, Continual Evolution
Why healthcare providers can’t stay stagnant
AHF is constantly assessing their approach to healthcare and the models they use throughout the organization. Using select key indicators, including client experience scores, they’re able to track where changes need to be made to processes, strategies, and personnel.
[16:26] – Embracing Holistic Health
Everything patients need under one roof
One way in which the AHF has innovated has been in the bringing together of multiple services— clinics, STD diagnosis centers, treatment centers, pharmacies, and wellness centers— in one location to make the process as convenient as possible for patients and giving them complete care.
RESOURCES:
- [0:18]AHF Website
- [1:04]Dr. Wohlfeiler LinkedIn
FOLLOW:
- Follow Michael:https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wohlfeiler-77a8b24/
- Follow Lauren:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
The Employee Life Cycle (ft. Jennifer Grillo & Clarisce Tolston)
How to attract, engage, and inspire your people
GUEST BIOS:
Jennifer Grillo – Director of HR at AHF. Based in New York, Jennifer has been with AHF for eight years and helped the organization optimize the strength of the team and help employees make the best of their time at AHF.
Connect with Jennifer:LinkedIn
Clarisce Tolston – Director of Talent Acquisition at AHF with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She’s passionate about bringing the best possible resources to the AHF family to help fuel development and personal growth.
Connect with Clarisce:LinkedIn
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[4:48] – Seeing Your Impact
Finding a responsive career path
The AHF team shares how their work at the organization is rewarding because its impact is so present in their day-to-day work. There’s collaboration and the reward of seeing that collaboration measurably improve the lives of the people AHF serves. Can we all find work that brings the same types of rewards?
[7:47] – Grow Yourself, Grow Your Career
Personal growth is the hallmark of a career
Looking for a job that will help you grow your career? Look for one that will help you grow yourself. Find a place that will invest in you not only as an employee but as a human being and watch how your options open and you achieve more than you ever thought you could.
[20:37] – Your Manager Isn’t Just Your Boss
A teammate and partner in all your work
This week’s guests emphasize that a manager at any organization shouldn’t just be the person that gives you assignments and lets you know whether you’re doing a good job. They should be someone with whom you can discuss what you’re striving for, what excites you, what paths you want to pursue next— and someone who helps you achieve those things.
[22:20] – Stay Curious
Find your impact by looking
It’s easy to get into a role or career we enjoy and become stagnant. We forget that we have ideas, forget that we have impact. We forget how much our insights and perspectives matter. Remain curious and seek out opportunities to not only help grow your organization but also grow yourself. Always be on the lookout for new roles within your organization, even (or especially) if it’s something that may challenge or stretch you.
RESOURCES:
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation Website: https://www.aidshealth.org/
- Follow Jennifer:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmgrillo/
- Follow Clarisce: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarisce-tolston-phr-airs-67431930/
- Follow Lauren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Radical Cooperation (ft. Anita Castille & Michael Kahane)
The transformative power of deep trust and collaboration
GUEST BIOS:
Anita Castille:
Vice President of Human Resources for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, responsible for both domestic and global regions.
- Learn more about Anita:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-castille-b26b9b1/
Michael Kahane:
Southern Bureau Chief for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, overseeing operations in the AHF’s largest bureau— incorporating the southern United States, Caribbean, and Latin America.
- Learn more about Michael:https://www.aidshealth.org/about/leadership/
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[6:25] -- Radical Cooperation
Where teamwork meets trust
Everyone has heard of cooperation. But radical cooperation takes cooperation to another level because it incorporates real trust. Where trust is, cooperation becomes more efficient, more seamless, and less problematic— because you know that when there’s a problem, the people in your organization have your back, no matter how large or widespread the organization may be.
[8:11] -- Building Trust Over Time
Why radical cooperation is a process, not an event
The trust that allows for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in an organization isn’t a matter of making a decision— it’s a continual commitment to grow relationships, build trust, and depend on one another in ways that can sometimes take us outside of our comfort zones. But while there is no endpoint, there is an ongoing promise of growth and exponential success.
[11:54] -- Shared Goals: The Foundations of Trust
Even when we disagree, a shared mission unites us
How do you build trust and cooperation? By developing a true belief that the people in your organization have the same end goal as you— to make your organization a success. When you can get to this place mentally, you can see any decision or opinion you disagree with through the prism of a difference of methodology, not ideology. Instead of thinking, ‘This person is trying to ruin this project,’ you start with, ‘This person wants the same thing I do, even though we disagree on the path to get there.’
[18:30] -- Tell the Whole Story
‘Trust’ and ‘Truth’ have shared roots
Anita shares the importance of telling both sides of a story when sharing your thoughts with a superior or team member. Be transparent, and you’ll ultimately be rewarded with the trust of everyone around you— your superiors, your employees, and your partners at every stage of the journey.
[28:21] -- Find Joy in Your Mission
Advice for prospective hires anywhere
A job is a job, but it can also be more than that. When you’re able to find true joy in the mission of the organization you call your career, you’ll be more fulfilled, more effective, and more willing to go the extra mile to generate successful outcomes.
RESOURCES:
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation Website
FOLLOW:
- Follow Anita:https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-castille-b26b9b1/
- Follow Michael:https://www.aidshealth.org/about/leadership/
- Follow Lauren:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com
Righteous Rebels (ft. Michael Weinstein)
A look at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its core principles through the eyes of its president and co-founder
GUEST BIO:
Michael Weinstein is the president and co-founder of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Originally a businessman and graphic designer, Michael became involved in HIV/AIDS-related issues in 1986. As President of AHF, Michael has overseen its growth from a small group of friends dedicated to giving people with AIDS dignified and compassionate care to serving over 1.6 million patients in 45 countries across the globe.
Learn more about Michael Weinstein:
- Bio: https://www.aidshealth.org/about/leadership/
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[5:27] - Tap Into Your Restlessness
Put Your “Ants in the Pants’ to Work
Michael describes how he channeled his inherent restlessness into a passion for helping others against indifference, institutional barriers, and anything else that stood in his and the organization’s way. How can you channel your personal quirks into powerful progress?
[8:46] - The Choice to Be Open
Leading with an Open Door
Michael Weinstein made a choice early on to always be accessible and available. This isn’t just an altruistic decision to make employees of the organization feel good— it’s a strategic move, too. If you want to be effective, you have to have your finger on the pulse of the people who make your organization tick.
[16:19] - See the Potential in Cross-Pollination
Or ‘What Meryl Streep Has to Do with It”
One of the things that made the AHF innovative has been its willingness and ability to bring in arts and entertainment figures to bring awareness to their cause. Michael traces a line from Princess Diana’s public embrace (metaphorical and literal) of AIDS patients to figures like Meryl Streep, who lended her voice to the narration of the AHF’s documentary film.
[18:20] - Everyone’s an Ambassador
See the potential in each person
In our conversation, Michael expresses his desire that ‘every employee and every patient could be an ambassador.’ Whether you’re running a business, a nonprofit, or a small team of like-minded people pursuing any goal, consider the power in inspiring everyone around you to speak on behalf of your mission.
RESOURCES:
- [0:16] AIDS Healthcare Foundation Website
- [15:42] Keeping the Promise Film
FOLLOW:
- Follow Michael:https://www.aidshealth.org
- Follow Lauren:https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Follow AHFter Hours on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ahfterhours/
ABOUT AHFTER HOURS:
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS service organization, operating in 45 countries globally. The mission? Providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The AHFter Hours podcast is an official podcast of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in which host Lauren Hogan is joined by experts in a range of fields to educate, inform, and inspire listeners on topics that go far beyond medical information to cover leadership, creativity, and success.
Learn more at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT THE HOST:
Lauren Hogan is the Communications Manager for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and has been working in a series of roles with the Foundation since 2016. She’s passionate about increasing the public visibility of AIDS, the Foundation's critical work, and how everyday people can help join the fight to make cutting-edge medicine, treatment, and support available for anyone who needs it.
- Learn more about Lauren at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhogan3
- Learn more about the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at: https://www.aidshealth.org
ABOUT DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today.
With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at:DetroitPodcastStudios.com