Who We Are

HIV Wisdom for Older Women is an organization dedicated to prevention and care. Recognizing a need for awareness and support for older women affected by HIV, the group was formed in 2002 to serve this under-represented community, and to educate older women about HIV.
 

Founder and Director, Jane Pecinovsky Fowler
Jane knows first-hand the challenges of living with HIV: she was diagnosed with the virus in 1991. A retired journalist who now devotes her energies to HIV/AIDS prevention and education, she has given hundreds of presentations at local, state, regional, national and international meetings and conferences. After becoming an activist and public speaker in 1995, Jane was a co-founder of the National Association on HIV Over Fifty (NAHOF). She served five years as volunteer co-chairperson on the NAHOF board and later as national coordinator of the group.
 

Jane P. Fowler
Photo: Bob Stockfield for POZ

Advisory Board

Dorcas Baker (RN, BSN, ACSN)
Research Nurse Program Coordinator
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Kimberley A. Franke (PharmD)
Clinical Pharmacist
StatScript Pharmacy
Kansas City, MO

Juarlyn L. Gaiter (PhD)
Director, Research Fellowship Program
HIV Prevention in Communities of Color
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Stephanie Gilmore (MA)
Chief, Office on Women's Health
Missouri State Department of Health and Senior Services
Jefferson City, MO

Sharon Lee (MD)
Founder and Medical Director
Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care Services
Kansas City, KS

Mary Hobbs Leenerts (RN, BSN, PhD)
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS

Mary F. Moreno (MA)
HIV/AIDS Educator
Austin, TX

Claire Siverson (LCSW)
Clinical Social Worker
Women's Specialty Program
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

April Winningham (DrPH)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for AIDS Intervention Research
Milwaukee, WI