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 Pat Migliore
Pat Migliore is
one of the founding members of BABES Network-YWCA, and she has been HIV
positive for 23 years. The former President of our Board of Directors, Pat has
been a member of the Advisory Committee since 1993. She is also a member of the
Advisory Committee to the Ms. Foundation: Women and AIDS Fund and a former
member of GACHA, the Governors Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS (1990-1996) where
she chaired the Membership Committee and served on the Executive Committee.
From 1990-1996, Pat served on the Board of the Northwest AIDS Foundation and
chaired the peer Advocacy Committee and was a member of the Executive
Committee.
For over 10 years, Pat was a volunteer group facilitator
and trainer for the Seattle AIDS Support Group. She has been a speaker at many
forums and has been interviewed for documentaries, training videos, newspapers
and magazines. Pat continues to teach AIDS awareness to many diverse groups of
people. These groups include students from 5th grade through college, teachers,
child care providers, therapists, nurses and medical students. She especially
targets at-risk populations. At the University of Washington, School of Social
Work, Pat worked on Choices: A Womens Health Project.
Pat graduated
from Southern Connecticut University with a degree in Education. She moved to
Seattle in 1978 and taught middle school, managed programs at the Girls Club of
Puget Sound and was the Director of a school-based child care program until
1994.
Pat and her dog, Lance, also love to travel and dig in the
yard.- Amy Benjamin
Amy Benjamin is a
National Institutes of Health research fellow and doctoral candidate at the
University of Colorado at Denver Program in Health and Behavioral Sciences. She
is currently conducting qualitative research on reproductive decision-making
among HIV-positive women in Seattle. Before moving to Seattle, Amy was Project
Coordinator of HIV Prevention Community Planning for the State of Colorado. In
this position she oversaw design, organization, and implementation of Years 1
and 2 of the statewide HIV prevention planning process and creation of a
statewide comprehensive plan for HIV prevention. Amy also served as a Buddy and
volunteer at the Boulder County AIDS Project from 1993 until she left Colorado
in 1999.
Amy has edited books on global public health, emerging and
re-emerging infectious diseases, and the global AIDS pandemic by Pulitzer
prize-winning author Laurie Garrett and Dr. Jonathan Mann (Betrayal of Trust,
1999; The Coming Plague, 1994; AIDS in the World, 1992). While living in Boston
(1985-1993), Amy worked for research projects on racial disparities in infant
mortality, health communication, and HIV/AIDS based at the Harvard Medical
School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard AIDS Institute.
Amy and her 5-year-old son, Noam, have been BABES volunteers since
October 2000. Amy has been a member of the Advisory Committee since January
2001, formerly serving as Secretary of the Board of Directors.
- Julie Sarkissian
Julie
Sarkissian is a long time supporter of BABES. In 1998, she became the first
employee of Northwest Family Center (NWFC) and later became director. As NWFC
developed, Julie was contacted by Kass Anderton, a founding mother of BABES,
about the need to establish support and educational services for women living
with HIV and AIDS. In 1992, Julie worked with former BABES Executive Director
Jesse Chipps to write the grant that provided the first independent funding for
The BABES Network. Julie has served on the BABES Board of Directors in the
past, and is happy to be able to contribute to the BABES Network-YWCA Advisory
Committee.
Julie considers it a privilege to have worked for 31 years
in the field of Public Health. She has worked in family planning, urban Indian
health, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and also in parent and child health
programs. She has always been interested in programs that empower women to
achieve their optimal health and well-being. Julie holds B.S. and M.S. degrees
in psychology. Her family includes a husband and son.
- Rosemary Ryan
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