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 Pat Migliore: President
Board
President, Pat Migliore, is one of the founding members of the BABES Network
and has been on the Board since 1993.
Pat is also a member of the
advisory committee to the Ms. Foundation: Women and AIDS Fund. Pat has been a
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, Bobo, also love to travel and dig
in the yard.- Amy Benjamin: Secretary
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 3-year-old son, Noam have been BABES volunteers since
October 2000 and Amy has been a BABES board member, serving as Secretary of the
board, since January 2001.
- 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 Jesse Chipps to write the grant
that provided the first independent funding for The BABES Network. Julie has
served on the BABES board in the past, and is happy to be able to contribute
again.
Julie considers it a privilege to have worked for 27 years in
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 young son.
- Rosemary Ryan
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