CBA Manager

Aunsha Hall-Everett has over 15 years of experience in Human Services and Public Health, with a focus on community empowerment, organizational wellness, and health promotion. Aunsha has facilitated strategic planning meetings for health departments, AIDS-service organizations (ASOs), community-based organizations (CBOs) and grassroots coalitions – strengthening their growth and sustainability by re-imagining and promoting visions of ending the HIV epidemic. Aunsha prides himself with utilizing user-friendly monitoring and evaluation tools to identify opportunities addressing gaps in services or social determinants, further increasing health literacy, promotion, and efficacy to combating HIV.
Aunsha Hall-Everett holds a Master of Arts in Organization and Leadership Development from Fielding University and is a proud graduate of University of Kentucky, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Family Studies. Aunsha is also a certified aerobics instructor, using a portion of his spare time working with others to live their best life by burning calories and stress. But most of all, Aunsha is the proud father of a beautiful daughter and is always supported and cheered by his loving husband.

Senior DIS Specialist

Jen Jackson is an experienced Capacity Building Consultant/Harm Reductionist with over twenty years of experience. Her background is in Partner Services, Harm Reduction/SSPs, and HIV testing; Jen has practical experience as a DIS and mobile HIV testing/SSP coordinator. She is skilled in stakeholder engagement, e-learning development, capacity building, training, and TA for health departments; she can also write a mean grant or IRB proposal. She has a particular interest in training providers to address intersectional stigma/bias to create more inclusive experiences for clients accessing services.

Jen is currently working on her PhD in Translational Health Science, studying the experiences of SSPs and their clients during times of intense social chaos to inform recommendations ensuring continuity of services. Since all work and no play makes Jen a dull gal, she travels nationally and internationally, collects records on vinyl, flies with friends in the wind tunnel, and is a licensed skydiver.

CBA Trainer/TA Specialist

Shavar comes to the CAPTC from the Recovery Resources Center, a community-based organization in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was the HIV Prevention Manager overseeing their CDC High Impact Prevention grant. Shavar holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA). He is excited about the opportunity to work at the CAPTC and help the CBA team in the amazing work that they do. He also wants to use his professional knowledge and experience to improve the objectives and outcomes of health departments to better meet the needs of those they serve.

Shavar’s strong speaking, writing, and training skills are invaluable to the CBA Program in furthering its mission of “Promoting Health Equity, Reducing Health Disparities” to help health departments throughout the US in addressing their unique HIV care/prevention needs.

CBA Trainer/TA Specialist

Patrick has over 20 years of experience in research, implementation, and evaluation of science-based HIV prevention interventions. He began his work in the field of HIV at Denver Public Health Department as a Program Coordinator of an evidence-based intervention called “Community PROMISE.” He has worked with high-risk populations, including MSM who do not identify as gay, injection drug users, sex workers, and high-risk youth. He also has extensive experience in HIV Testing and Counseling and Case Management and received his CAC-II certification in addictions counseling. His work has been published in several journals and has been highlighted at numerous national and international conferences.

Importance of Promoting Health Equity and Reducing Health Disparities:

As a member of what some may call a “marginalized community,” marginalization has never been an option for me. I am part of an American community and have spent my life fighting for equality and social justice in this country. We all deserve to have access to, and receive, quality health care, regardless of our race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. The sad fact is that we don’t. I am committed to see the day when “universal health care” is not just an idea or a catchphrase, but indeed, a reality.

CBA Trainer/TA Specialist

Duran Rutledge has worked extensively with low-income and disadvantage populations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. He has developed programs and coordinated services to reduce barriers that hinder a person’s ability to effectively access care and social services. Prior to joining the CAPTC, Duran worked for the Alameda County Public Health Department’s Office of AIDS Administration for five years as a Ryan White Grant Administrator, and as the staff liaison to the Alameda County People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) Committee.

Along with his colleagues, Duran is committed to enhancing technical assistance and training opportunities that address health disparities and health inequities throughout the United States.  Through these opportunities, providers acquire the tools to better address the needs and concerns of those living with and impacted by HIV.