Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the central governing body that considers all major DC CFAR scientific or structural changes and makes recommendations to the Director and Co-Directors. The Committee is composed of Core Directors and Co-Directors and Scientific Working Group Leads and Co-Leads who also serve as representatives of their collaborating institutions.

Administrative Core

Amanda D. Castel

Core Co-Director; Academic Lead, Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group

Alan E. Greenberg

Core Director

Manya Magnus

Core Co-Director

Brandi Robinson

Administrative Director

Developmental Core

Kim M. Blankenship

Core Co-Director

Michael I. Bukrinsky

Core Director

Mark Burke, PhD

Core Co-Director

Anthony K. Wutoh

Core Co-Director

Basic Sciences Core

Alberto Bosque

Core Co-Director; Co-Lead HIV Cure Scientific Working Group

Marta Catalfamo

Associate Core Director

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

Core Co-Director

Sergei Nekhai

Core Director

Clinical and Population Sciences Core

Debra A. Benator

Scientific Advisor

Seble G. Kassaye

Core Director

Natella Rakhmanina

Scientific Advisor

Marc Siegel, MD

Associate Core Director

Social and Behavioral Sciences Core

Lisa Bowleg

Core Co-Director

David M. Huebner

Core Co-Director

Deanna Kerrigan

Core Director

Thespina "Nina" Yamanis

Core Co-Director

Maria Cecilia Zea

Core Co-Director

Institutional Representatives

Clover L. Barnes

Senior Deputy Director, HAHSTA, DC Health; Co-Lead, Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group

DeMarc Hickson

Executive Director, Us Helping Us

Italo Mocchetti

Professor, Georgetown University

Jonathon Rendina

Senior Director of Research, Whitman-Walker Health

Scientific Working Groups

HIV Cure Scientific Working Group

Alberto Bosque

Core Co-Director; Co-Lead HIV Cure Scientific Working Group

Rebecca Lynch

Academic Lead, HIV Cure Scientific Working Group

Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group

Clover L. Barnes

Senior Deputy Director, HAHSTA, DC Health; Co-Lead, Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group

Amanda D. Castel

Core Co-Director; Academic Lead, Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group