Heidi Larson

Executive Director
Heidi Larson, Ph.D., is the Director of the aids2031 project. She is an Associate Research Professor of International Development at Clark University, which hosts the aids2301 Secretariat, and a Research Associate at the Harvard Center for Population and Development. She is a specialist in risk analysis of public health programs and is currently working on a book on risk and rumor in global health.

Dr. Larson has served as a senior adviser to the UN and other international organizations on a number of public health issues, including AIDS, TB, and child health and vaccines, particularly focusing on the socio-cultural and political determinants of health. She coordinated a UN Study on the Vulnerability of the South Pacific to HIV and AIDS (1995) and co-authored BEYOND 2000:  Responding to HIV/AIDS in the new millennium(2001).

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Anne Hendrixson

Assistant Director
Anne has an MA from the International Development, Community and Environment Department at Clark University. Her research and publications focus on issues of reproductive health, gender, and population control, particularly in regards to young people. Prior to earning her degree, Anne was a reproductive justice advocate, with the Population and Development Program, Hampshire College, and the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment.

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Michael T. Isbell

Senior Adviser
Mike Isbell received his law degree from Harvard University in 1985. After practicing law in the private sector in New York, Isbell directed the AIDS project at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the nation’s largest gay and lesbian legal rights organization. At Lambda, Isbell helped litigate some of the earliest HIV discrimination cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the first federal law to provide broad protection against HIV-based discrimination in employment, health care access, and public accommodations. 

In 1994, Isbell became public policy director at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the world’s oldest AIDS service organization.  At GMHC, where he eventually became Associate Executive Director, Isbell eventually oversaw the agency’s communications, prevention and education programs, as well. Isbell was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS during the Clinton administration, serving as co-chair of its Prevention Subcommittee. For nearly 10 years, Isbell has worked as an independent consultant, concentrating in public health policy, strategic advocacy planning, and public policy communications.

 

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Thidi Tshiguvho 

Project Administrator

 

Thidi Tshiguvho, Ph.D, has a background in environmental and human ecology, with specific focus on how local and international policies drive communities’ responses to environmental and social conditions. She received her Ph.D. in Geography from Clark University. Her areas of interests are environmental resource management, community development, and community health, including HIV and Aids-related aspects. Prior to this Thidi has worked as a university professor at various institutions, and did extensive research in the fields of natural resource management, community health and sustainable development. She also has extensive experience in project management and administration, based in both the USA and South Africa. Her work in South Africa included working with local communities and institutions, through the “Healthy Living” project.