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Michigan News ArchivesSee also the DHWDC section and News around the State January NewsWomen Making a Difference MICHIGAN: Michigan AIDS Fund Announces New Interim Executive
Director "Dave Coulter knows our work and the challenges of fighting the AIDS epidemic today, and we're confident he'll provide a smooth transition for the people we serve. And, his political experience will serve us well in developing strategies to increase awareness of the disease and the need for sound public policy around issues of HIV," said Wendy Lawson, Chair of the Michigan AIDS Fund Board of Trustees. Coulter is serving his third two-year term as an Oakland County Commissioner. Coulter served 13 years in the Public Affairs department of Detroit-based Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (MichCon), where he managed media relations, public relations and communications. He received a B.A. in Social Science form Michigan State University, and recently earned a certificate in ‘Senior Executives in State and Local Government’ from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. The Michigan AIDS Fund has been fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic since 1989.
Its mission is to “prevent HIV/AIDS in Michigan by increasing knowledge and
awareness and investing public and private funds effectively.” Since 1989, they
have invested more nearly $12 million across the state to HIV/AIDS
organizations. The Michigan AIDS Fund also operates AmeriCorps Team Detroit,
Positive Perspective Speakers Bureau and the MPowerment Detroit project. Around the StateMAPP CEO Sworn in as Ferndale Mayor Ferndale - MAPP CEO Craig Covey was sworn in as the Mayor of Ferndale on
January Covey has headed up the Midwest AIDS Prevention, with offices in Ferndale,
since 1988. The Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP) is a non-profit,
community based organization that provides HIV/AIDS education programs, and
counseling, testing and referral services in the metro Detroit area and
prevention technical assistance statewide.
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MWAC is planning an Awards Luncheon for April (date TBA) where it will grant the Joan Fields Memorial Scholarship, and it will have a presence at the national HPLS to be held in Detroit in June. Along with the Special Events Committee – assigned to the above tasks – MWAC sub-committees include the Prevention Committee, Women’s Issues Committee and Research Committee, which will create a repository for research specific to women. For more information, contact Maxine Guy at the Detroit DHWP at (313)870-2759 or guymax@health.ci.detroit.mi.us Also, see information on the next meeting and the group's Mission Statement.
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Michigan AIDS Fund has appointed David Coulter as Interim Executive Director,
following the departure of former Executive Director Stacey Barbas. Coulter has
worked as a consultant with the Michigan AIDS Fund since 2004 in fund
development, grant writing and communications, and last year was hired as the
organization's first Director of Public Policy. 
15. His election in November received national media attention, as he is the
first openly gay mayor of this suburb of Detroit.