Pamela W. Barnes
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President and Chief Executive Officer Pamela W. Barnes is responsible for the strategic, programmatic, fundraising, financial, and management operations of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, where she previously served as Chief Operating Officer and acting CEO, she held executive positions at the International Trachoma Initiative and Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York, and worked for more than 20 years in investment management and corporate finance. Barnes also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay.

Blog Entries by Pamela W. Barnes

Women Unite to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Posted September 24, 2009 | 06:15 PM (EST)

As the CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I was honored to attend the Important Dinner for Women last night in New York City. Co-hosted by Wendi Murdoch, Queen Rania of Jordan, and Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, this event brought together hundreds of women from around the...

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Leading the Way Toward a Generation Free of HIV

Posted December 1, 2008 | 02:02 PM (EST)

This year's World AIDS Day theme is leadership. Why is leadership important in the fight against pediatric AIDS?

World AIDS Day (December 1) was first observed 20 years ago in 1988, and we've made tremendous progress in those two decades. We now know how to prevent babies from contracting...

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AIDS Walk Africa: The Journey of a Lifetime

Posted February 28, 2008 | 05:09 PM (EST)

As president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I travel to Africa frequently. Every trip is unique and memorable in its own way, but the trip I look forward to the most each year is AIDS Walk Africa - the first Foundation fundraiser on African soil....

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Discrimination Against Kids With HIV: A Thing of the Past?

Posted July 10, 2007 | 03:02 PM (EST)

I was saddened and outraged today to read a news story about a 2-year-old boy banned from a pool because he is HIV-positive. It brought back memories of a painful chapter in our country's history, when children, like Ryan White, were barred from school because they were living with the...

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