Board of Directors

SAAF Board of Directors

Fred Ronstadt, President
Self-Employed

Julia Wieland, President-Elect
Student – The University of Arizona

Beth Frantz, Treasurer
CFO – Community Food Bank of SA

Lauren Schroeder, Secretary
Attorney – Thrasher Law Offices PLLC

DIRECTORS

David Elder
SW Regional Vice President, RAYPRIDE Employee Resource Group – Raytheon

Cynthia Garcia
VP of Energy Delivery – TEP

Joel Isais
Pharmacist – El Rio Health – Cherrybell

Scott Koenig
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension / Arizona Center for Rural Leadership

Mo Moslem
Healthcare Supervisor – Walgreens

Beth Meyerson
Research Professor Southwest Institute for Research on Women – University of Arizona

Sudha Nagalingam
Medical Director Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease – El Rio Special Immunology Associates

Joe Trejo
Community Volunteer

Melissa Vito
Consultant and Interim VP – UT San Antonio

Jamie Weinand
University of Arizona, Addiction Medicine Fellow – El Rio Community Health Centers

Brian Williams
Military Education Instructor – United States Space Force

Ravi Grivois-Shah, ex officio
Chief Executive Officer – SAAF

The Board of Directors, staff, and volunteer committee members have diverse backgrounds ethnically, economically, and racially, and include people living with HIV/AIDS. SAAF’s charter requires that people with HIV/AIDS and people who are low-income are part of the Board. The Board of Directors, with continuing representation from the original Tucson AIDS service organizations, includes financial, medical, and social service professionals; advocates; and community business leaders.

News and Events

  • SAAF Condemns COVID-19 Mask-Wearing Comparison to HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies, March 16, 2021

    Last week Arizona House Bill 2770 was passed, allowing for business owners to determine whether masks are required in their places of business. According to news reports, the bill’s sponsor, Representative Joseph Chaplik, persuaded the Arizona House to let businesses ignore mask mandates to stem COVID spread in part by arguing that they were not […]

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  • SAAF Welcomes Dr. Ravi Grivois-Shah as its New Chief Executive Officer, September 30, 2020

    The Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, excitedly, welcomes Dr. Ravi Grivois-Shah as its new Chief Executive Officer. He is scheduled to begin his new role as CEO on Monday, September 28, 2020. Dr. Ravi comes to SAAF after serving as Medical Director of Alvernon Family Medicine and the UA Mobile Health Program, which provides free medical […]

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  • SAAF’s Next CEO, June 25, 2020

    The SAAF Board of Directors is pleased to share with you that Dr. Ravi Grivois-Shah has been selected and hired to be the next Chief Executive Officer for SAAF.

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  • Save Lives By Supporting Virtual AIDSWALK Tucson 2020, October 2, 2020

    By Rachel McMenamin, Grants Coordinator at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation As most things look different during this pandemic, so will the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation’s annual AIDSWALK Tucson. For the safety of walkers, volunteers, clients, staff and our community, this year’s AIDSWALK has gone virtual. SAAF will host a week long AIDSWALK celebration from […]

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  • SAAF WINS BBB Torch Award in Nonprofit Ethics, May 14, 2019

    We are honored to be the recipient of the BBB Serving Southern Arizona’s Torch Award for Nonprofit Ethics! As a nonprofit and more specifically as an AIDS service organization and an LGBTQ+ serving organization, we hold ourselves accountable to our stakeholders: our clients, our donors, the taxpayers, our staff and volunteers, our community partners, our funders, and […]

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To promote health, well-being, and social justice for those living with
HIV, LGBTQ+ individuals, and communities marginalized by society.