Board of Directors

SAAF Board of Directors

Fred Ronstadt, President
Self-Employed

Mary Dorais, 1st Vice President
Realtor, Long Realty

Julia Wieland, 2nd Vice President
Student – The University of Arizona

Beth Frantz, Secretary/Treasurer
Community Food Bank of SA, CFO

DIRECTORS

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

Joel Isais
Pharmacist, El Rio Health – Cherrybell

Carla Johnson
Assistant Chief of Police, TPD(retired)

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

Mo Moslem
Healthcare Supervisor, Walgreens

Lauren Schroeder
Attorney, Thrasher Law Offices PLLC

Melissa Vito
Consultant and Interim VP, UT San Antonio

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

Juliet Yardy
Community Volunteer, Retailer

Patti Caldwell, ex officio
Interim Executive Director, 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 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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  • Share the Love with SAAF’s Home-Bound Clients, December 26, 2018

    Did you know that 92% of SAAF’s Food Program participants have extremely low and very low incomes and rely on our programs not just to avoid hunger, but to receive appropriate, nutrient-dense foods necessary to maintain their health and prevent HIV disease symptoms and medication side effects? Individuals living with HIV and their families face […]

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The mission of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation is to cultivate a healthy and stigma-free society through transformative action.