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thirty<strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

<strong>Center</strong><br />

<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>


our mission<br />

to provide quality comprehensive health and wellness services in an LGBt-focused environment,<br />

while preserving the dignity and improving the quality of life of the individuals we serve.<br />

thirty<strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

<strong>Center</strong><br />

<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

Board of Directors<br />

July 1, 2008 – June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />

Kenneth oakes, President<br />

Michael Wolf, MD, Vice President<br />

Kelly Harris, Treasurer<br />

rajnish S. Dave, Secretary<br />

rev. Carol r. anthony<br />

troy Cassel<br />

Mark Coyne<br />

russell Harris, MD<br />

adam Whitney Meyers<br />

Sheila Peopples<br />

Stacy rosemarin<br />

Jimmy J. ruiz, MD<br />

Jayden Sampson<br />

Paul Scoles, MD<br />

Beth Shandor, Do<br />

Michael Sweeney<br />

about the cover: the thirty year history of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> includes many significant<br />

developments in the fields of LGBt health and HiV / aiDS care, treatment, and<br />

prevention. But none of these contributions would be possible without the hard work<br />

and dedication of our most prized resource: our people.<br />

Pictured (l to r): Walter Lear, MD; a “live” enactment of our “Lucky Stiffs” safe sex ad campaign;<br />

Peter <strong>Mazzoni</strong>, MD; our “SEX” HIV prevention campaign; 1987 March on Washington; ribbon-cutting<br />

of the first LGBT Community Health <strong>Center</strong>, 2002 ; <strong>Mazzoni</strong> in lights, atop the PECO Energy Building.<br />

Below: <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> employee staff picnic, <strong>2009</strong>


thirty<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

<strong>2009</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

From the Board President 2<br />

From the executive Director 3<br />

Family & Community Medicine 4<br />

Behavioral Health Services 6<br />

Care Services 8<br />

Ctr/StD Services 10<br />

Prevention Services 11<br />

transgender Services 12<br />

Development & Marketing 13<br />

audited Financial Position 14<br />

Funders & Donors 15


from the board president<br />

2 :: thirty<br />

One of my last official duties as Board President of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>,<br />

was a real honor and privilege for me; i met with the staff, and thanked them for their work.<br />

of all the great experiences i have had during these past two years as president, interacting with<br />

these fine representatives of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> has been the most rewarding. these remarkable young<br />

men and women have each made a conscious decision to dedicate their profession to the service<br />

to others. each of you reading this report - our supporters, donors, funders, patients, clients,<br />

and friends - are all part of the fabric of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>. You choose to share your talents and<br />

resources because you believe in its mission. or you come to us, in need of the services and<br />

support we offer, and you appreciate the professional and quality care for which <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is known. Whatever<br />

your reasons, or whichever portal you entered, you have undoubtedly come into contact with one, or a number of the<br />

amazing, selfless staff members who are in place, ready to assist you.<br />

each of the more than 75 full-time staff members has, (to paraphrase Gandhi) immersed himself or herself<br />

in the service of others and, one hopes, discovering within each one’s self an expanded capacity to care.<br />

now, you may ask, what does this have to do with our annual report? all that you will read in the pages that follow<br />

could certainly not happen without the generous support of our donors and funders. nor would it matter, were it<br />

not for the pressing needs of our patients and clients.<br />

i ask that you read these narratives through the prism of our staff members here at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />

absent the professional and compassionate care offered by the providers and staff of Family and Community Medicine<br />

practice, thousands of members of our constituencies might go without health care. Were it not for our dedicated social<br />

workers, hundreds more might be lost in a sea of red tape and bureaucracy, their health hanging in the balance. our<br />

open Door mental health and substance abuse counselors provide firm ground and surer footing to those in need of<br />

it. our outreach, prevention, and testing staff arm those accessing these services with the knowledge and tools to keep<br />

themselves healthy. the food bank and housing team do more than provide food and shelter; they give them hope.<br />

as i started to write this final address as president, i thought i would write that it has been a great honor to serve as<br />

the leader of this board. But in retrospect, i would rather close by confessing that it has been a humbling experience,<br />

standing side-by-side with staff and fellow board members, working towards a common goal.<br />

thank you for allowing me this honor, and for being part of the <strong>Mazzoni</strong> family.<br />

Ken oakes<br />

President, Board of Directors<br />

“The best way to find yourself<br />

is to lose yourself in the service of others. ”<br />

Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi


from the executive director<br />

This year <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> marks thirty years of service to our<br />

communities. We began this year-long dedication, appropriately enough, during this year’s<br />

season of Gay Pride, rolling past the crowd-lined streets of Philadelphia, proudly heralding this<br />

achievement to our community.<br />

two months later, we followed up that heady celebration with a more serious-minded<br />

retrospective exhibit, detailing the development, not only of this organization and the health<br />

and wellness services we have been providing to our community for three decades, but also, in<br />

broader terms, the development of the LGBt health movement.<br />

i am proud of how much we have accomplished, while at the same time energized by the task before us.<br />

in the three decades since the founders of Lavender Health put forth a set of goals for LGBt health, we have addressed<br />

the clinical needs of our community; we responded to the gap in health education; and we have forayed into research.<br />

We continue to make progress on the needs of our community, and slowly, but gradually, we are making inroads in<br />

the provision of services for women, even as we look to enhance and expand them in the future.<br />

We have also gone beyond the framework of our founders – our provision of transgender services has created a new<br />

benchmark for quality. our youth services afford young people the opportunity to develop leadership skills, and<br />

become adults in a supportive and positive environment. our HiV services, for which there wasn’t even an inkling<br />

of need in 1979, now surpass all standards of quality. in the thirty years since, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> has earned a highlyregarded<br />

reputation as a provider of these services, known and respected for our comprehensive case management,<br />

food, and housing programs for people with HiV/aiDS.<br />

i am not sure if our founders could have imagined such a strong, vibrant organization, with over 75 employees,<br />

emerging from the small, volunteer-driven, effort they initiated. i am certain, however, that they are impressed by<br />

the result.<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s stature today as the pre-eminent health authority for the region’s LGBt communities is, in large<br />

part, due to the dedicated employees, volunteers, and board members, past and present, and of course, due to the<br />

generous support of our donors and funders. to all of you i say “thank you,” for your work, your support, and your<br />

confidence. i look forward to the next thirty years with excitement and pride, for i know that this organization will<br />

continue to exceed the expectations placed before it.<br />

nurit Shein<br />

Executive Director<br />

thirty :: 3


When the original<br />

founders of Lavender Health,<br />

the agency which spawned PCHa, and later, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>,<br />

convened their initial planning meetings more than 30 years<br />

ago, they envisioned a holistic approach to gay and lesbian<br />

health care, including clinical services for StD’s, sensitive<br />

gynecological care for women, as well as general health care.<br />

But could they have imagined the level of sophistication<br />

and professionalism that exists today at our thriving medical<br />

practice, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Family and Community Medicine?<br />

the close of Fiscal Year 09 marked our first full year in our<br />

gleaming new facility at 809 Locust Street. During that time,<br />

our medical practice saw over 3,800 unduplicated clients,<br />

an increase of nearly 1,000 over the previous year. Using the<br />

standard definition of “active patient” to mean having had a<br />

doctor’s visit within the past 3 years, we can extrapolate that<br />

we currently have almost 5,000 unduplicated clients under<br />

our care.<br />

our new facility has provided the practice with the necessary<br />

room to grow. Whereas our former location at 1201 Chestnut<br />

Street had two regular, and two make-shift exam rooms, 809<br />

Locust boasts eight state-of-the-art, fully- equipped examination<br />

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In 2002, city health officials and <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

board and staff gathered to cut the ribbon on the first<br />

Community Health <strong>Center</strong>, an LGBT-specific practice<br />

and the first of its kind in Philadelphia.<br />

&<br />

family community<br />

rooms, including a procedure room. the improvement in the<br />

physical plant of the health practice cannot be overstated as<br />

a factor in its growth. in FY 2008, we were averaging 400-<br />

500 patient visits per month, whereas we are now seeing close<br />

to 900 patients per month. We added another full-time nurse<br />

practitioner this year, complementing and enhancing the<br />

diversity of our health care team and reflecting of the diversity<br />

of the communities we serve.<br />

Just who are these communities that make up our patient base?<br />

While the predominant group is gay males, women do make<br />

up nearly a quarter of our patient population, half of whom<br />

identify as lesbian or bi. twenty percent of our clientele are<br />

transgender, a fact that might surprise the original founders.<br />

While the articles of organization, drafted back in 1979,<br />

made no accommodation for our transgender brothers and<br />

sisters, the ensuing decades have brought about dialogue and<br />

increased understanding, and trans folk are now recognized as an<br />

integral part of our organization, and the community at large.<br />

of course, the founders could not have foreseen the huge<br />

part HiV and aiDS would play in our medical practice, and<br />

the agency as a whole, because thirty years ago there was no<br />

epidemic. today, approximately 10% of our patient base is<br />

HiV-positive, but make up nearly 30% of patient visits. our


medicine<br />

HiV-positive patients have come to know <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

FCM as providing the gold standard in HiV care, and we have<br />

incorporated CDC guidelines for HiV testing into routine<br />

care. By providing on-site medical case management, helping<br />

patients to navigate insurance, secure housing, and providing<br />

them with referrals to other support services and overall<br />

coordination of care, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> helps to ensure that<br />

our HiV+ patients remain in care. Knowing one’s HiV status,<br />

continuing in care and adhering to medication regimens is the<br />

path toward maintaining health and quality of life.<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s medical practice has instituted new efficiencies<br />

into its delivery of care, which accounts in part for the nearly<br />

forty percent increase in patient volume over the previous<br />

year. But whereas in this day of managed care, where the term<br />

“efficiency” is often a euphemism for quick, peripheral office<br />

visits and a “get ‘em in, get ‘em out” mentality, our team of<br />

providers has a reputation for a caring, considered approach to<br />

health care that continues to attract new patients through our<br />

doors, at a rate of 50 –100 new patients per month.<br />

the horizon looks bright, as we continue to launch new<br />

initiatives and services. We are adding a staff nutritionist for<br />

our HiV-infected population. We have launched adolescent<br />

programming, a medical “safety net” for young, often uninsured<br />

Today, in our new facility at 809 Locust Street, we are helping<br />

populations previously overlooked, with technologies unimagined when the<br />

agency was founded in 1979. Here, Medical Director Robert Winn, MD,<br />

uses laser technology on a transgender patient.<br />

patients. We perform laser hair removal at greatly reduced costs<br />

to transgender patients, adding immeasurably to their sense<br />

of self-esteem and well-being. and we recently received an<br />

aaCo-funded grant to develop a referral base for dental care<br />

for our HiV positive patients.<br />

Many of our patients have insurance, which we take as a<br />

testament to the fact that we are attracting new patients who<br />

have the means to make the choice to receive care at <strong>Mazzoni</strong>;<br />

many others are uninsured, and <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> welcomes<br />

them also, remaining true and focused on our mission to<br />

provide quality, compassionate care, regardless of ability to pay.<br />

this mix of insured, and uninsured, from varied socioeconomic<br />

backgrounds and circumstances, provides evidence that <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

<strong>Center</strong> is becoming the health care provider of choice for all of<br />

the Philadelphia region’s LGBt and HiV/aiDS communities.<br />

thirty :: 5


ehavioral health services<br />

one of the very first documents authored by the founding members<br />

of Lavender Health established six interrelated “components” which, in combination, form a multi-disciplinary approach to improving<br />

the health and well-being of the region’s LGBt populus.<br />

of those six tenets, one expressly speaks to the need for each<br />

individual to take personal responsibility for his or her own<br />

health and well-being. as the founders saw it, this component<br />

entails (among other things) understanding the importance of<br />

establishing positive human relationships, as<br />

well as finding strategies to overcome challenges<br />

posed by sexually transmitted diseases, and the<br />

stigma that often accompanies them.<br />

Learning to cope with societal pressures and<br />

biases, and to overcome impediments such<br />

as drug and alcohol dependency, was also<br />

recognized as an essential part of an individual’s<br />

path to physical health and wellness.<br />

While the founders did not expressly call for the<br />

creation of mental health services, the concepts<br />

outlined above, and the complex interrelationship among them,<br />

are at the core of much of the work presently conducted in <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

<strong>Center</strong>’s open Door Counseling Program. Common issues<br />

brought into therapy by open Door clients include the desire to<br />

develop intimacy and to form positive healthy relationships; with<br />

family, with partners and with oneself.<br />

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then, as now, drug and alcohol dependency can create an obstacle<br />

for some in our community. about 20% of our open Door clients<br />

are seeking drug and alcohol treatment for themselves; however,<br />

alcohol and drugs also play a central role in many of our clients<br />

lives and manifest in relationships with friends,<br />

partners and family who struggle with abuse<br />

and dependency. through our comprehensive<br />

behavioral health services, open Door seeks<br />

to help clients identify and explore patterns of<br />

Last year our Open Door Counseling<br />

program provided over 4,000 hours of<br />

individual, couples and family therapy,<br />

as well as group support, to more than<br />

550 clients.<br />

dependency and many other related issues.<br />

then, as now, sexually-transmitted diseases,<br />

and the social stigmas that can accompany<br />

them, can impact on an individual’s sense of<br />

self-esteem, and effect one’s ability to seek and<br />

maintain healthy relationships. But today, with<br />

HiV, the stakes are considerably higher, and the accompanying<br />

stigmas can be devastating.<br />

twenty-eight percent of our open Door client population is HiVpositive,<br />

a nearly 8% increase over the previous year. obviously, an<br />

individual’s HiV status, and the real-world implications a positive<br />

status can have on one’s psyche, and his or her relationships, is a<br />

recurring and relevant theme in therapy. open Door therapists


espond to this need via individual counseling, as well as group<br />

support. our HiV and recovery groups are among the most<br />

frequented support groups within open Door.<br />

Perhaps the single most significant development in open Door this<br />

year is a new project called REACH (Recovery Empowerment<br />

and Community Health). this program, funded by a major<br />

new grant by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health<br />

Services Administration) seeks to expand capacity by tapping<br />

into high risk populations of gay and bisexual men, with a<br />

particular focus on communities of color, by addressing drug and<br />

alcohol use and sexual health. this program distinguishes itself<br />

from traditional outpatient services through its use of peers to<br />

engage men in dialogue about their health, as well as its emphasis<br />

on “pre-treatment” – getting the client “ready” to enter treatment<br />

on his terms and timetable. this program met and exceeded its<br />

goals in terms of its start-up and provision of assessments and<br />

treatment, and most importantly, began “reaching” a segment of<br />

our community that does not traditionally seek treatment.<br />

our open Door program continually operates at capacity, with<br />

(unfortunately) a waiting list for new clients. We view this as<br />

both a testament to the quality of services we offer, as well as an<br />

indicator of the pressing need for culturally competent behavioral<br />

health services for the LGBt communities.<br />

Our REACH program is an innovative new approach to treatment utilizing<br />

“peer engagement specialists” who recruit prospective clients into<br />

pretreatment and treatment services via various social networking strategies.<br />

Three members of the REACH team, pictured above, at a community event<br />

with our Mobile Testing Unit.<br />

thirty :: 7


care services<br />

in 1979, the men and women who came together to form an organization to<br />

improve the health of gays and lesbians had no notion of the calamity called aiDS that was<br />

about to befall an entire generation. thus, they couldn’t imagine the skyrocketing need for social services by those infected by HiV that<br />

would follow the onset of this terrible disease.<br />

in 1990, Philadelphia Community Health alternatives initiated case management services, helping its clients navigate the bureaucracy<br />

and red tape to facilitate and ensure access to publicly available social services. in 1989, PCHa opened its regional Food Bank,<br />

providing supplemental groceries and nutritional support to our clients with aiDS diagnoses.<br />

today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s Care Services department provides case management services to over 1,000 clients, and provides groceries to<br />

nearly 1,400 individuals.<br />

Case Management<br />

our Case Management program continues to be a leader in the<br />

provision of quality case management services in the Philadelphia<br />

region. as a result of our exceptional services, the Philadelphia<br />

Department of Public Health, aiDS activities Coordinating<br />

office (aaCo) this past year awarded an additional four case<br />

managers to our program, for a total of fifteen full-time employees.<br />

Following a “medical case management” model, our staff assist<br />

clients in scheduling and attending their medical appointments,<br />

resulting in a 95% attendance rate for medical appointments.<br />

Studies show that HiV/aiDS clients who strictly adhere to their<br />

medical regimen demonstrate more positive health outcomes.<br />

our case managers are also highly trained in assessing clients’<br />

eligibility for Medical assistance or other insurance, removing<br />

a major barrier to receive care. ninety percent of our case<br />

management clients now have health insurance.<br />

other services include mental health and substance abuse referrals,<br />

treatment adherence counseling, assisting with housing, and<br />

vocational rehabilitation referrals.<br />

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Each holiday season, our staff collects and distributes hundreds of toys and winter<br />

coats to provide for the children of many of our case management clients.<br />

in august of 2008, we expanded our case management services<br />

by staffing two full-time case managers on-site at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

Family & Community Medicine. Paralleling the services we<br />

provide at our main location, MCFCM case managers provide<br />

a wide range of services to our HiV+ client population who<br />

receiving their primary care from <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />

Fiscal Year <strong>2009</strong> was a transitional and rebuilding period for<br />

adolescent Care Services at <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, and providing<br />

services to 71 youth. Groundwork was laid for the introduction<br />

of adolescent “Drop-in” hours, exclusively for those in the 13 – 24<br />

year old age bracket, to begin in FY10.<br />

our Care Services department also instituted LGBt case<br />

management at MCFCM in FY09, designed to meet the medical<br />

and psychosocial needs of HiV negative LGBt clients. there is<br />

a heavy emphasis on trans-specific case management services, as<br />

research continues to point up the multiple barriers to care faced<br />

by transgender individuals.


Food Bank<br />

Since it was first instituted 20 years ago, our regional HiV Food<br />

Bank has served thousands upon thousands of aiDS-diagnosed<br />

individuals in the Philadelphia region. it continues to play a vital<br />

role in maintenance of healthy lifestyles, as a source for providing<br />

supplemental groceries, and nutritional support. in FY09, we<br />

distributed more than 8,400 bags of groceries. in addition to<br />

our regular client base, 75 households received emergency (onetime)<br />

food bank referrals, an increase of 29% over the previous<br />

fiscal year. these clients are not eligible for on-going services, but<br />

present with immediate food needs. this significant increase is<br />

due to citywide closings and/or restrictions by community-based<br />

and church-based soup kitchens and food banks.<br />

Housing<br />

our Housing Subsidy program continues to be the gold-standard<br />

in housing assistance in the Philadelphia region for persons with<br />

HiV/aiDS. the efficiency and effectiveness with which we<br />

manage this program was again recognized by the city’s office<br />

of Housing and Community Development with the award of<br />

an additional fourteen units in FY09, bringing to 76 the total<br />

number of households to whom we are providing services, and<br />

housing 105 individuals. additionally, our housing counselors<br />

work in close collaboration with our medical case managers,<br />

ensuring that our homebound tenants get help managing their<br />

medical needs, including obtaining coverage and accessing health<br />

care. at the close of FY09, our Housing Subsidy program stood<br />

poised to be awarded a contract for an additional forty slots for the<br />

upcoming fiscal year, an increase of nearly 50%, and the addition<br />

of a housing counselor to our team. this new award conveys the<br />

level of trust and confidence placed in <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> by the<br />

City to effectively manage this program.<br />

Last year Dennis Coyne, our Regional HIV Food Bank<br />

manager, helped to hand out more than 8,400 bags<br />

of groceries to our HIV/AIDS clients, helping to<br />

supplement their nutritional needs.<br />

Today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />

Care Services department provides case<br />

management services to over 1,000 clients, and<br />

provides groceries to nearly 1,400 individuals.<br />

thirty :: 9


ctr/std services<br />

Screening for sexually transmitted diseases was among the<br />

services first offered when the agency was instituted. Volunteers would go into the city’s bathhouses<br />

and provide screenings to help reduce the spread of syphilis, gonorrhea, and other StDs.<br />

thirty years later, we are still providing that service,<br />

and so much more. of course, the landscape was<br />

altered dramatically with the onset of a mysterious,<br />

deadly illness affecting gay men shortly after<br />

Lavender Health opened its doors. the (mostly<br />

volunteer) workers quickly learned they needed<br />

to adapt to the new circumstances. in 1984, the<br />

HiV virus was discovered, and was determined to<br />

be the cause of this “gay plague,” quickly earning<br />

the nefarious status of “epidemic.” one year later,<br />

PCHa opened the first “alternate test Site” in<br />

Pennsylvania, on St. James Street, and began<br />

providing the newly-developed HiV antibody test.<br />

Much of the technology has changed, and has<br />

vastly improved over the past three decades. But<br />

getting tested and knowing your HiV status was<br />

then, and continues to be now, the critical first step<br />

in preventing the spread of HiV, and maintaining<br />

a healthy lifestyle.<br />

Medical research has since discovered the links<br />

between HiV and other StDs, and the increased<br />

susceptibility for transmission of one, when the<br />

other is already present. as a result, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />

testing department has stepped up its provision<br />

of StD screening, particularly among high risk<br />

individuals. the <strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control and<br />

Prevention (CDC) reports that new cases of syphilis,<br />

which disproportionately affect MSM, are at their<br />

highest levels in more than a decade. as a response,<br />

in addition to increased screening, our street teams<br />

and web-based intervention efforts have increased<br />

their outreach efforts.<br />

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From top:<br />

In 1985, PCHA opened the first<br />

“Alternate Test Site” in Philadelphia,<br />

at this location on St. James Street.<br />

So busy and crowded was this site,<br />

that overburdened HIV counselors<br />

had to walk clients around the block<br />

to give them their test results privately.<br />

Our testing capabilities have changed<br />

dramatically, utilizing modern<br />

technologies like rapid testing, and<br />

new modes of delivery, such as our<br />

mobile testing unit.<br />

this past year, our Ctr/StD department<br />

tested more than 5,200 individuals for HiV,<br />

with an overall positivity rate of 2.1 percent. a<br />

consistent, and troubling trend is the significantly<br />

higher positive rate (54%, up from 47% in the<br />

previous year) among MSM (men who have sex<br />

with men) of color. While accounting for just<br />

over a third of our testing pool, they account<br />

for 49% of positives. We tested more young<br />

people this year than last (11% increase), and<br />

uncovered an alarming statistic of 37% increase<br />

in positivity rate over FY08, mostly among<br />

african-american MSM. this number, while<br />

deeply troubling, confirms for us that at least<br />

we are reaching these young people and getting<br />

them into treatment.<br />

Services like our mobile testing unit are useful<br />

in helping us to identify and locate some of<br />

those hard-to-reach, at-risk populations. rather<br />

than wait for them to come to us, we proactively<br />

go to them; where they live and congregate, in<br />

some of the inner-city neighborhoods where<br />

resources are more scarce, and social stigmas<br />

surrounding HiV persist. additionally, we find<br />

that in many communities of color, there also<br />

persists a nagging homophobia. this has resulted<br />

in the phenomenon known as the “down low,”<br />

whereby men who identify as straight, still have<br />

sex with other men. this “down low” behavior<br />

“hides” more than the sex taking place, however.<br />

it can also “hide” the transmission of HiV.


prevention services<br />

the founding members of<br />

Lavender Health agreed that<br />

an informed community is<br />

key to a healthy community,<br />

and thus enumerated Health education as one of the six<br />

tenets in working to improve the health and well-being of the<br />

LGBt community.<br />

in FY09, our Prevention Services Department provided<br />

outreach, education, counseling and support to LGBt and<br />

questioning Philadelphians, through a variety of approaches.<br />

The Collective, a partnership program with GaLaei (Gay and<br />

Lesbian Latino aiDS education initiative) and aSiaC (aiDS<br />

Services in asian Communities) which focuses on communities<br />

of color, had over 20,000 face-to-face street outreach contacts,<br />

and conducted nearly 300 counseling sessions.<br />

our Community Health Education program held 200<br />

workshops with 3,500 middle and high school students<br />

participating. new in FY09 was an LGBt Parenting<br />

Collaborative, which provided more than 25 workshops to<br />

almost 300 parents and children, dealing with issues such<br />

as communication, sexuality and gender, and relationship<br />

building.<br />

our Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) group level intervention<br />

is currently in year 2, and we’re happy to say this program is<br />

growing, successfully reaching young MSM of color and<br />

providing them with critical health information and strategies to<br />

change behaviors around sex, relationships and HiV prevention.<br />

in FY09, 3MV held 84 workshops and retreats, reaching more<br />

than 1,200 young men of color, a crucial demographic as we<br />

have seen the highest rates of HiV infection in this group.<br />

our affiliations with the “ballroom” community has proven<br />

an effective way to tap into this group of young men.<br />

Clockwise from top-left:<br />

A safe sex poster from the 80’s grabs<br />

the audience’s attention with this<br />

“in your face” message.<br />

Group level interventions, like the<br />

3MV retreat pictured above, are an<br />

altogether different approach about<br />

educating, and ultimately changing<br />

or modifying, risky behaviors.<br />

Lavender Health founders never<br />

could have imagined spreading safe<br />

sex messages in this way, but online<br />

messages and interventions have<br />

proven and efficient and effective<br />

means of reaching audiences.<br />

another effective means of educating our LGBt communities,<br />

(and one surely not foreseen by our founders thirty years ago) is<br />

the use of Social networking websites. MySpace.com, twitter,<br />

and Facebook have proven efficient and effective means of<br />

reaching the internet generation.<br />

Finally, our Ally Safe Schools Program and LEAD are helping<br />

to create safe spaces in the Philadelphia public school system,<br />

through special trainings for adults to become “allies” of<br />

LGBtQ youth, as well as the creation of Gay-Straight alliances<br />

(GSa’s), and by developing leadership skills for LGBtQ and<br />

allied youth, with specially tailored seminars, workshops, and<br />

facilitated group discussions at Philadelphia’s first annual GSa<br />

Leadership Summit (LeaD).<br />

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transgender<br />

services<br />

a reading of the articles of organization of Lavender Health points<br />

up a glaring omission. there is no mention, of our transgender<br />

brothers and sisters. With the exception of a very few, highlypublicized<br />

cases of transsexuals, there was very little public<br />

discussion of the transgender issues, and certainly nothing coming<br />

close to a transgender movement.<br />

In the ensuing years, however, a grassroots<br />

trans movement has sprung up, and today,<br />

transgender communities are recognized as an<br />

integral part of the dialogue of LGBT heatlh.<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> offers an array of trans-specific services, including<br />

medical, psycho-social, and educational. Many of these services are<br />

provided by staff members, some of them transgender themselves,<br />

who are highly trained to the issues specific to the transgender<br />

experience.<br />

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Dr. Lisa O’Connor, <strong>2009</strong> PTHC Keynote speaker, is a respected<br />

former faculty member of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New<br />

Brunswick , NJ. Today, she operates her own family practice, where more<br />

than 95% of her patient base identifies as trans.<br />

today, <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is recognized, both within the trans<br />

community and outside of it, locally and nationally, as a leader in<br />

the field of transgender health. <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> annually hosts the<br />

largest transgender health conference in the nation, the Philadelphia<br />

trans-Health Conference. Last year, over 1,500 people attended<br />

this three-day conference, including health care providers,<br />

mental health providers, educators, social workers, advocates and<br />

community members. Many of the course offerings are accredited<br />

by Jefferson Medical College, an esteemed insititution of medical<br />

education. and it draws the top people in the field as keynote<br />

speakers and presenters, as well as attendees.<br />

While the founders of Lavender Health did not envision anything<br />

like the PtHC, this national conference certainly falls within the role<br />

of educating providers about LGBt issues, which was something<br />

they were clear about as a primary goal of Lavender Health.


&<br />

in 1980, Lavender Health, the precursor<br />

to <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, received its first<br />

government revenue, a $15,000 grant from the<br />

<strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control and Prevention to advance LGBtspecific<br />

health issues.<br />

development marketing<br />

a few years later, the newly-named PCHa was the beneficiary<br />

of the first of what would become a long string of fundraisers;<br />

local singer-songwriter, performer and activist tom Wilson (now<br />

Wilson-Weinberg) and tommy avicolli performed a cabaret to<br />

raise badly-needed funds to help the agency care for those infected<br />

by the new “gay plague.”<br />

For the next three decades, government contracts, foundation<br />

grants, and individual donations have become the backbone of our<br />

funding streams. Signature events, like 2008’s L Word in Philly,<br />

provide unique opportunities to engage longterm<br />

donors while introducing new friends<br />

to the <strong>Center</strong>’s mission to provide health<br />

and wellness services. the L Word in Philly,<br />

featuring members of the cast and the show’s<br />

creator, was an enormous success, netted over<br />

$70,000 in revenues, and attracted more than<br />

500 attendees – some of whom were hearing<br />

about <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, and our services,<br />

for the first time. the event coincided with<br />

the launch of <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s Women’s<br />

Programs and Services.<br />

Hundreds of individuals, couples, and families supported <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

by giving over $35,000 through their employee contribution<br />

campaigns and through the United Way. Corporate support<br />

from Citibank, Walgreens, Comcast, Bank of America, and<br />

Lincoln Financial Group provided additional support to build<br />

the infrastructure of <strong>Mazzoni</strong>’s expanding services. Foundation<br />

and grant funds from the William Penn Foundation,<br />

Susan G. Komen Foundation, and from the Pennsylvania<br />

Department of Economic and Community Development<br />

successfully improved the programmatic efforts this year. equally<br />

amazing were the contributions that reached<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> directly from individuals, couples,<br />

and families. almost $60,000 was granted<br />

directly from individuals, with 250 new<br />

supporters last year.<br />

The L Word in Philly, featuring members of<br />

the cast and the show’s creator, was<br />

an enormous success!<br />

Perry Monastero recently joined the<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> family as our new<br />

Director of Development and Marketing.<br />

once again, house parties and annual<br />

fundraisers convened by <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />

friends and supporters raised not only funds,<br />

but awareness, and introduced new people<br />

to the <strong>Center</strong>’s work, as well. this year, Boys<br />

in the Country, Strike! Against AIDS, Night<br />

of a Thousand Friends, and Cabaret at the<br />

Cloister all provided greater visibility and financial backing to<br />

the <strong>Center</strong>.<br />

the Board of Directors and staff deeply appreciate all of the<br />

support from each person, institution, company, organization,<br />

and funder that contributed to <strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> last year.<br />

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statement of<br />

audited financial position<br />

Year ending June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />

Revenue and Other Support<br />

14 :: thirty<br />

Unrestricted restricted total<br />

Government Contracts $ 4,738,568 $ -- $ 4,738,568<br />

third Party Billing 644,580 -- 644,580<br />

Fundraising 313,285 43,348 356,633<br />

other income 92,259 -- 92,259<br />

Subtotal $ 5,788,692 $ 43,348 $ 5,832,040<br />

Net Assets Released from Restriction<br />

Total Revenue & Other Support<br />

Expenses<br />

$ 122,500 $ (122,500) --<br />

$ 5,911,192 $ (79,152) $ 5,832,040<br />

Program expenses $ 5,000,125 -- $ 5,000,125<br />

Support Services 778,136 -- 778,136<br />

total expenses $ 5,778,261 -- $ 5,778,261<br />

Change in Net Assets<br />

Net Assets as of July 1, 2008<br />

Net Assets Thru June 30, <strong>2009</strong><br />

$ 132,931 $ (79,152) $ 53,779<br />

$ 953,826 $ 246,652 $ 1,200,478<br />

$ 1,086,757 $ 167,500 $ 1,254,257<br />

Where does the money come from?<br />

Government Contracts 80%<br />

third Party Billing 11%<br />

Fundraising 7%<br />

other 2%<br />

Where does the money go?<br />

Care Services 30%<br />

Prevention & education 29%<br />

Behavioral Health 15%<br />

Medical Services 13%<br />

administration 11%<br />

Development 2%


thank you<br />

<strong>Mazzoni</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is an affiliate of<br />

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.<br />

SePa Donor # 2304, Delaware Donor # 7591<br />

to our donors *<br />

$50,000 +<br />

AIDS Activities Coordinating Office (AACO)<br />

<strong>Center</strong>s for Disease Control & Prevention<br />

City of Philadelphia - Department of Human Services<br />

City of Philadelphia - Department of Public Health<br />

City of Philadelphia - Office of Housing & Community Development<br />

Family Planning Council / Circle of Care<br />

Pennsylvania Department of Health<br />

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)<br />

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services<br />

William Penn Foundation<br />

$25,000 to $49,999<br />

School District of Philadelphia<br />

Susan G. Komen For The Cure (Philadelphia Affiliate)<br />

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania & Delaware<br />

$10,000 to $24,999<br />

AIDS Fund<br />

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS<br />

Mel Heifetz<br />

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation<br />

Pennsylvania Department of Economic & Community Development<br />

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging<br />

The Philadelphia Foundation<br />

$5,000 to $9,999<br />

Anonymous (2)<br />

Connelly Foundation<br />

Jenny Myers<br />

Linda Pelullo<br />

United Way - Anonymous (200+)<br />

Woody’s - Michael Weiss & Billy Weiss<br />

Michael Wolf, MD<br />

* this list reflects the generous support of our donors and funders for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

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$2,500 to $4,999<br />

Anonymous (2)<br />

Comcast Corporation<br />

Delaware Valley Legacy Fund<br />

Jimmy J. Ruiz, MD<br />

Un iversity of Pennsylvania -<br />

Beck Initiative<br />

$1,000 to $2,499<br />

Mitze Amoroso<br />

Anonymous (1)<br />

Bank of America<br />

Early Night Out<br />

Al icia Fasciocco<br />

& Health Advocate. Inc.<br />

Stephen R. Lee<br />

Liberty Belle Invitational<br />

Tom Morea<br />

Megan Murphy<br />

Joanna Pang<br />

Svetlana Permiakova<br />

PHILABUNDANCE<br />

Jayden H. C. Sampson<br />

Nu rit Levi Shein<br />

& Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell<br />

Michael Sirohi<br />

Wharton Graduate Association<br />

John J. Wilcox, Jr.<br />

16 :: thirty<br />

$500 to $999<br />

David Adamany<br />

Anonymous (2)<br />

Al Besse<br />

J. Blaine Bonham, Jr.<br />

Todd Boschetto<br />

David Cannell<br />

Nicholas & Debbie Chaban<br />

Scott Conking<br />

Mark Coyne<br />

Avi Eden<br />

Steve Elkin<br />

David Ertz<br />

Michael F. Fink<br />

Joel & Lucy Huff<br />

Michael Mallinger<br />

Lee Mallon<br />

Ron Powers<br />

Jeff Price<br />

Stacy Rosemarin<br />

Andrew Rouse<br />

Stir & Lucky Lounge<br />

Ro bert J. Winn, MD<br />

& Christine Caputo Winn<br />

Fern Zenia<br />

$250 to $499<br />

Anonymous (3)<br />

Biff Bartron & Aaron Buda<br />

Autumn Bayles<br />

Robin Beideman<br />

Ma rk H. Blecher, MD<br />

& Lary Aasheim<br />

Regina Byrne<br />

Timothy Cabrey<br />

Ennis Carter<br />

Gloria Casarez<br />

Victoria R. Chubb<br />

Rajnish Dave<br />

William C. Davidson<br />

Councilman Frank DiCicco<br />

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Emrich<br />

Allen Fred Fielding<br />

Janet Finegar & Jon Sher<br />

Wendy Freeman<br />

Jeff Goldman<br />

Herman Greener<br />

& Vincent Kellit, Jr.<br />

David Hall<br />

Kelly Harris & Gina Smith<br />

James Jay Hoelz<br />

George Horan<br />

Joanne Johnson<br />

Sandra Kaufman<br />

Pe arline Kendells-Moore<br />

& Martha Mae Cruel<br />

Melissa Klein & Neysa Nevins<br />

Mi chele Komito<br />

& Abbe Foreman<br />

Ma lcolm Kram<br />

30 YEARS OF & Mark LGBT Zwanger HEALTH<br />

Hosted Special Events<br />

“Boys in the Country” – Michael Sweeney & Steve Betts<br />

“Cabaret at the Cloister” – Russell Harris, MD & John Casavecchia<br />

“Night of a Thousand Friends” – Kelly Harris & Gina Smith<br />

Fr ed LaValley<br />

& John Whitenight<br />

Charles & Claire Levi<br />

Alecia Manley<br />

Jacqueline Marchwinski<br />

James & Thais McNeal<br />

David McShane<br />

Linda Miniscalco<br />

Tim Moir & Rob Taglieri<br />

Shirley Morcom<br />

Clark Morrell<br />

Kristy Owen<br />

La ura Pritchard<br />

& Patty Inacker<br />

Suma Reddy<br />

Louis Reinholz, Jr.<br />

Corie Romano<br />

Elissa Sachs-Kohen<br />

Ronald & Elaine Sandmeyer<br />

Ha rley J. Saxby<br />

& Gerald Haley<br />

Marty Sellers<br />

David Shelfo<br />

Michelle Simon<br />

Margot Stein & Marian Klotz<br />

Glenn Sykes<br />

Un iversity of Pennsylvania<br />

Institute for<br />

Contemporary Art<br />

Rita Urwitz<br />

Jeffrey Vanschenkbrill<br />

Richard White<br />

Carole Yamin<br />

James Zangrilli<br />

Lisa Ziemer<br />

$100 to $249<br />

Glen Abrams<br />

Yasemin Agatan<br />

Rhonda Akkerman<br />

Suzanne Albert<br />

Joshua C. Allen<br />

John M. Allen<br />

Pauline Lee Allen<br />

Vincent Allen<br />

Pamela Anderson<br />

Theresa Andrews<br />

Anonymous (5)<br />

Re v. Carol Anthony<br />

& Nancy Lowell<br />

David & Margaret Arena<br />

Sandra Arnold<br />

Carol Arroyo<br />

Wendy Arters<br />

Allison Avellino<br />

Patrick Bader<br />

Denese Bailey<br />

Charles Baird<br />

Michael M. Baker<br />

Diane Baldwin<br />

Marianne Barbaro<br />

Martina Barbour-Pustinsky<br />

Elizabeth Baronofsky<br />

Steve Berner<br />

Cynthia Best & Joan Zeller<br />

William J. Best<br />

William Biskup, Jr.<br />

Kenneth Black<br />

Andrew & Amy Blackstone<br />

Deborah Blair<br />

Margaret Blendulf<br />

Bl ue Cross<br />

Marketing Department<br />

Diane Bolger<br />

Edwin Bomba<br />

Bernard Bondi<br />

Loriann Brock<br />

Karen Brodsky<br />

Tracy Buchholz


Allison Buehler<br />

Richard & Barbara Buehler<br />

Bret Carberry, II<br />

John Carr<br />

Peter & Norma Carter<br />

Melissa Cazes<br />

Jeffrey Chaban<br />

Lisa Chosed<br />

Christ Church<br />

Cynthia Closs<br />

Meegan Coll<br />

Casey Cook<br />

Romilda Crocamo<br />

Thomas Cropp<br />

Rene Crystal<br />

Mark Cullison<br />

Lolita Curtis<br />

Christopher D’Amanda<br />

Ch eryl Defulvio Conrad<br />

& Dennis Conrad<br />

Suzanne DeMelia<br />

Christina DeVirgiliis<br />

Romulo L. Diaz, Jr.<br />

Wilhelm Dingler<br />

Jay M. Donner<br />

Keith Doughty<br />

Paul Dradransky<br />

Tom Duffin<br />

Robin Durand<br />

EC A - Philadelphia Gay<br />

Bowling League<br />

Stephen Elwell & Kate Judge<br />

Elizabeth Evans<br />

George Evans III<br />

Ronald Falcon & Chad Klasna<br />

Dennis Fee & Stephen Carlino<br />

Sandra & Michael Feite<br />

Alex Felmeister & Jason Giordano<br />

Nina Ferrara<br />

Stacia Fischer<br />

Lisa Fiume<br />

Hawley Fogg-Davis<br />

Mara Francisco<br />

Jessica Franklin<br />

Ra lph R. Franks<br />

& William F. McLaughlin, Jr.<br />

Diane Fronckowiak<br />

Domenic Gallelli<br />

Tobey Geller<br />

Terry Geyer<br />

Elicia Gonzales<br />

Ng Grace<br />

Kevin Grafton<br />

Jonathan & Cheryl Green<br />

Judith Greenberg Wolff<br />

Tina Grello<br />

Sherri Grice<br />

Sandra Griswold<br />

Jeff Guaracino<br />

Marjorie Gumayagay<br />

Craig Hamilton<br />

Sean Hanratty<br />

Shana Harris<br />

Kathryn Harrison<br />

Stacey Hart<br />

Kimberly Henry<br />

Je ffrey Herman<br />

& Chokchai Niamkongkit<br />

Stacey Hinson<br />

D.J. Hollister & Todd Shaner<br />

Susan Holmes<br />

Lee A. Hopkins<br />

Michael Howett<br />

Diana Hsu<br />

Nick Ifft<br />

Dr. Mindy Jacobs<br />

Leanna Johannes<br />

Michael L. Johnson<br />

Daniel Monti<br />

30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />

David & Francine Kasen<br />

Daniel Keller & Buster Smith<br />

Margaret Kelly<br />

Betty Jane Kienzle<br />

Erin Killough<br />

James King, Jr.<br />

Todd Kirkes<br />

Kevin Knubel<br />

Kristen Kovacs<br />

Karen Kulp<br />

Donna Kusnierczyk & Ginger Witmer<br />

Marnie Lambert<br />

Stephen Landstreet<br />

Irene Landy & Michele DiPietro<br />

Patricia Lawlor<br />

Malcolm Lazin<br />

Catherine Libertz<br />

Michele Lipkin<br />

Alexandria Lloyd<br />

Patrick Logue<br />

Jim Lonsdale<br />

John P. Lutz<br />

Cletus Lyman<br />

Stephen Maffei<br />

Robert Magnes & Stuart Cades<br />

Marisa Mango<br />

David Marcolla<br />

Melissa Margera<br />

Danielle Marino<br />

Cynthia Marks<br />

James H. Mason, Jr.<br />

William Mason, Jr.<br />

Brian S. Mattes<br />

Megan McDonald<br />

Charlene McGovern<br />

Linda McGuire<br />

Jeanne McIntyre<br />

Karina I. McIntyre<br />

Karen McNamara<br />

Allen & Liliian Menkin<br />

Donna Mercado<br />

Adam Meyers<br />

Donald Millinger<br />

R. Perry Monastero<br />

Julia Moon<br />

Judy Morrissey<br />

James & Joyce Moskovitz<br />

Michael Murtha<br />

Jenny Myers<br />

Sharon & Anthony Natalini<br />

Hayden Nelson-Major<br />

Douglas Nightengale<br />

Brendan Nolan<br />

Erica Novak<br />

Brian Oakes<br />

Dolores Orem<br />

Ken Oyer<br />

Tim Panaccio<br />

Thomas Parent<br />

John Partridge<br />

Lin Pawlyk<br />

Linda Pelullo<br />

Gilberto Pereira, MD<br />

Laura J. Petticrew<br />

Edward Pinka<br />

Frank Pittner<br />

Joseph Pratko<br />

Elizabeth Pritchard<br />

Michael S. Protevi<br />

Anita Radix<br />

Eric Reid & Thomas Kitson<br />

Gerard Rementer<br />

Ralph J. Riviello, MD<br />

Richard Roberts<br />

Jeanette & Robert Rogers<br />

Jessica Rothschild<br />

Elizabeth Rothwell<br />

MB Russo<br />

Joanne Saponare<br />

Grace Scarloss<br />

Lisa Schafer<br />

Renee Schokowitz<br />

Walter B. Schubert, Jr.<br />

Paul Scoles, MD & Andres Paternoster<br />

Diane Scollo<br />

Leslie Scott<br />

Judith Seldin-Cohen<br />

Erica Serine<br />

Jeffrey Shablin & Yul Giraldo<br />

Cory Shaw<br />

Brian Shook<br />

Yin Siew<br />

Joanne Silva<br />

Lee Simerman, MD<br />

Phyllis Simirglia<br />

Thomas Smith<br />

Thomas M. Smith<br />

Mark Smith & Frank Hoffman<br />

Cheryl Smith<br />

Heather Snodgrass<br />

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Aracely Somoza<br />

Dianne & Stephen Spragale<br />

Sandra Stabler<br />

Kerri Stinger<br />

Susan Stouder<br />

Brian Straka & Michael Ballas<br />

Kerri Strike<br />

Ellen C. Sullivan<br />

Jo Surpin<br />

Lori Swanson<br />

Mark Sweeney<br />

Leonette Tanguay<br />

Tia Torrey<br />

Michelle Tracy<br />

Doug Venzie & Chris Lawler<br />

Catherine von Reyn<br />

James Wallick<br />

James Bradford Warnock<br />

Tara Warsavage<br />

Karen Weaver<br />

Richard Webster<br />

Lauren Weinberg<br />

Evan Weiner, MD<br />

Suzanne Welsh<br />

Holly Wexler<br />

Trey Wilson<br />

Thomas Wisnewski<br />

James Witek, MD<br />

Bruce E. Yelk<br />

Elizabeth Young<br />

Paul Yu<br />

Anthony Zacchei<br />

William Zackey<br />

Lynn Zewitlin<br />

Rachel Zimmerman & John Boyko, Jr.<br />

18 :: thirty<br />

$99 and under<br />

Erika Aaron<br />

Action Builders & Remodelers<br />

Manish Agarwal<br />

Brynn Airey<br />

Timothy Akeria<br />

Jonathon Alberstadt<br />

Jeffrey Aldi<br />

Susan Allen<br />

Dirk Allen<br />

Stuart P. Alter<br />

Margaret Amodei<br />

Fred Anderson<br />

Anonymous (72)<br />

Willie & Maudie Anthony<br />

Michael Antinucci<br />

Judith & David Applebaum<br />

Candice Archibald<br />

Yvette Arnold<br />

John Arrowood<br />

Shannon Ashberry<br />

Julie K. Assis<br />

Peter Atherton<br />

Joe Audi<br />

Mikaelyn Austin<br />

Kory Aversa<br />

Laurence Bach<br />

Norman Bach & Paul George<br />

Alisa Baer<br />

30 Robert YEARS Baker & Jimmy Calnan OF Herbert LGBT Brueckner HEALTH<br />

Harry Balkenhol<br />

Pa ul Ballentine<br />

& Scott Meixeill<br />

Archita Banerjee<br />

Denny Barnett<br />

Ivana Batinic<br />

Dean R. Beckett<br />

Mindy Beecher-Marcoux<br />

Gary Belneau<br />

Dana Benito<br />

Kerry Berenato<br />

Christopher Bergen<br />

Karl Bernhard<br />

Jay Bernstein<br />

Stephanie Bird<br />

Joe Bisti<br />

Craig R. Blackman<br />

Johanna Blackmore<br />

Luke Blair<br />

Timothy Blake<br />

Dave Blanch<br />

Natalie Blasco<br />

David Bolduc<br />

Christopher Bolotor<br />

Br andon Lisa Bond<br />

& Jim Lutz<br />

Alex Bonilla<br />

Cherina Booker<br />

Paul Booth<br />

Rhonda Bowman<br />

Eleanor Boyle<br />

Tanina Bradley<br />

William Hayes Brady<br />

Mary Brakz<br />

Robert Brano<br />

Alexis Brauner<br />

Robert Bray<br />

Ty Brennan<br />

Michael Bressi<br />

Linda & Joseph Bretschneider<br />

Renee Bridges<br />

Stephanie Brill<br />

Jaime Bronson<br />

Derrick Brown<br />

Thomas Bryant<br />

Shawn Burke<br />

Frank Calabrese<br />

Hector Calderon<br />

Jimmy Calnan & Rob Baker<br />

Salvatore Caminito<br />

Raymond Cancio<br />

Pat Capelli<br />

Dominique Cardamone<br />

Pete Cardie<br />

Can John Carfi<br />

Steven Caristo<br />

Shanyia Carter<br />

Dana Carter<br />

Rosaria Caruso<br />

Jenny Casagrande<br />

Kristin Caspar<br />

William Castillo<br />

Thomas F. Cavanaugh<br />

Joseph & Miriam Cerra<br />

Mitchell Chanin<br />

Anna Chappelle<br />

Bill Chlebowski<br />

Jong Choi<br />

Matthew Christy<br />

Joseph Ciardi<br />

Debbie Cieslik<br />

Holly Cintron<br />

Steve Cisowski<br />

Louis Cissone<br />

James P. Clarey<br />

Dwyetta Clark<br />

Christina Closs<br />

Edward Cohen<br />

Shana Cohen<br />

Zachary Cole<br />

Craig Cole<br />

Marcia J. Coleman<br />

Loni & Jason Coluccio<br />

Marci Comisky<br />

Lisa Concepcion<br />

Lisa Concord<br />

Kristen Connors<br />

John Constantine<br />

Manuel F. Cortes<br />

Carlos Cortinas<br />

George & Eileen Costas<br />

Christopher P. Coster<br />

Kelley Courtney<br />

Dennis Coyne<br />

Philip Cozzo<br />

John Crawford<br />

Shannon Criniti<br />

Diana Cruz<br />

Basil Cugliari<br />

Thomas Curcio<br />

Joseph D’Alessandro<br />

Stephen Dalton<br />

Desiree D’Ambro<br />

Joseph D’Amore


Catherine Darin<br />

Virginia Sheha Daughety<br />

Christine Davies<br />

Dan Davis<br />

Deidre Davis<br />

Linda Davis & Jefferson Moon<br />

Br yan Day<br />

& Nancy Sawyer Day<br />

Nathaniel Day<br />

John J. De Feo<br />

Douglas Decker<br />

Jody Dehart<br />

Christian Deleo<br />

Nicholas Della Vella<br />

Michael Deluca<br />

Frank DeLuca<br />

James M. Demus<br />

Charles Denning<br />

Donna Dever<br />

Delorice Diggs<br />

Toni DiLang<br />

Jenn Dion<br />

Daryl Dixon<br />

Dixon Dixon<br />

Stephanie Dougherty<br />

Chrsitopher Dougherty<br />

Audry M. Dowd<br />

Charles R. Dowdy<br />

Chris Downing<br />

Albert Drulis, Jr. & Scott Silber<br />

Phillip & Blanche Drumheiser<br />

Carol Drumtas<br />

Marcie Dumas & Harry Dumas, III<br />

Marlayne N. Dudovich<br />

Patricia Dunne<br />

Dawn C. Durain<br />

Mike Duran<br />

Paul H. Durante<br />

Michael Dzenis<br />

Patricia Eames<br />

Bernard Edelstein<br />

Marilyn Edmond<br />

Amy Eick<br />

Stacy Eisenbaugh<br />

Er ic Engelhart<br />

& Christopher Beagle<br />

Angelica Espinoza<br />

Enrique Esquivel<br />

Jason D. Evans<br />

Kenneth Everett<br />

Eugenia Ewing<br />

David Facey<br />

Mitchell Farbstein<br />

Karen Farrell<br />

Tracey Farrigan<br />

Samantha Federanko<br />

Gerry Feiler<br />

Anna Fera<br />

Brittany Fera<br />

Dominic Fera<br />

Ralph Fera & John McIlwain<br />

Sandra Ferlanie<br />

Eric Fiedler<br />

Gary Files<br />

Frank Filipek<br />

Daniel Filoramo<br />

David Fine<br />

Jonathan Fink<br />

Clayton Fioravanti<br />

Barbara Fiorella<br />

Brenda Fishman<br />

Francis Flavin & David McHarg<br />

Clint Fleckenstein<br />

30 Abbe YEARS Fletman & Jane HinkleOF<br />

LGBT Jesse Grant HEALTH<br />

Lucy Kenney Folger & Richard Folger<br />

Latosha Ford Robinson<br />

Elizabeth Forman<br />

Robert Forrest<br />

Michael J. Foster<br />

Tracy Foster<br />

Deborah Francesco<br />

Michael C. Franceschini<br />

Michael Franco<br />

Lee Frankel<br />

Kathy Fraser<br />

Melanie Fratanduono<br />

Tanya Frederick<br />

Joseph Freedman<br />

Donald Friedman, MD<br />

Heather Frost<br />

Rodney W. Fultz<br />

Felicia Gabardi<br />

Yvette Gabardi<br />

Diane Galeone<br />

John J. Gallagher, Jr.<br />

Norma Gannon<br />

Vanessa D. Gantt<br />

Christy Garrett<br />

Kevin Gatto<br />

Christina Gaughan<br />

Steve Gdowik<br />

Kathryn Geraw<br />

Amin Ghaziani<br />

Vanessa Gibson-Cooper<br />

Michael Giessmann<br />

Constance & Patricia Giordano<br />

Henry A. Gladstone, Esq.<br />

Angela Glodowske<br />

Thomas Golabeck<br />

Randy Goldberg<br />

Seth Goldman<br />

Robert Goldman<br />

Ryan Goldner<br />

Alejandro Gonzales<br />

Cheryl & Leroy Gonzales<br />

Elaine Gooden<br />

Leslie & Lois Gordon<br />

Allan Graham<br />

Matthew Gravel<br />

Carole & John Greenauer<br />

Richard Gribble<br />

Steve Grillo<br />

John Grillone<br />

Michael Timothy Gritt<br />

Marjorie M. Groeling<br />

Paul J. Grossman<br />

Charlie Gurrera<br />

Reed Gusciora<br />

Marlene Haines<br />

Shanna Halpern<br />

Wa yne Hamilton<br />

& Michael Weinkowitz<br />

Keith Harris<br />

Rose Hartle-Barnhart & Paul Barnhart<br />

Christine L. Hartwell<br />

Jennifer Hartz<br />

Charles Head<br />

Michael Heath<br />

Brian Helsdon<br />

Joy & John R. Henderson, Jr.<br />

Kristy Henner<br />

Jonathan Herbst<br />

Dean Hersh<br />

Brian Hewitt<br />

Geoff Hewitt<br />

Allison Hindman-Harvey<br />

John J. Hirniak<br />

Kate Hodges<br />

Risa J. Holland<br />

John E. Holohan<br />

Jodi Holopirek<br />

Christopher P. Horrocks<br />

Michael Huber<br />

Michael Hughes<br />

Ian Hungate<br />

Dr. Ann Hussein<br />

Lisa Iannamico<br />

Katie Ingersoll<br />

Jodi Ippolito<br />

Ma rgaret A. James<br />

& R.L. James, DDS<br />

Mr. Anthony J. Jarman<br />

David Jefferys<br />

Jonathan Jellen<br />

Sharon Johnson<br />

Susan A. Johnson<br />

Marie Johnson<br />

Leora Jones<br />

Velda E. Jones<br />

Michael Jones<br />

Lia Jones Allan & Elizabeth House<br />

Gerald Kaloi<br />

Chris Kaltalo<br />

Melissa Kanjian<br />

William Kapfer, Jr. & Eric Scott Baker<br />

Esther Kaplan<br />

Craig Kapp<br />

James Katsaounis<br />

thirty :: 19


Craig Katz & Ryan Maxwell<br />

Quinn Keeley<br />

Jessica Kegelman<br />

Wilma Denise Keith<br />

Annette Kelly<br />

Chris Kemplsky<br />

Michele Kennedy<br />

Adam Kerns<br />

Kimberly Kersey<br />

Dr. Keith M. Kershner<br />

Aidan Key<br />

Valerie Khmelnitsky<br />

P.A. Kirkner<br />

Dorothy Kirschner<br />

Rachael Klaus<br />

Karen Klaus<br />

Virginia Kleinert<br />

Andrew Klink<br />

Pamela & Basil Klipa<br />

Wayne Knaub, II<br />

Candace & Charles Knoll<br />

Kenneth Knowlton<br />

Despina Kontos<br />

Lisa Koury<br />

Joseph Kovacs<br />

Mrs. E. Kringer<br />

Kimberly Kunda<br />

Noa Kuzma<br />

Lindsey Cecelia LaBella<br />

James Ladson<br />

Steven Lafferty<br />

Steven Laird<br />

H. Lamaina<br />

Michael Lamonaca<br />

Terri Lane<br />

Richard L. Lang<br />

Jim Lattanzi<br />

Michael C. Lazenka<br />

Joyce Y. Lecato<br />

Albert Lee<br />

Ma rk S. Lenard<br />

& Frederick Lopez<br />

Dane Levens & Drew Desky<br />

Moyan Levine<br />

Tameka Lewis<br />

20 :: thirty<br />

Theodore Lewis<br />

Timothy Lewis<br />

Chris Lewis<br />

Sharon D. Lewis<br />

Re becca Lieberman<br />

& George Smee<br />

Fred Linge<br />

Teresa Loehrs<br />

Denise Lofaro<br />

Jennifer Logue<br />

Amanda Lopez<br />

Rob Lord<br />

Michelle Lotter<br />

Ryan Lovett<br />

Mark Loving<br />

Deborah Lowenstein<br />

Hugh Luck<br />

Stormy Lundy<br />

Julie Lynch<br />

Malcolm MacGregor<br />

Lauren K. Macnee<br />

Susan Mahanor<br />

Erin Malinowski<br />

Kim Malone<br />

Marcy Mancini<br />

Carly Marcoux<br />

Steven Margolies<br />

AnnMarie Marranzini<br />

Mr. Joseph M. Martenczuk<br />

Ju anita Martinez<br />

& Frank Torre<br />

J. Morrin<br />

30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />

Jo se Martinez-Figueroa<br />

& Miguel Alameda-Ramirez<br />

Marvin Levine & Norma Finkelstein<br />

Sonia Massey<br />

David Mathias<br />

Joseph Matthews<br />

Ryan Mattis<br />

Todd E. May<br />

Gerard Mayer<br />

Daniel Mazen<br />

Andrew & Dolores <strong>Mazzoni</strong><br />

Mark McCabe<br />

Andrew L. McClain<br />

George McClarin<br />

Michelle McCurdy<br />

Garrod McFadden<br />

Kristi McGhee<br />

Patience McGonigle<br />

Marty & Caroline McGuire<br />

Letonia McKnight<br />

Margaret McManus<br />

Antoinette V. McTamney<br />

Joanne McTamney<br />

Scott Meixell<br />

Phillip Mendelsohn<br />

Ruth Menkin<br />

Ann Falbo Menkin<br />

Josephine Mercer<br />

Christopher Messina<br />

Patrick Meyerle<br />

Linda & Randy Miller<br />

Edward H. Mills, Jr.<br />

Joseph Mingari<br />

Geraldine Minichiello<br />

Samuel Mink<br />

Vinny Mirabile<br />

Scott Mirenda & Brian Hewitt<br />

April Miszler<br />

Donald Mark Mitchell<br />

Marc Mittman<br />

Heather Moday<br />

Louis Monaco<br />

Dawn Moody<br />

Jeff Moore<br />

Gaylon Morris<br />

Jonathan Morrison<br />

Liza Moscovice<br />

Elicia A. Mourani<br />

Ana Moyer<br />

Chris Mueller<br />

Barbara Mulckhuyse<br />

Gloria Munoz<br />

Tim Murdaugh<br />

Sara Murphy<br />

David Murphy<br />

Paul Murphy<br />

John Murtha<br />

Mr. Kurt A. Mutschler<br />

Michelle Myerson<br />

Andrea Narcisi<br />

Gordon Nebeker & Mustafa Noor<br />

Carol Nelson<br />

Michael Kevin Newman<br />

Erika Newton<br />

George Nickett<br />

Alexander Noether<br />

Erika Norkaitis<br />

Ken Oakes & Ed Rice<br />

Greg Oehme<br />

Tom O’Grady<br />

Priscilla Okemwa<br />

Sally Oliveri<br />

Barbara Bringhurst Osada<br />

Donna Ostroff<br />

Dr. Bill Pace<br />

Anthony Padilla<br />

Brandon Palermo<br />

Cara Palladino<br />

LeVerne Palmer<br />

Dayna Palmieri<br />

Jennifer Pardi<br />

Melissa Parks<br />

Priscilla Parshall<br />

Monique Parsley<br />

William Partridge, Jr.<br />

David Pascale<br />

Jordan Pascucci<br />

Andres Paternoster<br />

Vicki Patterson<br />

Margaret Pendino<br />

Cherry Perry<br />

Dennis Petrone<br />

Milo Petty<br />

Ellyn Phair<br />

Michael Phillips<br />

Cindy Phillips<br />

Karen Pigg<br />

Allison Pollack<br />

Erica Pollock<br />

Ri chard Pollock, Jr.<br />

& Francis Matherly, Jr.<br />

Linda Pongonis<br />

Robert T. Ponzini


Jill Poretta<br />

Daniel Porto<br />

Richard Potter<br />

Carmella & June Poutlish<br />

Janeen Priano<br />

Anne W. & H. David Prior<br />

Gloria Prusakowski<br />

Sherita M. Ragins<br />

Greg & Debbie Rand<br />

Matthew Ray<br />

Andrea Rayner<br />

Gladys Ream<br />

Daniel Reese<br />

Dana Reinhold<br />

Catharine Rice & Vince Delagarde<br />

Brad Richards<br />

Tifphane Riley<br />

Ian Rimerman<br />

Bill Rimmey<br />

Ralph Ritter, III<br />

Joan Rivera<br />

James J. Roberts<br />

Jill A.R. Roberts<br />

Caryn Robinson<br />

Esther Rock<br />

Timothy Rock<br />

John Roddy & Jim Lattanzi<br />

Rene Rodriguez-Rivera<br />

Cynthia Rogers<br />

Abby Romberg<br />

Adrianna Rooney<br />

Alexa Roop<br />

Dorilona Rose & Michael Kay<br />

Nan Rosner<br />

Victor Rossi<br />

Tom Rouse<br />

David Rowley<br />

Louise Rubalow<br />

Maria Ruggiero<br />

John Ryan<br />

Jesse Salazar<br />

Mark Sandberg<br />

Marion Sands<br />

Nicholas & Stephanie Santella<br />

Stanley Santiago<br />

Brent Satterly<br />

Susanne Scarano<br />

Amy Scarano<br />

Jane Scarano<br />

Brian Schatz<br />

Erica Schilling<br />

Ed ward J. Schmitt<br />

& Anita M. Schmitt<br />

Ruth Scholl<br />

Karen Schubert<br />

David Schwartz<br />

Jay L. Segal<br />

Jo hn Sentman, Jr.<br />

& Margaret Sentman<br />

Laila Servance<br />

Andrea Shapiro<br />

Geoff & Krissy Shatz<br />

Gary Shevin<br />

Ann Sholly & John Wellenbach<br />

Terry Shuntich<br />

Marie Simpkins<br />

Eva Singer<br />

Sofia M. Sirak<br />

Jesse E. Sisco<br />

Sara Skinner<br />

Ashley Smith<br />

Thomas R. Smith<br />

Lynne Smith<br />

Barry Smith<br />

Benjamin Smoak<br />

David J. Snyder<br />

Evan Urbania<br />

30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />

P. Solari<br />

Tami Sortman<br />

Joseph A. Southerland<br />

Ricky & Patricia Sozio<br />

Sal Spirito<br />

St . Joseph’s University<br />

Lady Hawks (basketball)<br />

John Stahl<br />

John Stern & Melissa Dribben<br />

Regina Stevens<br />

Shiona D. Stewart<br />

J. Stephen Stines<br />

Stephen Stoltz<br />

Jeanne Stuardi<br />

Keith J. Suez<br />

Scott Sutherland<br />

Adrianne Suwald<br />

Ali Tabibzadeh<br />

Stephanie Takaragawa<br />

Alonda Tann<br />

Bonnie Taraschi<br />

Leah L. Taylor<br />

Darryl Taylor<br />

Stacy L. Teel<br />

Diane & Robert Temkin<br />

Robert M. Temko<br />

Joseph & Jane Teti<br />

Randall Therssen<br />

Darlene Thomas<br />

Tanya A. Thompson<br />

Dean R. Thompson<br />

Lisa Thor<br />

James Thornton<br />

Corinne Thornton<br />

Maria Tierman<br />

Sherrill Tittermary<br />

Janet Toole<br />

Gabriette P. Toussaint<br />

Trans Health Conference<br />

Thomas Truchel<br />

Janice V. Truitt<br />

Dr. Tramble T. Turner<br />

Kol Tzedek - Rabbi’s Fund<br />

Bryan Ulishney & John Kadash<br />

Rodney VanNesse<br />

Matt Varrato<br />

Edgar Vega<br />

Rey Velasco<br />

Steven Vishio<br />

Erica Vitale<br />

Krisine Vliet<br />

Marie Vought<br />

Cecilia Wagner<br />

Richard Waldo<br />

Jane Wallace<br />

Deborah Washington<br />

Marianne Watson<br />

Zeenat Watts<br />

Nancy Webb<br />

David Weed<br />

Devon Werner<br />

Anne & James Wesler<br />

Sheryl Westcott<br />

Annette Whaley-Fowler<br />

Bill Whalon<br />

Linda Whitehill<br />

Wlliam T. Whiting<br />

Lori Whyte<br />

Diane Widdop<br />

Jennifer Wiley<br />

Ms. Shakia M. Williams<br />

Nicole Williams<br />

Malik Wilson<br />

Adrian Wimberly<br />

Rebecca Winters<br />

Suzanne Wirth<br />

Lorraine Witts<br />

Dawn Wolfe<br />

Alison Wortman<br />

Mallory Wright<br />

Allan David Wyche<br />

Jason C. Wynn<br />

Valarie Yaeckel<br />

Dean Yanchulis<br />

Amy Yax<br />

Chris Yencer<br />

Bryon Yoder<br />

Helen Yost<br />

Jason Yovandich<br />

Karen Zajick<br />

Anthony Zamparelli<br />

Jamie L. Zarrella<br />

Michele & Michael Zezima<br />

thirty :: 21


30 YEARS OF LGBT HEALTH<br />

www.mazzonicenter.org<br />

Main<br />

21 South 12th Street<br />

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107<br />

215.563.0652<br />

Medical<br />

809 Locust Street<br />

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107<br />

215.563.0658<br />

www.mazzonicenter.org

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