HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER ANNUAL REPORT

HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER 

ANNUAL REPORT 

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The mission of Howard Brown is to promote the well-being 

of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons through 

the provision of health care and wellness programs, including 

clinical, educational, social service and research activities. 

Howard Brown designed these programs to serve gay, lesbian, 

and bisexual and transgender persons in a confidential, supportive, 

and nurturing environment. Howard Brown Health Center is 

committed to working cooperatively with other community-based 

organizations serving and contributing to the gay, lesbian, 

bisexual and transgender community.

From the CEO and Board Chair 3 

2007: A Year of Innovation and Excellence 5 

Medicine 9 

Behavioral Health 13 

Research 15 

Youth Services: The Broadway Youth Center 18 

HIV/STD Prevention 22 

Community Initiatives 25 

Brown Elephant Resale Shops 26 

Financials 28 

Donors 30 

Board of Directors, Locations inside back cover

“EXCELLENCE 

IS NOT AN ACT BUT A HABIT.” 

–ARISTOTLE

When we think of healthcare, we often think of 

doctors or medicine. We think of hospitals, medical tests, 

and health insurance. We may think of expense, unhelpful 

bureaucracy, the privilege of having coverage, and how easily 

healthcare coverage can be lost. 

We may not all think of healthcare as liberation from struggle 

with domestic violence, as counseling and support for homeless 

youth, as recovery from substance abuse, or as education to 

prevent dangerous diseases. We may not all consider 

healthcare as research to improve medications and treatments, 

outreach to meet the needs of our elders, or patient navigation 

and advocacy for underserved women. We often forget that 

effective healthcare involves meeting basic needs for safety, 

food, clothing, emotional support, life-skills, and education. 

Your support of Howard Brown gives vital focus to all these 

aspects of healthcare. You enable Howard Brown to deliver fullrange 

healthcare with the standard of excellence that all of us 

expect and deserve. Howard Brown invests your contributions to 

serve more than 20,000 people each year. Together, we create 

access to care that is comprehensive and far-reaching, and we 

impact the lives of thousands of individuals who would otherwise 

go without services due to cost-prohibitive or inadequate care. 

You are part of the community that makes healthcare for 

all possible. We are – all of us – members of a community 

that honors, respects, and cares for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

and transgender (LGBT) individuals and their families. 

Each contribution you make to Howard Brown furthers the 

understanding that healthcare is much more than a visit 

to the doctor and that not everyone has the privilege to obtain 

care without community support. With your help, Howard 

Brown’s professionals and healthcare experts serve beyond our 

strong core of primary medical care services – we deliver lifepreserving 

and preventative care for both body and mind. 

Your partnership comes in many forms. For the thousands 

of low-income and uninsured clients we serve each year, 

thousands more insured clients – those of us privileged to 

have coverage – help us to serve those in need. Your financial 

support fuels the development of new programming and enables 

Howard Brown to anticipate and meet growing need. Your 

recognition reinforces the fact that LGBT people make up the 

most diverse minority that crosses every segment of race, 

ethnicity, class, and culture; Howard Brown’s supporters are no 

different. The diversity of our friends and partners reminds us 

that an investment in healthcare for all is everyone’s cause. 

We are proud to steward your support in this belief. 

Aristotle wrote, “Excellence is not an act but a habit.” At Howard 

Brown, our habit is one of innovation and excellence. Worldclass 

research, new approaches to care, state-of-the-art 

technology, and extended collaborations to maximize support: 

these highlight our innovation and excellence. With our proud 

history, our outstanding staff of professionals, and the support 

of friends like you, Howard Brown ventures every day to deliver 

extraordinary acts of compassion and support to those who 

need us most. Excellence in care is not only our daily standard, 

it is a basic human right. 

With your help, we continue to make a difference. 

Michael Cook Jon Hinard 

President and CEO Board Chairman 

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“THERE WAS REASON TO BELIEVE 

CHANGE 

WAS POSSIBLE.” 

– DR. HOWARD J. BROWN 

More than three decades ago, Dr. Howard J. Brown became 

the nation’s first openly gay health official to advocate for 

innovation in service to poor and underserved minorities. 

His vision helped to change the way that people access 

healthcare, bringing greater dignity and respect to those 

who struggle to obtain basic care and support. 

Within the medical and healthcare establishment, Dr. Brown 

highlighted the need for cultural understanding, sensitivity, 

and appropriate care for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and 

transgender individuals. He came out to become an 

agent of change in healthcare. 

Howard Brown Health Center – the 

organization founded in 1974 and 

later named in honor of Dr. Brown – 

continues this tradition of innovating 

and expanding care, building on 

nearly 34 years of medical, cultural, 

and technological advancements. 

Like Dr. Brown, we believe in 

healthcare for all. In 2007, Howard 

Brown Health Center furthered the 

standard of excellence for healthcare 

for our community.

‘07 

A YEAR OF INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE 

Last year, Howard Brown made extraordinary advancements in 

how we deliver basic services, and we created new services to 

make your community support and our impact more powerful. 

We approached our work in 2007 with simple goals: do it 

better, do it differently, and make a difference. The principles 

of quality, innovation, and excellence inspired us and were 

reinforced as our standard. 

Here are some of the ways in which we made it happen… 

Howard Brown’s Research Division conducted studies that 

innovate how we approach and care for at-risk populations. We 

collaborated with community partners to study HIV transmission 

and disease prevention methods among African-American men 

and among young transgender women, in two separate studies. 

We studied intervention methods by utilizing the Internet as a tool 

for preventing at-risk behaviors and infection. We also expanded 

into new areas of clinical trials, examining for more effective 

ways to deliver medications and to test for HIV and sexually 

transmitted diseases. Outside the world of clinical and behavioral 

research, Howard Brown’s Research Division may be our bestkept 

secret! Through our research efforts, we quietly innovate 

the ways in which we keep our community safe and healthy. 

Last year, our Broadway Youth Center (BYC) went beyond the 

traditional healthcare model to address underlying issues of 

poverty and lack of education for LGBT and at-risk youth. The 

General Education Development (GED) Program at the BYC 

became the first educational assistance program to tailor high 

school-equivalency tutoring to homeless and out-of-school 

LGBT youth in a setting linked with full healthcare services. 

The safe setting of the BYC and its portal to basic healthcare 

becamethe ideal place for linking our youth to the missed 

educational opportunities that enable health and long-term 

stability, thereby impacting the overall well-being and future 

our community’s youth. 

In 2007, Howard Brown launched the Elder Services 

Community Initiative. The program is designed to address 

the emerging and evolving needs of older adults in our LGBT 

community. Based on the success of Howard Brown’s BYC 

model of collaborative partnerships, this program became the 

area’s first multi-partner approach to building comprehensive, 

holistic care for elders that includes outreach, medical services, 

mental health care, and supportive services. Recognizing that 

elder care is important to all of us, Howard Brown works with 

the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and four community 

partners to not only evaluate and build community services but 

to help create a movement in our community. 

Innovation requires outstanding leadership, and last year 

Howard Brown recruited new leaders to further our standard 

of excellence. During this past fiscal year, Joyce Carson joined 

Howard Brown as our new Chief Finanical Officer; Dr. Armand 

Cerbone became our new Director of Behavioral Health Services; 

Travis Marshall was promoted to Director of Brown Elephant 

Resale Shops; and after a seven-year tenure as physician in our 

Medical Services Division, Dr. Tom Barrett became our new Chief 

Medical Officer. These talented individuals brought new direction 

to their divisions, making Howard Brown stronger to meet the 

exciting challenges of our continued growth and expansion. 

Last year, Howard Brown raised the standard on how we deliver 

our services. New technology and new approaches made 

existing services more effective. 

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22,853 CLIENTS 

61,123 VISITS/CONTACTS 

An Electronic Health Record System (EHRS) was introduced at 

Howard Brown in FY07. Bringing this type of technology to a 

community-based organization like Howard Brown was no small 

task, and moving forward with this technology is a very big deal! 

With this system, clients’ health records are more secure, more 

accessible to each client’s providers, and are more easily 

updated. This system allows for inter-disciplinary record-keeping 

with each and every client; it ensures that when a client accesses 

medical care, mental health services, or social support, each 

provider is able to see the client’s history and can better deliver 

informed care. This system also allows for better tracking of 

clinical data in all of Howard Brown’s divisions, helping us to 

determine trends in community health outcomes and to compare 

these trends and best practices with our fellow community-based 

agencies in Chicago. Implementation of the EHRS in 2007 put 

Howard Brown on the cutting edge of technology and it raised 

the standard of excellence in available care for our clients. 

Last year, several programs showcased the way in which 

Howard Brown delivers core services in extraordinary ways. 

Our HIV/STD Prevention Department increased the availability 

of rapid HIV testing in community settings and achieved return 

rates (the proportion of clients tested who return to receive 

results) of more than double the national average for those 

tested by conventional tests. Many organizations offer help to 

quit smoking, but Howard Brown built an edgy and successful 

smoking cessation program, Bitch To Quit!, that provides the 

area’s only LGBT-focused peer support and assistance to help 

smokers quit around the state-wide smoking ban. Howard Brown 

also improved cancer prevention efforts with low-income and 

uninsured women through Stand Against Cancer and the 

Women’s Patient Navigation Program, the region’s only such 

programs designed for lesbian, bisexual, and transgender 

women. In many cases, the goal of care remains the same, 

but the way in which we deliver care sets Howard Brown apart. 

In the last fiscal year, Howard Brown made quality and 

excellence more than just talk; we put action and measures 

behind them. Howard Brown implemented a Quality and 

Performance Excellence Program that provides measures of 

how we perform, how we grow, how we treat our clients, and 

how we compare with industry standards. More than a lofty, 

managerial approach or a concept on paper, this program 

enabled Howard Brown to begin an agency-wide culture shift 

toward measuring and evaluating our performance on a regular, 

ongoing basis – from the top down. From measures of client 

satisfaction to evaluation of our care for those living with HIV or 

diabetes, this program allows us to improve care and its impact 

Communications 

1% 

Administration 

2% 

Information Technology 

2% 

Development 

5% 

Brown Elephant 

26% 

Community Initiatives 

5% 

Youth Services 

8% 

171 EMPLOYEES 

Finance 

0% 

Medical 

12% 

Research 

11% 

HIV/STD Prevention 

10% 

Behavioral Health 

9%

on the lives we touch. It also allows us to show our community 

and our benefactors how we efficiently steward your support. 

Through this endeavor, Howard Brown’s standard of excellence 

– in how we succeed and how we meet challenges – is 

evidenced and concrete. 

In 2007, Howard Brown reinforced its mission to make healthcare 

comprehensive and available to all. Our achievements in the 

Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Division again made clear that 

physical health and mental health are inseparable and integral to 

the well-being of each client. BHS served more community 

members in FY07 than in any previous year. More uninsured and 

low-income clients accessed services for recovery from substance 

abuse, from domestic violence, and for mental health concerns 

such as depression and processing of grief. BHS also enhanced 

its provision of mental health care to our youth at the Broadway 

Youth Center, making longer-term counseling available to our 

community’s young persons who struggle with life’s challenges. 

The year made integrated care available to more persons who 

would otherwise go without support of both body and mind. 

Today, Howard Brown builds upon another year of expansion 

and growth. Community need grows, more people look to us for 

support, and Howard Brown meets these challenges with 

thoughtful innovation, efficient use of resources, and a striving 

for excellence in care. As you read through the following pages, 

know that Howard Brown puts your support to good use. With 

last year’s lessons and achievements, Howard Brown will 

continue to safe-guard our community’s health, we will pioneer 

LGBT healthcare, and we will continue to deliver excellence. 

Howard Brown’s Informational Technology 

Department and EHRS Implementation 

Beginning in 2006, Howard Brown Health Center 

began a process to enhance its technology 

infrastructure by successfully implementing an 

Electronic Health Records System (EHRS) at all 

Howard Brown locations. Building upon nationally 

recognized software, Howard Brown customized 

the system to address our unique needs as a 

community based organization offering primary 

medical care, mental health, and research. 

The EHRS replaces paper-based patient charts 

and stores information in an electronic repository 

designed to effectively manage all aspects of our 

patient’s health and wellness, and assists us in 

delivering services using best practices from 

the healthcare industry with state of the art 

technology. It increases patient safety with 

features such as drug interactions warnings 

and preventative health notifications allowing 

us to provide higher quality healthcare. 

The system has been fully implemented, in a 

phased approach, in our medical services, counseling, 

HIV\STD services, case management 

and research divisions to fully automate tasks 

including patient care and charting, physician 

notes and treatment plans, laboratory ordering 

and results, prescription generation, and internal 

and external specialty referral management. 

New hardware, including computers, scanners 

and printers have been installed in all relevant 

areas including exam rooms and therapy offices. 

Staff involved in providing client care has 

received extensive training on the new software 

as well as the accompanying hardware. 

Interfaces with our practice management system 

and laboratory systems contribute toward a 

seamless repository in EHRS for client data. 

Howard Brown has achieved notable results 

with EHRS, including increased consistency in 

physician care, enhanced patient experience, 

and improved health outcomes for our clients 

with chronic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, asthma, 

diabetes, and depression.

“Howard Brown not 

only treats the body, 

they treat the soul. 

It’s why I work here.” 

Tina Shaik 

Lead Medical Assistant

Howard Brown Health Center takes great pride in 

our primary medical care practice and its capacity to integrate 

comprehensive care models which address the many varied 

needs of our patient population. Having many services under 

one roof allows our patients to experience significant reduction 

to barriers as they move through our extensive network of 

personalized healthcare and social services. Our network 

of service providers, partners, subcontractors and referral 

organizations ensures that world-class healthcare is in reach 

for all our patients. 

Howard Brown realizes the importance of a comprehensive 

approach to health and wellness. Specifically, we seek to 

synergize many services and providers to address a client’s 

medical, behavioral, substance abuse screening and 

treatment, and the coordination of support services. We 

feel this multi-phased, coordinated approach to patient care 

provides better outcomes for our patients than care delivered 

via a single modality. 

For example, the provision of adequate medical care for people 

with histories of substance abuse and a chronic infectious 

disease such as HIV/AIDS requires a linkage between the 

medical care system and the mental health system – at Howard 

Brown we are able to provide this linkage seamlessly as we 

provide both services on site. Additionally, the life circumstances 

of many HIV-infected substance abusers make continuity of care 

difficult to achieve. Substance abusers often suffer from poor 

health and nutrition, inadequate living conditions, a stressful 

lifestyle, and lack of self-care. By providing comprehensive 

services to our clients, we are best able to help them achieve 

total health and wellness. 

This year, Howard Brown medical services launched an electronic 

health records system (EHRS) (see sidebar, page 7). Howard 

Brown Health Center is on the cutting edge of health information 

technology in the establishment of electronic health records in 

community health care centers. Our electronic health records 

system allows for more timely medical care with faster receipt 

of labs and other health information and better communication 

between providers at our facilities. Howard Brown has become 

a leader in the implementation of an electronic system and has 

served as a model for other community health centers. 

As part of Howard Brown’s overall quality improvement program, 

medical services will be able to track health outcomes for 

patients, giving us the ability to measure our care against our 

community partners as well as national benchmarks of quality 

of care. This program allows us to tailor our programs to meet 

the healthcare needs in the communities we serve. 

We continued to focus on expanded medical care services for 

women. Funded by the State of Illinois, the Stand Against Cancer 

Program provided free pap testing and mammography services 

to 304 uninsured and under-insured women at Howard Brown. 

Howard Brown is staffed by three internal medicine/family 

practice physicians, one adolescent medicine physician, two 

nurse practitioners, one physician assistant, a part-time infectious 

disease physician, a part-time psychiatrist, five nurses and six 

medical assistants. Medical services are provided at our main 

facility on Sheridan Road, at our TRIAD Health Practice in 

Chicago’s Illinois Masonic Hospital, and at the Broadway Youth 

Center for those under 24 years of age. In total, 5,224 people 

received medical services in FY07, for a total of 16,652 visits. 

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“I feel strongly about serving my 

community, working in partnership 

with my patients to try to 

optimize their health.” 

Dr. David Blatt 

Howard Brown’s TRIAD Health Practice

“Clients tell me that they are 

free to be themselves when 

they come to Howard Brown. 

It’s important to me to 

provide that safe space.” 

Edward Fajardo, PsyD 

Clinical Psychologist, 

Coordinator of Clinical Training

Behavioral Health Services 

(BHS) offers culturally sensitive 

psychotherapy and support to all our 

clients. Working with Howard Brown’s 

medical services team, we provide comprehensive and 

integrated health care to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender 

(LGBT) people that is unique among community health centers. 

A staff of four licensed psychologists and four licensed social 

workers with expertise in sexual orientation and gender issues 

provide the quality psychological services that have kept Howard 

Brown in the leadership of LGBT mental health care in the 

Midwest. In total, 526 people received behavioral health services 

in FY07, for a total of 6,418 visits. 

For more than twenty years Howard Brown has provided needs 

assessment, service planning, and advocacy for our clients and 

their families in our case management program, assisting with 

necessities ranging from transportation and activities of daily 

living, to finding stable housing and financial assistance, and to 

monitoring physical and mental health. In FY07, a staff of seven 

case managers provided critical assistance to 321 adults living 

with HIV, completing 13,596 visits. An additional three case 

managers provided assistance to 147 HIV-positive youth ages 

13-24 in our PATH (Physical/Psychosocial Advocacy & 

Treatment for HIV) program, completing 5436 visits. 

Howard Brown continues to combat substance abuse in the 

LGBT community. The fastest growing program in BHS continues 

to be the Crystal Clear Project, which targets LGBT crystal 

methamphetamine users and is funded through a grant from the 

City of Chicago Department of Public Health. The program offers 

critical intensive outpatient treatment that integrates both psychological 

and physical care in an LGBT-affirming environment. 

Last year BHS provided services to 184 women providing more 

than1400 visits. This year in collaboration with the Lesbian 

Community Cancer Project, BHS is 

expanding its substance abuse program 

to target alcohol abuse which greatly 

affects the lesbian community. With a 

staff of five women psychotherapists, BHS is prepared to meet 

increasing demands for service among lesbian, bisexual and 

transgender women. 

For the first time in the history of the Illinois Psychological 

Association (IPA), an LGBT panel appeared on the program 

of the IPA’s annual convention. Members of Howard Brown’s 

trauma services staff reported on their successful work with gay 

male victims of intimate partner abuse to psychologists from 

around the state. The Violence Recovery Project, which receives 

funding from CubsCare, is the first program in Illinois to offer 

treatment for male victims of domestic violence. 

Research and assessment of our services are critical to Howard 

Brown’s role in advancing health policy and health care for the 

LGBT community. BHS routinely assesses client satisfaction 

and adapts its programs to meet emerging needs of clients. 

This year we introduced new metrics to monitor and improve 

our psychotherapy services to clients who may be experiencing 

depression. In collaboration with Howard Brown’s Research and 

Quality Improvement Departments, we are gathering data on 

depression among our clients both to demonstrate effectiveness 

of our treatment and to provide meaningful data for research on 

LGBT mental health. 

BHS extends its capacity to serve the LGBT community through 

its volunteer program. This year Howard Brown noted the 

anniversary of the longest running volunteer support group 

for HIV-positive men in the Chicago area. The support group’s 

facilitator, Dr. David Gitomer, has been offering his services for 

twenty years to meet the changing and emerging needs of gay 

men affected by HIV (see sidebar, page 23). 

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“Knowing I can get a 

research participant direct 

medical care at Howard 

Brown if they need it makes 

my job more rewarding.” 

Nicky Martin, MS LCPC 

Clinical Counseling Coordinator, 

Research Department

Howard Brown Health Center is one of the few 

community health centers in the country with a program of 

academic research. Our Department of Research has always 

conducted high quality research alongside our outstanding 

programs. Beginning with Hepatitis B vaccine research in the 

1970’s, Howard Brown continues to grow into new areas of 

LGBT health research. 

One such area is cancer prevention research. Here are some 

facts that we already know: 

• Lesbian and bisexual women are at an increased risk for 

delayed diagnosis of breast and cervical cancer due to an 

underutilization of cancer screening tests. 1 

• Participation in early detection colon cancer screening among 

LGBT has not reached levels put forth in Healthy People 2010. 2 

• Survival is inversely related to stage at diagnosis—earlier 

detection of cancers increases survival rate. 3 

Strategies do exist for increasing screening rates: 

• Patient navigation interventions have demonstrated benefits 

for improving use of cancer screening tests by vulnerable 

subpopulations of women. 4 

• Tailored interventions—where motivational feedback is 

provided to the individual—have been shown to work 

successfully in increasing health-promoting behavior, including 

the use of cancer screening tests. 5 

Yet little research has been done to develop cancer screening 

initiatives in LGBT population subgroups. Consequently, little is 

known about LGBT specific predictors of cancer screening 

participation. Further, few attempts have been made to adapt 

existing cancer screening interventions with known benefits for 

increasing screening rates to the needs of the LGBT population. 

Howard Brown and the University of Illinois at Chicago are 

tackling this deficit in knowledge head on. Under the direction of 

Drs. Alicia Matthews and Usha Menon of the University of Illinois 

at Chicago, Howard Brown is conducting two studies to test the 

effectiveness of known interventions. The objective of one study 

is to pilot test the feasibility and effectiveness of a combined 

education and patient navigation intervention for increasing breast 

and cervical cancer screening among non-adherent lesbian and 

bisexual women. This study is funded through a grant from the 

Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Women’s Health. 

Another study provides one of the first attempts to identify 

beliefs, knowledge, and cultural predictors of colon cancer 

screening in the LGBT population and then build these into a 

tailored intervention aimed at increasing colon cancer screening. 

This study is funded through a grant from the Cancer Research 

and Prevention Foundation. 

Through these studies, Howard Brown and the University 

of Illinois at Chicago will forge ahead into more in-depth 

development and testing of interventions designed to promote 

cancer screening in the LGBT community. 

We continue to break new ground with 

our current research studies. These include: 

SENECA, a study evaluating the effectiveness of 

a noninvasive assay (Hepascore) in measuring 

liver disease in HIV/HCV coinfected individuals; 

TWISTA and Life Skills, two innovative studies 

designed to develop and test an HIV prevention 

intervention for young transgender women; Keep 

It Up, a study testing the effectiveness of a webbased 

STD education intervention for young men 

who have sex with men (MSM); the Young MSM 

HIV Prevention Project, a study designed to 

develop and test an HIV prevention intervention 

for young MSM; and the 50+ Survey, an online 

epidemiological study of LGBT aged 50 and over. Our clinical 

research division remains strong, with new device studies for 

rapid HIV and STD tests and trials testing new HIV medications. 

In total, 1,072 people participated in research studies in FY07, 

for a total of 1,885 visits. 

1.Matthews, A.K., Smith, C., Petty, M. (May, 2004). Community based models for improving the health of African American lesbians. Paper presented at The Third National Lesbian Health Conference: Working Together to Create Healthy 

Lives. Chicago, IL. 

2.Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. (2001). Healthy People 2010 companion document for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health. Available from http://www.glma.org/policy/hp2010. Retrieved on November 15, 2005. 

3.National Cancer Institute (NCI). (2000). Cancer information. Retrieved November 2005 from http://www.nih.nci.gov. 

4.Freeman, H.P., Muth, B.J., Kerner, J.F. (1995). Expanding access to cancer screening and follow-up among the medically underserved. Cancer Practice, 3, 21-27. 

5.Champion, V. L. (1994). Strategies to increase mammography utilization. Medical Care, 32, 118-129. 

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“LGBT high school students, 

particularly transgender students, 

have a tremendous dropout rate. 

This program allows them the 

same opportunities everyone else 

should have: an education in a 

safe place. It’s my dream job.” 

Adrianna Collis 

GED Program Coordinator, 

Broadway Youth Center

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This year, the BYC launched a 

comprehensive campaign, creating 

small, palm-size cards describing 

the services offered. 

THE BROADWAY YOUTH 

Since opening its doors in October 2004, the Broadway 

Youth Center’s (BYC) goal has been to create a safe, 

comprehensive health and social service program for all youth, 

regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, 

or housing status. Throughout 2007, Howard Brown has 

become increasingly successful in achieving this goal through 

the continuous delivery of our core services: daily drop-in 

programming, case management, therapy, medical care, 

HIV testing, mentor programming, and support groups. New 

programs have also been developed, including the Education 

and Vocation Program for LGBT Youth and HIV prevention 

groups for young transgender women, making the BYC the 

most comprehensive program for youth in Chicago. 

The Broadway Youth Center’s Education and Vocation Program 

was developed by Howard Brown in response to LGBT youth 

being three-times more likely to drop out of high school than their 

heterosexual peers. Recognizing that completing high school is 

critically important to one’s lifelong success and health, Howard 

Brown initiated a new partnership with Prologue Alternative High 

School to start the Midwest’s first General Educational 

Development (GED) tutoring and testing program for lesbian,

CENTER 

gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) 

youth. The program was launched in 

November, 2006, and provides students with 

individualized tutoring sessions with a trained 

GED instructor. To date, the GED program 

has successfully enrolled 21 youth; of which, four have taken 

and passed their GED exam. In addition to offering GED tutoring 

and testing services, the BYC's Education and Vocation Program 

has also begun a collaboration with Inspiration Corporation to 

offer onsite career training and placement services to youth 

experiencing or at-risk for homelessness. The goal of this 

collaboration is to provide youth with the training and opportunities 

necessary to become gainfully employed so that they may secure 

stable housing and, ultimately, become healthy adults. 

Howard Brown also initiated two new projects at the BYC to 

address the HIV prevention needs of young transgender women. 

The first, Transgender Women Informing Sista Trans-women 

on AIDS (TWISTA), is a Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) funded group intervention adapted from a 

CDC-designed HIV prevention program. TWISTA is a culturally 

specific program designed to educate young transgender 

women of color on HIV prevention strategies, including condom 

use and partner negotiation. The TWISTA project piloted its 

first group in Fall 2007 and has quickly become a model CDC 

program. The second, Life Skills, is a research study 

funded by the CDC to develop and implement a 

program that increases young transgender women's 

self-esteem, self-reliance, and, ultimately, HIV 

prevention skills. Both TWISTA and Life Skills 

are groundbreaking projects that demonstrate the 

important collaboration between research and 

program in creating holistic, sustainable services. 

In addition to the success the BYC has experiences in 

terms of programmatic growth, Howard Brown and our 

community partners were recognized for the quality of 

care provided at the BYC, receiving two prestigious 

awards in the last year. The first was the United Way of 

Metropolitan Chicago’s Highly Innovative Project Award, 

which Howard Brown received for our BYC Mentor 

Program for the LGBTQ community. This award marks the first 

time the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago recognized an LGBTspecific 

program for its impact on the community and speaks to 

the important role Howard Brown’s Mentor Program has played 

in supporting healthy youth and adult relationships within the LGBT 

community. The second was the Cook County State’s Attorney’s 

Community Empowerment award for the work the BYC has done 

in promoting the safety of LGBT youth and their communities. 

In FY07, 532 youth received medical services for a total of 

777 visits; 413 youth received case management or accessed 

drop-in services for a total of 5,676 contacts/visits; 1,811 received 

HIV/STD testing; and 89 HIV-positive youth accessed health and 

social services. 

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“Howard Brown gave me the 

opportunity to be myself and to 

help other members of our 

community to do the same.” 

Pedro Rodriquez 

Health Educator, 

HIV/STD Prevention Department

"Outreach and test counseling 

never get boring for me... 

each client represents a unique 

opportunity to serve and 

learn from my community." 

Joe Klein 

Health Educator, 

HIV/STD Prevention Department

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The hallmark of the HIV/STD Prevention Department 

continues to be our outreach and testing program, which served 

more than 11,000 clients during fiscal year 2007. These services 

are provided by a team of highly-skilled health educators who 

are also members of the communities they serve. The health 

education team is assisted by a group of trained and highly 

dedicated volunteers who provide outreach services, lead 

group interventions, and provide HIV/STD counseling. These 

prevention interventions support the adoption of healthy, safer 

sex behaviors. 

Howard Brown Health Center was the first community-based 

organization to conduct off-site HIV/STD testing in bars, clubs, 

bathhouses and other venues where many members of the 

LGBT community meet. This year, Howard Brown staff began 

to conduct all off-site HIV testing using rapid test kits, which 

provide results in about 20 minutes. This change was very well 

received by clients, and helped us to ensure that clients who 

tested for HIV were able to receive their results. In the process, 

more than 1,500 members of our community were provided HIV 

testing at off-site locations. An additional 2,813 clients received 

HIV testing at our Sheridan Road facility, making Howard Brown 

one of the highest volume HIV testing sites in the city. 

The Latino Health Services Program was also started during 

fiscal year 2007. The program was initiated in response to an 

increasing need to provide culturally and linguistically 

appropriate services to Latino 

men-who-have-sex-with-men 

(MSM). Currently, the program 

includes both outreach and clinic 

based testing and health 

education provided by native 

Spanish-speaking staff. During 

the coming months, staff will also 

begin to assist newly diagnosed 

HIV-positive clients navigate 

through primary medical care 

and behavioral health services. 

The program’s coordinator, Paco 

Zamora, was also the Howard Brown 2007 Spirit Award Winner, 

an honor bestowed upon an employee by their peers who best 

exemplifies the mission of Howard Brown. 

The Technical Assistance/Capacity Development Project (TACD), 

funded by the Department of Health and Human Services-Office 

of Minority Health, is wrapping up its third year. Through the 

grant, Howard Brown provides programmatic technical 

assistance and the Executive Service Corps of Chicago provides 

organizational capacity development to minority-serving HIV 

prevention agencies in the region. It is hoped that this transfer of 

knowledge and experience will enhance the overall provision of 

HIV prevention, particularly among communities of color who are 

highly impacted by HIV infection. Walker Tisdale III, MPH, was

hired as the new project director during the year. Walker brings a 

wealth of public health experience to the agency, and we begun 

to offer region-wide trainings in response to requests from other 

HIV prevention agencies. 

Whether providing HIV testing at a local bar, doing outreach at a 

community event, or at a partner agency providing technical 

assistance and capacity development, our commitment to our 

community drives our passion for innovation and excellence. 

David Gitomer has been an 

advocate for the HIV/AIDS community 

for more than twenty years, facilitating 

the the longest-running volunteer 

support group for HIV-positive men in 

the Chicago area at Howard Brown. 

In the 1980s, Howard Brown was at the forefront 

of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Chicago and the 

Midwest. As Howard Brown's medical and 

mental health clinic began to see more clients 

with HIV/AIDS, it became clear that a support 

group was needed where those diagnosed 

could have a safe and affirming environment 

to express their feelings, emotions, and 

experiences. Although the need for a group 

was clear, it was a completely new concept and 

no one was willing to step up and facilitate the 

group, until David stood up and volunteered. 

This group, called the HIV/AIDS Peer Support 

Group, is still facilitated today – more than 

twenty years later – by David. The impact of 

David's commitment to Howard Brown and the 

clients we serve is monumental. 

The road has not always been easy for David. 

"Those were difficult times," he says with emotion 

in his voice. It was not difficult to find people 

who wanted to participate; 30 people signed 

up immediately. But 12 died in the first month, 

and at least one person died every month until 

protease inhibitors were approved. Over the last 

two decades David has seen hundreds of people 

come through the group, and keeps a list which 

he looks at often. His ability to remember names 

and faces, and more importantly their stories, is 

amazing. He maintains contact with many of 

them long after they no longer need the group 

or have moved away. When asked why he has 

done this for the past 20 years, David simply 

says, "It's the most rewarding thing I've ever 

done in my life. I hear so much week after week 

about the art of living. It's not just the group night 

for me; I communicate regularly with members of 

the group during the week via email if they need 

it. I've never once felt that it was draining me." 

As a community based healthcare organization, 

we rely on people like David to help us serve our 

clients, who in turn rely on us. There have been 

tough times for David when he has thought it 

has been time to let it go – but he has never 

given up. We think he is remarkable, and a true 

Howard Brown hero!

“I came to Howard Brown 

because it is an organization 

that recognizes care for 

LGBT older adults as vital 

to our community.” 

Rebecca Finer 

Elder Program Director

This has been an exciting year for the Community Initiatives 

department which is charged with exploring and nurturing new 

areas of growth for Howard Brown as well as enhancing current 

program services. The first initiative of the department – The 

Elder Services Community Initiative – got a jumpstart with 

funding from Baxter International Foundation. The two-year, 

$100,000 grant provides salary support for program staff. The 

Chicago Community Trust also pledged $20,000 in staff support. 

Our community partners in the initiative, Rush University Medical 

Center, CJE-Senior Life, Heartland Alliance, and Midwest 

Palliative and Hospice CareCenter, will collaborate to launch the 

Midwest’s first comprehensive program for isolated, vulnerable, 

and at-risk older adults, with a special focus on LGBT adults 

aged 60 and over in Chicago. 

Rebecca Finer, MSW, was recruited to develop and manage the 

initiative. Rebecca is passionate about working with the elderly 

and brings an excellent combination of geriatric social work 

knowledge and hands-on experience in working with older 

adults. She is currently working with our community partners 

on a number of activities including conducting a health 

needs assessment of LGBT adults 60 and over, 

compiling a resource directory of culturally competent 

healthcare and social service providers, and providing 

health education workshops to both older adults and 

those who provide services to them. 

Enhancing women’s services at Howard Brown 

continues to be a priority. In FY07, there were 6,267 

overall visits by women to Howard Brown for general 

medical care and mental health services compared 

to 4,926 for FY06. Forty percent (2,508) selfidentified 

as lesbian, bisexual or queer. Additionally, 

through the STAND Against Cancer program, 

Howard Brown offered free clinical breast exams 

and pap smears to 304 low-income, uninsured and 

underinsured women. Our collaboration with Lesbian 

Community Cancer Project (LCCP) enables us to 

combine our resources, creating a world-class 

program for women. 

With funding from American Legacy Foundation, Howard Brown 

Health Center partnered with the LCCP to launch Put It OUT!, 

a targeted, peer-driven smoking cessation media campaign 

featuring LGBT former smokers. Created with feedback from a 

media advisory group made up of former smokers, the campaign 

featured “quit smoking” stories that LGBT smokers could relate 

to and served as inspirations for them to quit. The campaign 

received press coverage from Time Out Chicago, Chicago Free 

Press, Windy City Times and Gay Chicago and was featured on 

the Chicago Transit Authority’s train and bus system. 

At the end of FY07, six peer advocates had more than 100 

contacts with community members through community festivals, 

club and nightlife venues, retail locations, healthcare providers’ 

offices, among other locations. Moreover, two of the scheduled 

seven groups were held with a total of 20 participants. In the 

upcoming months, Howard Brown will seek to engage an 

additional 30-70 smokers in its smoking cessation services. 

The Put It OUT! media campaign 

featured real people telling their 

stories of quitting smoking. Nancy’s 

story was compelling: “I started to 

think about what my smoking was 

doing to my cats when I started to 

hear Poe wheezing a little. Funny 

how I was more concerned about 

their lungs than I was about mine. 

I even purchased an ionizer to help 

clear the air so they weren’t 

breathing the secondhand smoke. 

Until it dawned on me: we all needed 

clean air. I knew it was time to quit 

for good, even though I had tried so 

many times before. I say I did it for 

them, but really, I did it for me.” 

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“Both my parents died of HIV. 

It’s important to work someplace where 

I feel I’m making a difference.” 

Laura Sanders 

Manager, Brown Elephant Resale Shop

The four Brown Elephant Resale Shops had a productive 

and rewarding year as we processed the community’s 

donations into more than $1M for support of Howard 

Brown’s unfunded programs and services. We do not take 

for granted our opportunity to turn donor's merchandise 

into medical appointments, prescriptions, support groups 

and other Howard Brown services for our community 

members in need. 

During FY07 the Brown Elephants: 

Serviced 221,863 customers 

Sold 744,049 items 

Made 4,900 pickups from 

residential and corporate customers 

For more information on the Brown Elephant Resale Shops, 

including locations and hours, visit 

www.brownelephant.com

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Interest & 

other misc. 

revenue 

1% 

Donated service 

1% 

Clinical trials 

2% 

Individual 

contributions 

2% 

Special 

events 

4% 

Community initiatives 

& program enhancement 

0% 

Client services 

2% 

Communications 

2% 

REVENUE, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORT 

Development 

5% 

Foundation, 

corporation, 

& organization 

support 

6% 

Research 

26% 

Youth services 

7% 

Behavioral health 

7% 

Net patient revenue 

9% 

EXPENSE BY FUNCTION 

HIV/STD prevention 

8% 

Government contracts 

52% 

Brown Elephant Resale Shops 

23% 

Brown Elephant Resale Shops 

17% 

Medical services 

14% 

HR, Financial services, 

IT, & Admininstration 

12%

Revenue, Gains and Other Support 

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 

Year ended June 30, 2007 

(With restated year ended June 30, 2006) 

2007 2006 

(As Restated) 

Gross patient revenue $ 2,781,803 $2,424,128 

Less: charitable care and other adjustments (1,449,218) (1,102,005) 

Net patient revenue 1,332,585 1,322,123 

Government contracts 7,260,772 7,613,552 

Brown Elephant Resale Shops donations 3,250,428 2,818,349 

Direct public support (Philanthropy) 2,022,124 1,867,874 

Donated services 100,250 112,479 

Interest 15,225 12,679 

Other 99,401 122,497 

Total revenues, gains and other support $14,080,785 $13,869,553 

Expense by Function 

Research $3,706,888 $3,781,777 

Medical services 2,090,095 1,936,502 

Brown Elephant Resale Shops 2,324,718 1,804,220 

HIV/STD prevention 1,176,361 1,550,630 

Behavioral health 1,051,253 946,032 

Youth services 1,018,657 551,930 

Development 748,919 691,004 

Communications 301,198 127,178 

Community initiatives and program enhancements 3,424 - 

Human resources, financial services, information technology, and patient services 2,135,319 1,812,579 

Total expense by function $14,556,832 $13,201,852 

Net surplus (Deficit) (476,047) 667,701 

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You give vitality to our cause. Your gifts combat 

poverty, disease, isolation, and hopelessness when 

translated into Howard Brown’s care and services. 

Howard Brown recognizes you and your peers for your 

generosity and belief in bringing accessible, innovative, 

and outstanding care to all members of our community. 

With your continued support, the standard of excellence 

will continue at Howard Brown. 

Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of our lists. 

We apologize for any errors or omissions. If you have 

any questions, please contact Paul Fairchild, Chief 

Development Officer, at 773-388-8793 

$100,000 and over 

Abbott Laboratories 

Supports the delivery of comprehensive and culturally sensitive 

medical care, mental health services and social support 

programming to uninsured and low-income HIV-positive persons. 

American Legacy Foundation 

Supports Howard Brown’s smoking cessation program, Put It 

Out!, with direct services, health education, and social support to 

help members of the LGBT and local community quit smoking. 

Baxter International Foundation 

Supports Howard Brown’s Elder Services Community Initiative 

to deliver outreach, needs assessment, medical care, mental 

health services, and social support to older adults in the LGBT 

community. 

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago 

Supports Howard Brown’s Broadway Youth Center with a Youth 

Impact grant which funds no-cost medical, mental health and 

development services for LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and 

other youth in need of assistance, as well as a Venture 

Investment grant which funds the BYC’s LGBTQ Mentor 

Program, allowing at risk youth to meet with culturally sensitive 

adult role models. Also supports Howard Brown’s Violence 

Recovery Project, providing essential outreach, counseling and 

education to uninsured and low-income LGBT individuals in 

abusive relationships. 

$50,000 - $99,999 

Grant Healthcare Foundation 

Supports charitable primary care at Howard Brown, allowing for 

the delivery of comprehensive and culturally sensitive medical 

care, mental health services and social support programming to 

uninsured and low-income HIV-positive persons. 

Polk Bros. Foundation 

Supports Howard Brown's Broadway Youth Center in achieving 

its mission to provide no-cost medical, mental health, 

educational, and development services with a standard of 

excellence to LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and other youth in 

need of assistance.

$25,000 - $49,999 

Anonymous 



programming for individuals in the LGBT and local community. 

The Galter Foundation 



educational, and social support services with a standard of 

excellence to LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and other youth 

in need of assistance. 

The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust 


its mission of providing no-cost medical, mental health, 

educational, and social support services with a standard of 

excellence to LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and other youth 

in need of assistance. 

John Potocsnak 




excellence to LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and other youth in 

need of assistance. 

Ravenswood Health Care Foundation 


primary medical HIV care and mental health services to 

uninsured and low-income individuals in the local community. 

The Estate of Donald D. Schneider 



programming to low-income LGBT individuals and their families. 

Walgreens 



programming to LGBT individuals and their families through 

sponsorship of Howard Brown’s Taste for Every Palate benefit 

and the fall Annual Gala. 

$10,000 - $24,999 

AIDS Foundation of Chicago 

Supports primary care and laboratory testing for uninsured and 

low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS. 

Anonymous 



programming to uninsured clients in the local community. 

The Harry S. Black & Allon Fuller Fund 

Supports integration of mental health services in the primary 

care setting through funding for Howard Brown’s Primary Care 

Social Worker. 

The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation 


its mission to provide no-cost medical, mental health, and 

development services with a standard of excellence to LGBT, 

homeless, HIV-positive and other youth in need of assistance. 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 



programming to uninsured and low-income persons through 

sponsorship of Howard Brown’s Taste for Every Palate benefit 

and the fall Annual Gala. 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS 

Supports HIV care and emergency financial assistance for 

uninsured and low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS. 

Cubs Care 

Supports Howard Brown’s violence recovery programming, 

ensuring that LGBT individuals who are victims of domestic or 

interpersonal violence receive essential outreach, counseling and 

education, regardless of insurance status or financial means. 

DIFFA/Chicago 



programming to uninsured and low-income persons living 

with HIV/AIDS. 

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William P. Drewry and Marshall Keltz 




Jenner & Block LLP 



programming to uninsured and low-income persons through 

sponsorship of Howard Brown’s Fall Annual Gala. 

The Lifeboat Foundation 




excellence to LGBT, homeless, HIV-positive and other youth inneed 

of assistance. 

Ryan D. Meade 




Pediatric AIDS Chicago 

Supports the History in Voices Theatre Project, a creative 

workshop series designed to help HIV-positive youth and their 

peers avoid HIV transmission through enhanced communication, 

coping and advocacy skills, culminating in a staged theatre 

production and educational video depicting the history of HIV 

among youth. 

Prince Charitable Trusts 


primary care to low-income and uninsured persons living with 

HIV/AIDS. 

The Siragusa Foundation 


its mission to provide no-cost medical, mental health and 


homeless, HIV-positive and other youth in-need of assistance. 

Steamworks 

Collaborates with Howard Brown to provide anonymous HIV 

testing and confidential STD testing, along with educational 

programs designed to avoid HIV/STD transmission, to at-risk 

men in the community. Supports Howard Brown’s Broadway 

Youth Center in providing HIV/STD testing, post-test counseling, 

basic medical services, and health education to at-risk youth and 

young adults. 

VNA Foundation 


its mission to provide no-cost medical, mental health, and 


homeless, HIV-positive and other youth in-need of assistance.

$5,000 - $9,999 

Anonymous 

Mark Buse 

Chicago Department of 

Public Health 

Chicago White Sox Charities 

Gerald Cholewa and 

Ronald Klimek 

CNA 

James Dinkel 

Gilead Sciences 

Jeffrey Grinspoon and 

Jon Foley 

Janet Henderson and 

Deborah Melesio 

Liz and Jon Hinard 

Hopeful Heart, Inc. 

IBM Corporation 

Barbara Kaplan-Israel 

Kehoe Designs Inc 

Kirkland & Ellis, LLP 

Lloyd R. Loback 

Elise and Ron Magers 

National City Bank 

James C. Perry and 

Robert J. Horton 

Laura Ricketts and 

Heidi Grathouse 

Room&Board 

Vicki and Steven Zanetis 

$2,500 - $4,999 

Anonymous 

Mariterese and Pat Balthrop 

Priscilla Barlow 

Boehringer Ingelheim 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

Richard D. Burcham 

John D. Burns 

Caramel Crisp LLC 

Michael C. Cook 

Jay P. Deratany 

David Digel and Chuck Thorne 

Estelle Ecker Foundation 

Exelon Corporation 

Richard T. Greenberg and 

Kara Friedman 

Dean P. Hansen 

Barbara A. Heller 

Charles L. Katzenmeyer 

Kathleen McCabe 

The Northern Trust Company 

Nuveen Investments 

Jane O'Mahoney 

Michael O'Mahoney 

The Palmer House Hilton 

The Peninsula Chicago 

Frank J. Pieri 

Printers Repair Parts, Inc. 

Michael Rosenstein 

Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation 

Frank Scarlati 

Tom Segal 

Until There's A Cure Foundation 

Christy Webber 

Daniel K. West 

Martin J. Yee 

$1,000 - $2,499 

ABC7 Chicago 

James V. Andrews 

Jean Antoniou 

Robert W. Archer and 

Charles Hilliar 

Ramesh Ariyanayakam and 

Edward Gisiger 

Jeannine Arnold 

Thomas V. Askounis and 

Carlos L. Costa 

Associated Agencies, Inc. 

Thomas J. Augspurger 

James Thomas Barrett and 

Rich Krach 

Gregory L. Barton 

H. Russell Bauer 

Jim Bennett and Terry L. Vanden 

Hoek 

Big Gay Cocktail Club 

Lynda Birkel 

Tobias J. Bishop and 

Kevin L. Downer 

Anna Brandisio 

Terrence P. Burns and 

Robert Graziano 

Susan Carey 

Chicago Male 

Eric Christoff and Doug Stull 

Gary S. Cohen 

Adam G. Colangelo 

Phillip D. Coolidge and 

Scott D. Kent 

The Abe and Ida 

Cooper Foundation 

Gay L. Daniel 

Jeffrey L. Davis 

Daniel J. DeMarco 

Suzanne J. Deveney 

Jodi and Brendan Devlin 

Lawrence Dinaso 

Alexandra N. Douvas 

Sandy Dyer 

Daniel S. Ebner 

Steven R. Elzy 

Tracey Farrish 

Claude Foreit 

Mark E. Fox 

Ellen Franks and 

Maryanne T. Daman 

Dalila Fridi 

Scott Galiher 

Robert Garofalo and Gary Cestaro 

Anthony J. Ghidorzi 

Susan G. Gohl 

Wendell Gooch 

Robert Graziano and 

Terrence P. Burns 

Andrew Halbur 

Joseph J. Harzich 

Harry Hayes 

Michael Hegarty 

Paul W. Huber 

Robert D. Hurley 

Arthur Johnston and Jose A. Pena 

Gretchen S. Jordan 

James Kershner and 

Mark A. Pfleger 

Chris Kirk 

Kent A. Korneisel and 

Isiaah Crawford 

Walter I. Labhart 

Marcia E. Lazar and Alan Amos 

Michael A. Leppen 

Tyger McClure 

Robert R. McCormick Tribune 

Foundation 

Gia McDermott 

Condon McGlothlen 

John T. McMahan 

Michael McRaith 

The Morris and Helen Messing 

Foundation 

Gary J. Mihalik 

Michael Miller 

Frank Monnelly 

Paul P. Morgan 

Tore Mowatt-Larssen 

Mary Ann Murphy 

Murtza Naseem 

The Neo-Futurists 

Jean and J. Jordan Nerenberg 

John W. Newlin 

Northwestern University 

Robert W. Ollis and Richard 

Gibbons 

Michaela Parrillo 

Stephen E. Phelps 

Playboy Foundation 

William L. Pry 

Michael V. Raffety and 

Hung D. Tran 

John P. Regas 

Michael J. Reimer 

The Rhoades Foundation 

Rosemary Rocha 

J. David Sams 

Ruth and Fred Schmitz 

Jodi Shapiro 

Richard H. Shoemaker and 

James Ruud 

Sidetrack Blues Softball Team 

Sine Qua Non 

Thomas Sinkovic 

Jeffrey P. Smith 

Kimberly J. Smith 

South Side Help Center 

The Spot, Inc. 

Adam L. Stanley and 

Dave Goodman 

Terry G. Sukenik and 

Stephen F. Majsak 

Randall L. Talcott and Rick Raguse 

Mark D. Thackaberry 

Thorndale Pharmacy Inc 

Thomas Thorne-Thomsen 

Tibotec Therapeutics 

T's Restaurant & Bar 

Unity in Chicago 

Ernest Vasseur 

Mamie J. Walton 

Spencer R. Wood 

Orlando Zayas 

$500 - $999 

Abbott Laboratories Fund 

Atrium Dental Care 

D. Daniel Baldino 

The Bank of America Charitable 

Foundation, Inc. 

Laura Barnett-Sawchyn 

Victor Barry 

Paula Basta 

Michael Bauer and Roger Simon 

Wendy Beard 

Richard Bejlovec 

Debra R. Bernard 

Chad Bethel 

Bethlehem United Church of Christ 

Hill Blackett 

James Bolts 

Ron Brown 

Suzanne M. Browne 

Anna Cantlin 

David L. Caplan 

Joyce Carson 

Armand R. Cerbone 

Jon S. Chencinski 

Joseph Chevalier 

Chicago Loop Alliance 

John G. Clasby 

Anida H. Cohen 

Martyn J. Crook 

Laurie Davis 

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Anthony P. Demascoli 

Michael Denson 

Pierre Desy and Michel Desjardins 

Bonnie Deutsch 

Charlie C. DiMaggio 

J. Douglas Donenfeld 

Sheryl Dyer 

Steven B. Edelstein 

Susan A. Ellefson 

Joel H. Fenchel 

James D. Fenters 

Ellie Fisher 

William M. Fitzgerald 

Daniel D. Forbes and 

Mitchell Makowski 

Robert B. Fordham 

Will Forrest 

Arthur S. Friedson 

Dorothy Fuller 

Paul Garbarczyk and 

Mitchell W. Bramstaedt 

Janna and James German 

Robert F. Glover and Gerardo 

Solis 

Michael Godnick and 

Steven Cohen 

Jordan Gold 

Robert Gow and Chris Pfauser 

James E. Harger 

Wayne Harth 

Walter B. Hickey 

Bryan Hoffman 

Casey J. Horton 

Sue Ingraffia 

Natasha Isaacs 

Thomas M. James 

Heather J. Johnston 

Kristin Keglovitz and 

Bridget Baker 

Scott D. Kent and 

Phillip D. Coolidge 

Alexandra and Jeffrey Klein 

Todd Kossow and Dan Dehmlow 

Pamela Kowalski 

Peggy Leen 

Michelle Lemchuk 

Dominique Leonardi and 

Nuha Nazy 

Denise Lesiak 

William J. Linklater 

Christine Lutz 

Micheal Macken 

Robert Macko and David L. Caplan 

Deborah Melesio 

Carol B. Michael 

Conrad Miczko 

Cindy MuFarreh 

Daniel Nack 

Christopher Napolitano 

Maureen O'Connor 

Kevin Orndorf 

Lisa M. Paccione 

Larry Passo 

Edmund Paszylk 

Halle and Rusell Patterson 

Barkley Payne 

Ronald Peierl 

Richard N. Peterson and 

Wayne T. Bradley 

Mark C. Pfeifer 

Daniel R. Plante 

Gerald Plitt and Rubens Cardoso 

Neil B. Pomerenke 

Jim Price 

David Prindable 

Nelson Prins 

Stephen Ratkay 

Vonita D. Reescer 

Michael R. Rentmeester 

Mary Ann Rose 

Stephen Rubin 

David B. Ruda 

Robert C. Sash 

John Satir 

Quenten Schumacher 

Ben Sheehan 

Ben Shipper 

Brooke Skinner and Missy Vitale 

Stan J. Sloan 

Matthew D. Smith 

Snappy Maids, LLC 

Caroline S. Soodek and 

Roxanne Saylor 

Speer Financial, Inc. 

Michael Spencer and Ron Bauer 

Leslie and Roderic Stipe 

Sean Susanin 

Kathleen A. Swain 

David L. Thomas 

Paul Urbanick 

Marilyn Urso 

Anthony J. Vaccaro 

Larry E. Volkmar and 

James A. Easterbrook 

Gregory Ward and 

William Lachman 

William W. Weeks 

Cary Weldy 

Wine & Spirits Distributors 

of Illinois 

Brian Yocum 

Guillermo Zalamea 

$250 - $499 

Renee L. Adams 

Advance Event Group, Inc. 

Hubert L. Allen 

Karen H. Altergott 

James E. Angrabright 

Judith A. Baiocchi 

Dawn E. Barcus 

David R. Barnes 

Hazel Barr 

Hope Barrett and 

Natalie D. A. Bennett 

Atima Batra 

Rebecca Besser 

Harold G. Blatt 

Beverly Blettner 

Amy Bloom 

Rochelle Bloom 

Steven P. Bloomberg 

Anne L. Blume and Annie Clausen 

Sherrill Bodine 

Brian Boholst 

Clara Bounds 

John Bourgeois 

Steven W. Bouwman 

Laurie Brady 

Paula Brady 

Ruth Brand 

Kristi Broderick 

Alan R. Brodie 

Charles R. Brown 

Shauna R. Brown and 

Elizabeth A. Johnson 

Jeffrey D. Bullen 

Edward M. Burke 

Brett Calka 

Maryann Carrero 

Charlie's Chicago 

Emily Chase 

James Condon 

Congregation Or Chadash 

Gabriel J. Courey 

Karen Crane 

Karen Cullenani 

Bunky Cushing 

Margaret Czarnowski 

Alexa Damon 

Lori L. Daniels 

Alexander deHilster 

Jorge Del Busto 

David B. Dempsey and 

David A. Sandersfeld 

Richard A. Devine 

Lidia and David Devonshire 

Bradley Dexter 

Teresita J. Diaz 

Robert B. Dorfman 

George E. Douglas 

Kate A. Drohan 

Early To Bed 

Brian Elmore 

Julie Emerick 

James Farah 

Lorna Ferguson 

Firebelly Design 

David Flores 

Andrea Fraley and Julie Watson 

Robert F. Frazier 

Marcelino Garcia 

Gateway Investment Adviser, L.P. 

Ann Gerber 

Joy A. Germont 

R. Scott Gill 

Zachary Glennon 

Keith Goad 

Virginia Gohagan 

Norma Goldman 

Yvonne Gonzalez 

Martin J. Gorbien 

J. Cunyon Gordon 

Jeremy Gottschalk 

Timothy W. Grabon 

Theodore Grady 

Robert T. Gratzer and 

Andrew M. Knight 

Tiffani K. Griffith and Jaclyn Kim 

Lisa M. Gutierrez 

Suzanne M. Hall 

Philip A. Hannema 

Greg Harris 

Harriet Hausman 

Arryn Hawthorne-Jader 

Michael Helwig 

Ryan Herren 

His Stuff 

Bernadette P. Hitt 

Dean Hobart 

Joe R. Hollendoner 

Vicki V. Hood 

Mike Horak 

Cheryl Horn 

James R. Huberty 

Kert Hubin 

Courtney Hunt 

Gail Huttenlocher 

Charles Hyde and 

Randy D'Agostino 

Donald S. Irvine 

Marguerite Jester 

Candace Jordan 

JW Landscapes LLC 

Jack W. Kanuk and 

Richard W. Foster 

Ami Kelly 

Mary L. Kennedy 

Jeffrey R. Kerr 

Jason Klein 

Nancy E. Klimley 

Amie Klujian 

Tricia Kopera 

Jolanta Kozakiewicz

Whitney Lasky 

Jerry Lassa 

Mike N. Lazos 

Lee A. Lechowicz 

Catherine M. Lee 

Patricia Levy 

E. Steve Lichtenberg and 

Betsy S. Aubrey 

Margaret M. Lombardo 

Monika Lotter 

Joel Loughman 

Susan Q. Love and Jay Callahan 

Cary J. Malkin 

Blase Masini and 

Don McCrary 

Lee Mastrodonato 

Chandra Matteson 

Brian McDavid 

Virginia McGathey and 

Sharon Smith 

Kevin C. McGirr 

Lynn McMahan 

Mary McQuillan 

Omeed Memar 

Lee F. Meyer 

Joseph S. Monastero 

Shauna Montgomery 

Michael Moore 

Todd Morgenthaler 

Michael W. Myers 

Nuha Nazy 

Karen Neiman 

Dawn Clark Netsch 

Emmanuel Nony 

Peter Olson 

Diana O'Neill 

Daniel Otto 

Daniel R. Page 

Niresh Pande and Devyani Pande 

Crawford Parker 

Jannie Pearlman 

Beverly Persky 

Kirk L. Peterson 

Bernice Pink 

Mary Lou Polcyn 

Marvin J. Pollack and Barry Taylor 

Brian L. Poust 

Frank A. Quinn 

Debra Radway 

Kenneth J. Reffsin 

Myra Reilly 

Leslie Ann Reis 

Robert Rixey 

Melissa Robbins 

Anthony E. Rothschild and 

Jane W. Rothschild 

Paula Sanchez 

Scott Sarti 

Branko Savic 

Robert A. Schuckman 

John N. Schwartz and 

James A. Mosley 

Liz Sharp 

Wendy C. Sherman 

Veronica M. Siegel 

David Sikora 

Barb Silnes and Tina Chabak 

Brian Smith 

Carla Smith 

Peter Smrz 

Daryl K. Sneed 

Mary Spada-Binder 

Gerri Spain 

Satanius Stamper 

Frederick W. Stanton 

Patricia A. Staszak 

Francis E. Stawicki 

Dusan Stefoski 

Adlai E. Stevenson High School 

Sabina Stevenson 

Lizbeth Stiffel 

Richard Stout 

Richard Strauman and 

Dawn Swenson 

Joseph Sullivan 

Jamie L. Sutherland 

Mary M. Sutherland 

Ty Tabing 

Carolyn J. Tester 

Deborah Thompson 

Today's Chicago Woman 

Foundation 

Betty Tsamis 

Tom Tunney 

Richard Turner and David Jenkins 

Eddy Urriola 

Bill VanBerschot and 

David L. Thomas 

Anthony F. Vivacqua 

Annabelle Volgman 

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Company, LLP 

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Aetna Foundation 

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Campaign 

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Dan Raphael 

Regus 

Remy Bmppo Theatre Co 

The Renaissance Society 

Paul Roberts 

Roscoe's Tavern, LTD. 

Rosebud Restaurants 

Royal Palm Hotel 

Michelle Sandvik 

Sarah's Pastries & Candies 

Sawbridge Studios Ltd. 

Michael Schnur 

Scrub Your Pup 

Second City 

SheArt 

John G. Shedd Aquarium 

Sidney Frank Importing 

Company/Corazon Tequila 

Simon's Shine Shop 

SIR Spa 

Snappy Maids, LLC 

Spare Parts 

Spelling Bee Chicago 

Spiaggia 

The Stadium Seat Store 

Steppenwolf Theatre Company 

Stitch 

Jay Stone 

Sutton Studios 

The Talbott Hotel 

Dana Thiakos 

Thousand Waves Spa for Women 

Tiffany & Co. 

Today's Chicago Woman 

Foundation 

Urbanest 

Victory Gardens Theater 

Vinci 

Vocal Voyage Voice Studio 

Volo Restaurant Wine Bar 

W Chicago Lakeshore 

Walter E. Smithe Furniture 

Brenda Watkins 

Kim Westlock 

Willow 

Jimmy Wilnewic 

Wine Goddess Consulting 

WKD LLC 

Writers' Theatre 

Yves Saint Laurent 

Zipcar

Howard Brown Health Center 

Board of Directors 

Jon R. Hinard, Chairman 

Senior Vice President, National City Bank 

Patrick J. Balthrop, Executive Vice President 

President & CEO, Luminex Corporation 

Tom Segal, Vice President 

Principal, Kaufman Segal Design 

Niresh Pande, Treasurer 

Vice President, LaSalle Bank 

Janet E. Henderson, Secretary 

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 

Ramesh Ariyanayakam 

Owner, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club 

Thomas V. Askounis, Esq. 

Askounis & Borst, P.C. 

R. Douglas Burcham 

Ernst & Young 

Jerry J. Burgdoerfer 

Jenner & Block 

Staci Bush 

Medical Science Liaison, Monogram Biosciences 

Brett Calka 

Michael C. Cook, Ex Officio 

Howard Brown President and CEO 

Ellen Franks 

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 

Grady L. Garner Jr., M.A. 

Dr. Barbara Heller DO 

Physiatrist 

Charles L. Katzenmeyer 

Vice President for External Affairs, 

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum 

Micheál P. Macken, M.D., MRCPI 

Assistant Professor of Neurology, 

Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine 

Paul R. Salasky 

Area Director, Adecco 

Bill Zanetis 

4025 North Sheridan Road 

Chicago, IL 60613 

773-388-1600 

Services at the main location include all medical services, behavioral 

health and social services, research, youth services, case 

management, and the Howard Brown Walk-in Clinic. This location 

serves the community as the preeminent source for LGBT health 

care. Most HMO/PPO plans accepted. 

3000 North Halsted Street 

Suite 711 


773-296-8400 

TRIAD Health Practice provides all of our medical services, including 

primary care, gynecological services, family planning and health 

screenings/check-ups. TRIAD accepts both HMO and PPO plans, 

and provides on-site parking. 

3179 N. Broadway 


773-935-3151 

The Broadway Youth Center is a program of Howard Brown and our 

community partners offering comprehensive services to youth, ages 24 

and under. Services include: case management for youth who need 

help with housing, job placement or basic needs; HIV testing and STD 

screening and treatment; medical services and education; individual 

and group counseling; and drop-in services including computer and 

internet use, socializing, and shower facilities. 

Lakeview: 3651 N. Halsted 

Andersonville: 5404 N. Clark 

Wicker Park: 1459 N. Milwaukee 

Oak Park: 217 Harrison 

Schedule your pick up online at www.brownelephant.com 

or call 773-549-5943

4025 North Sheridan Road 


773-388-1600 

www.howardbrown.org 

Photography: Bob Coscarelli, www.coscarelli.com 

© 2008 Howard Brown Health Center. All rights reserved.

HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER ANNUAL REPORT

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