Board of Directors
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Kelly Stevens, Board ChairKelly Stevens, MSOD, brings 10 years of experience in organizational development, health research and process improvement strategies. Kelly has devoted her career to supporting the promotion of 'people-first' strategies within the context of health- initiative implementation and system-oriented decision making. Currently, Kelly works at AIDS United as the program manager for the capacity building effort, Getting to Zero.
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Joylyn Hopkins, Board Vice ChairJoy Hopkins is a 20-year resident of the DC area with more than 15 years nonprofit management experience. She is heavily involved in grassroots anti-oppression work. A graduate of American University and James Madison University, Joy is a freelance web developer.
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Gabrielle C. Newell, Board SecretaryGabrielle is a native Washingtonian who has volunteered with HIPS since 2014 and joined the HIPS Board in 2019. Gabrielle holds a commitment to client-led program design and harm reduction. Gabrielle brings experience in program design and evaluation, and grassroots fundraising.
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Jonathan Zucker, Esq. Board TreasurerJonathan is a political technology entrepreneur and campaign finance attorney. He was the first COO and second CEO of ActBlue. Before joining ActBlue, he spent the 2004 election cycle in the major donor program at the Democratic National Committee. Prior to the DNC, he was an organizer, fundraiser, administrator, or attorney for a variety of progressive organizations, including the Interfaith Alliance, HRC, Color of Change, Genderpac, and Gill Foundation. More recently, he has founded or advised several start-ups, including It Starts Today, Democracy Engine, if.then.fund, Ruck.us, and Crowdpac.
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Rene Bryce-Laport, Board MemberFor over two decades, Rene has worked to help low- and moderate-income and communities find social and economic opportunity. He works to help people earn more, keep more of what they earn and build their assets for the future. He is an experienced advocate, facilitator, researcher, writer and director of multi-site projects. .
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Malik Burnett, MD Board MemberAs a physician advocate and entrepreneur, Dr. Malik Burnett works to advance the broader drug policy reform agenda with the goal of shifting US drug policy from framework based on criminal justice to one based on public health. He is currently involved in developing and advising a number of venture start-ups in the cannabis space and advancing harm reduction and drug treatment opportunties in the DMV area.
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Whitney Case, Esq. Board MemberWhitney proudly supports the HIPS mission to provide healthcare and other basic necessities to some of DC's most underserved individuals.
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Stephen Lee, MD Board MemberDr. Stephen Lee is the Executive Director of NASTAD. Stephen oversees all NASTAD programs – Health Care Access, Prevention, Hepatitis, Drug User Health, Health Equity, Policy & Legislative Affairs, and Health Systems Integration – as well as NASTAD’s overall operations. Stephen has deep expertise in program and organizational management, and his experience as a physician brings a practical perspective with regard to policy and program implementation.
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Andrea López, Ph.D. Board MemberDr. Andrea M. López is a professor and researcher with expertise in medical anthropology, urban anthropology, the anthropology of drug use, health inequities, the U.S. welfare state, and social suffering in U.S. urban contexts. She has nearly two decades of experience working with unstably housed and homeless people who use drugs, both in a harm reduction direct service capacity and as a trauma-informed researcher. She is currently a professor the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.
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Chelsea L. Ricker, Board MemberChelsea L. Ricker is a lifelong sexual and reproductive rights activist with over 15 years professional experience supporting global and local women's and human rights organizations develop policy, program, and advocacy initiatives that work for their needs. As a consultant, Chelsea specializes in building organizational strategies, trainings, and capacity-building tools that are inclusive, intersectional, and community-driven.
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Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán, JD Board MemberVictoria is a Senior Policy Counsel at the National LGBTQ Task Force. Particular areas of expertise and focus are the intersections of issues affecting transgender people with disabilities and mental illness, anti-trans workplace discrimination and gun violence prevention from a social justice lens. Victoria holds a B.A. in Psychology with honors from the University of Puerto Rico, and a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law.
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Matthew Rose, Board MemberMatthew Rose is the Director of US Policy and Advocacy at Health GAP. He brings over a decade of experience in community engagement, federal health policy, HIV science, and advancing health equity.
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Christine Sow, Board MemberChristine Sow is the President and CEO of Humentum, a global network supporting the operational excellence of international development organizations. An epidemiologist by training, her work has focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights and equity in health coverage for low resource communities. She has worked for non-profit, academic, bilateral and multilateral agencies and spent more than 14 years living in West Africa working for donor agencies including UNICEF and USAID.
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Baraq Stein, Board MemberBaraq is a long time advocate on sex worker rights and a political fundraiser. He is Chair of HIPS Fundraising Committee.
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Devon Trotter, Board MemberDevon Trotter, CPCC, ACC is a certified life coach and equity and inclusion professional in the environmental conservation field, who brings a wealth of experience in nonprofit management, community engagement, event planning, fundraising, and peer group facilitation.
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