SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.,
Jan. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- ETR announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr.
Vignetta Charles as Chief Executive Officer effective January 3, 2017. Dr. Charles has been the
Chief Science Officer at ETR for the past 18 months.
"Dr. Charles brings an incredible combination of scientific
inquiry with a solutions orientation to ETR; and will be an
outstanding Chief Executive Officer for the organization," said
Chair of the ETR Board of Directors, Vincent Lafronza. "Her transformative leadership
style and strong track record of vision, strategy and diverse
organizational executive experience are ideal for the organization
moving forward."
Dr. Charles came to ETR from AIDS United, where she served as
Senior Vice President, guiding strategic programming for the
organization, garnering public and private resources for programs,
leading efforts to measure and document program outcomes, and
developing an expanded portfolio on the translation of science to
community. Prior to her work at AIDS United, Dr. Charles developed
and rigorously evaluated innovative, theory- and evidence-based
sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention programs. She has
focused her professional work on issues that disproportionately
impact politically disenfranchised communities, with a focus on
urban sexual and reproductive health and an emphasis on HIV
prevention and care. Since returning to ETR in her role as Chief
Science Officer, Dr. Charles has provided strategic direction
across the organization's focus areas and strategies. She has both
expanded innovation and developed new partnerships in service of
ETR's mission.
Other previous work experience includes conducting scholarly
inquiry at academic institutions, evaluating national teen
pregnancy prevention programs, assessing the effectiveness of black
women's health interventions in Boston, serving as the national health
educator for the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies, initiating a teen
pregnancy prevention portfolio for the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, and coordinating prevention and youth development
programs in both San Francisco and
Oakland, California. She is an
alumna of the University of California at
Berkeley for undergraduate work, the Harvard School
of Public Health for a Masters degree in health and social
behavior, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
for her PhD in the Department of Population, Family, and
Reproductive Health.
Dr. Charles currently serves on the Presidential Advisory
Council for HIV/AIDS; and is on the Board of Directors for the
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and the Sexuality
Information and Education Council of the
United States (SIECUS).
"I'm thrilled and honored that the Board has selected me to lead
ETR at this pivotal time in the fields of health and education.
ETR's decades of commitment to improving health and increasing
opportunities for youth, families and communities has resonated
with my personal and professional mission to advance health equity;
and it is my privilege to serve the Board, staff and our partners
in this new role."
About ETR:
ETR (Education, Training and Research) is a 35-year old
nonprofit 501(c)3 whose mission is to advance health and
opportunities for youth, families, communities. From concept to
scale, ETR designs customized science-based programs and services
to positively transform outcomes in four primary areas:
- HIV, sexual and reproductive health
- Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
- School-based health and wellness
- Equity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM)
ETR uses both classic and leading-edge strategies in applied
research, evaluation, training and technical assistance, program
development, health promotion products and evidence-based program
dissemination. ETR is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, with offices in
Oakland and Sacramento and a distributed workforce across
the nation.
CONTACT: Matt McDowell,
mattm@etr.org, 831-440-2217
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SOURCE ETR Associates