Julie Patterson

Julie Patterson serves as Director of the AIDS Funding Collaborative (AFC) and Fellow with The Center for Community Solutions, coordinating both private and public funding partners toward the AFC's leadership, advocacy, and funding in Cuyahoga County. She has professional experience in AIDS service organizations, academia, local public health, and private consulting. As an adjunct instructor of the Master of Public Health Program in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, she has directed field experiences and taught community interventions and community health research and practice. Patterson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan. She serves as a co-chair for Strategy and Finance on the Cuyahoga Regional HIV Prevention and Care Planning Council and on the community advisory boards of the Cleveland AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, and Immunotherapy for HIV Cure.