Serving the central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

BOARD OF DIRECTORS  

Violet Allain - President

  Jane Clemens - Vice President

Marilyn Heishman, Secretary

Wes Loomis, Co-Treasurer

Cliff Rohrer, Co-Treasurer

John Lyon, Member-at-Large

George Balunis, Member-at-Large

Victor Ortiz, Member-at-Large

Heather Long, Member-at-Large

Margaret Bagnardi, Member-at-Large


STAFF 

 Jan O. Emswiler, RN, MPH

                                               Executive Director

Jan Emswiler, Executive Director joined the Valley AIDS Network in September 2009. Ms. Emswiler has over ten years experience working with HIV and AIDS programs in East Africa as a nurse, educator, advocate and administrator. She completed her Bachelors in Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University and her Master’s in Public Health at Tulane University.


Tony Sierra

Director of Client Services

Senior Medical Case Manager

         
Tony Sierra, Director of Client Services and Medical Case Manager joined the Valley AIDS Network in October 2003 and serves VAN's Spanish and French speaking clients.  He is a trained health services interpreter in Spanish/English and worked for the Community Health Interpreter Service (CHIS). Tony attended the University of Michigan majoring in Romance Languages (Spanish/French) and is also VAN's Webmaster. 



Alexandra de Havilland, MS, CHES

Medical Case Manager

HOPWA Program Administrator


Alexandra de Havilland, Medical Case Manager and HOPWA Program Administrator joined the Valley AIDS Network in March 2009. She completed her Bachelors and Masters degrees in public health education at James Madison University; she is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She is an active member of the community volunteering with Hand in Hand Resource Mother’s Program and Patchwork Food Pantry.